Cargill Russia operates as a division
Cargill
Cargill, Incorporated, is a privately held American global food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in ter ...
that manufactures and markets food products such as oilseeds, poultry, syrups, wheat, starches, specialty food ingredients, and animal feed. Additionally, the company is involved in
trading
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market.
An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exchan ...
of oilseeds and grains. Cargill Russia presently has around 2,500 employees in Russia. The company opened its first office in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
in 1991. In December 2005, the company had 1,306 employees, with over 99 percent of employees being Russian nationals.
See also
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List of companies of Russia
Russia has an upper-middle income mixed economy with state ownership in strategic areas of the economy. Market reforms in the 1990s privatized much of Russian industry and agriculture, with notable exceptions to this privatization occurring in the ...
Notes
References
Further reading
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* Lander, Chris; Pallot, Judith (2014)
"The Role of International Agro-Food Corporations in the Re-emergence of Russian Agriculture: a Case Study of Cargill Russia International Institute of Social Studies. 23 pages.
"Cargill Russia wheat ship to Egypt delayed: traders" June 9, 2010. ''Daily News Egypt'' – via
Reuters
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The agency was estab ...
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External links
* {{official, http://www.cargill.ru/en/about/index.jsp
Food and drink companies based in Moscow
Manufacturing companies based in Moscow