The leader of the grain trade market, which may reach more than RON30 billion (some EUR6 billion) a normal farming year (it was down to RON22.6 billion due to the drought in 2020), is China’s Cofco, with more than RON4 billion revenue a year. The top five only consists of foreign actors.
Romanian entrepreneurs have gained ground in the past few years, though, and the first was Cerealcom Dolj of Mihai Anghel. While the top five are foreign companies, the rest of the top ten are Romanian held.
Cambela Prod posted RON8 million profit last year, an increase of 5% on 2019.
Cambela’s owner is Bela Tanase, one of the largest real estate investors in Constanta.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)