BEFL took part in the seventh International Regional Conference on the sugar market of the CIS countries and central Asia, in Moscow (Radisson SAS Slavyanskaya Hotel, Glinka Conference Hall) on 26 February 2009. Chief executives of the major agricultural holding groups of Russia and CIS countries, international agribusiness companies and other players in the sugar and related markets participated in the conference.

Participating firms included Astarta, Ashland Eurasia, Bosch-Wostok, Bunge, Vitol, Dominant, Gasprombank, Izumrud, Yilmaz Makina (Turkey), Kargill, Kuban Sugar, Louis Dreifus, Mars, Olam International, Prodimeks, Razgulyay, Rusagro, Singenta, Syudken, Commercial and Industrial Company Alfa, Ukrprominvest (Ukraine), Uralkhim, Tsarnikov Shugar, etc.

The Managing Director of BEFL presented a report entitled ‘Trends in the Russian agricultural market in the context of changed financial circumstances’.