Global Agro Holdings Cargill, Louis Dreyfus and Glencore in 2022-2023 paid about 6.9 billion rubles of income tax in the Russian Federation - media

Three global food companies-Cargill, Louis Dreyfus and Glencore (Viterra), which are successfully working in Ukraine, in 2022-2023 were no less successfully traded food in the Russian Federation, which stole grain from occupied Ukrainian territories. This conclusion was reached by journalists of the publication "Business Censor", analyzing the activities of companies in the Russian Federation since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, UNIAN reports.

According to the publication, the Cargill, Louis Dreyfus and Glencore units in Russia were consistently in the dozen grain traders and provided about 16% of sales in the Russian export structure for the 2022/2023 marketing year. And because of the Black Sea ports, they built about 20%. In the 2022/2023 the marketing year, according to the Russian Grain Union, the MZK Export ("daughter" Glencore) was sold for export of 3. 7 million tonnes (against 2. 9 years earlier), Cargill - 2.

3 million tonnes (against 1 , 4 million tonnes earlier), louis dreyfus - 1. 2 million tonnes (against 0. 8 million tonnes earlier). That is, sales increased by 30-60%. In the 22/23 season, according to Forbes, they also got into the top 10 exporters of grain from Ukraine, with a total share in the export structure of 15%: Louis dreyfus (place # 2, 7%), Cargill (№3, 5%) , Viterra (Glencore; No. 8, 3%).

In general, according to the data of Russian open services, in 2022-2023 the total revenue of Cargill, Louis Dreyfus and Glencore in the Russian market amounted to about 470 billion rubles, or $ 6. 4 billion, as evidenced Together, these companies paid 6. 9 billion rubles of income tax to the budget. "In 2022, when a large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation began, the Trinity even increased its income. .

In 2023, the total income of food groups, according to the publication, decreased slightly - to 221. 97 million rubles. ($ 2. 8 billion). At the same time, the total net profit in 2023 amounted to more than 17 billion rubles. And the income tax paid in the state budget of the terrorist country-more than 4. 5 billion rubles. This is VAT without VAT (most of all, as exporters had VAT for compensation) and other taxes and fees (including salaries).

Recall that under the pressure of the public and through a number of sanctions Cargill, Louis Dreyfus and Glencore in the spring of 2023 to declare the export of grain export from the Russian Federation. But since the marketing season 23/24 (from July 1, 2023). However, Russian and Ukrainian experts have suggested that companies will not stop Russian grain operations at all. They will rather switch to another purchase base from CPT on FOB.