The two have been vying over the top spot on this market for a number of years and Cargill Agricultura became market leader again in 2014, after a 3.5% decline in revenue to RON2.32 billion, while ADM Trading posted more than 18% decline in revenue to RON2.3 billion.
Cargill, however, saw losses widen in 2014, when they almost tripled to RON89 million, while rival ADM saw profit almost double to RON51.8 million.
Swiss-held Ameropa Grains preserved its third position in the ranking, with a 24% increase in revenue to RON2.2 billion, while net profit went up RON11 million to RON16 million.
The only Romanian-held agricultural commodity trader among the top five is Brise Group, of businessman Marius Bucur.
Brise Group posted 10% increase in revenue to RON1.27 billion, while net profit stood at RON3.4 million, down from RON5.5 million in 2013. Brise Group has agricultural commodity trading and fertilizer, pesticide and seed distribution operations.
Fifth in the ranking is another Swiss-held trader, Glencore Protein, whose revenue stood at RON1.2 billion, an increase of 27% year-on-year. Net profit tripled from RON1.9 million to RON6.1 million.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)