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GM-free soybean imports and availability

GMO-free Regions, Biodiversity and Rural Development Berlin – 14/15 January 2006 Industry Panel. GM-free soybean imports and availability. IMCOPA – a simple family story: Controlled, certified, sustainable, ethical and consumer-friendly. Independent Brazilian Soy Crushers.

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GM-free soybean imports and availability

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  1. GMO-free Regions, Biodiversity and Rural Development Berlin – 14/15 January 2006 Industry Panel GM-free soybean imports and availability IMCOPA – a simple family story: Controlled, certified, sustainable, ethical and consumer-friendly

  2. Independent Brazilian Soy Crushers • Independent crushers process millions of tons of soybeans • They go quietly about their business & import most of non-GMO soy meal to EU • This volume has risen steadily since 1998 • Contrary to widespread views: This volume can grow almost without limitation

  3. Brazil overview Soybeans • 2003: 52.6 million t • 2004: 49.9 million t • 2005: 50.2 million t GMO share 2005 <20% more than 40 million t “without genetic modification” Total EU soymeal consumption in 2005: approx. 36.6 million t (from approx. 45.7 million t soybeans)

  4. Soy Certification by Cert ID Total EU 2005 consumption of soy meal: approx. 36.6 (35.3) million t 16.4 (22.6)% of the EU consumption is available certified short-term _______ (in brackets: 2004) – Status of 19 April 2005

  5. The global suppliers … • The global agro multinationals: A – B – C – D • ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus • Their fields of activity: the entire range globally • Product range – raw materials, soy meal, lecithin, oil , soy proteins, isoflavones, processed ingredients … consumer products (e.g. margarine) • Processing – soy crushing plants … • Logistics – storage, freight, distribution, financing … • Trade – physical contracts plus futures & options • With more focus on a limited area of activity … • Independent seed crushers, often with their own regional distributors

  6. Independent Soybean Crushers • Strong partners • Independent of company-internal developments elsewhere in the world • Reputable suppliers for buyers worldwide • Example: www.imcopa.com (site in five languages)

  7. Availability from IMCOPA Soybean crushing volume (p.a.) • 1967 – 6’500 t crushed • 1998 – 200’000 t crushed • 2005 – 2’000’000 t crushed • 2006 – 2’400’000 t to be crushed • beans from four cooperatives with a total of 20’000 farms • all coops contractually obligated to use only specific, GM-free seed as well as … • … to apply production methods that are environmentally, ethically & socially compliant with the Basel Criteria*) • non-GMO premiums re-negotiated annually ________________ *) Basel Criteria for Responsible Soy Production, initiated by WWF Switzerland and Coop Switzerland, certified by Cert ID to the ProTerrasm Standard

  8. Independent Soy Crushers • Besides IMCOPA, there are several others • Some, but not all, import directly into EU • Entire Non-GMO soy meal demand in EU can easily be satisfied • All it takes is systematic European demand

  9. Soybean planting Soy planting on family farm in Paraná (southeast Brazil)

  10. Soy harvest Soy combine harvester on family farm in Paraná (southeast Brazil)

  11. Unloading soy meal Discharging cargo in a European port

  12. Contact: IMCOPA plant in Araucária: IMCOPA (Europe) SA Jochen Koester Geneva - Switzerland jk@imcopa.com www.imcopa.com … plus three additional crushing plants in the State of Paraná

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