How did the four western grain merchants, known as the "ABCD", developed "warfare"?

[Global Times Special Reporter Wu Duok Global Times reporter Yang Shasha] Agence France -Presse reported on the 7th that the Ukrainian embassy in Lebanon said that the first grain ship "Razani" departing from Ukraine would not be able to be on the 7th Arrived in Ripari in Lebanon on the day. When asked about the reason that could not arrive on time, the embassy said "cannot provide more information." One day before, the "Fulmar S" dry cargo ship arrived at the port of Calinomosk, southern Ukraine. This is also the first ship to purchase grains to the port of Ukraine since the Russian conflict. The global grain market will seem to gradually get rid of the influence of the Russian and Ukraine conflict. Recently, many parties have warned the "world grain crisis". But in fact, the trend of the global grain market has been controlled in the hands of the four largest food merchants in the West. At the same time that Western companies have dismissed from Russia and put pressure on Moscow, the four major grain merchants tightly tight local market resources, hoping to continue to control the trend of the global grain market.

Who are "abcd"

The Achaniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill, and Louis Dreyfus are known as the four international grain merchants. These four international grain merchants, which are referred to as "ABCD", controlled 80%of the world's grain transaction volume. Amucanton Midland is the world's largest agricultural production, processing and manufacturing company, and is also the world's largest processing manufacturer of agricultural products, corn, wheat, and wheat. Cargill is the largest private company in the United States, and Bangji is the world's largest oilseed industry. These three are American companies, and Louis Dafu is from France.

According to Bloomberg, in the second quarter of 2022, the core agricultural business and rapeseed industry profit of Absenden Midland increased from US $ 570 million in the same period last year to US $ 1.12 billion. Bangji announced the revenue in the second quarter of this year, showing that the profit increased by 15%compared with the same period last year. Bloomberg quoted Bangji CEO Hikeman's public speech: "Because the demand continues to be strong and the supply is more tense, our profits are better. This year's profit is expected to be more than 20%."

The British "Guardian" once described the four major grain merchants- "As long as you live in the world, it is impossible to get rid of the four major grain merchants." Most of the rice noodles and oils, white sugar chocolates, and meat seafood that people eat in daily life are controlled in the hands of the four major grain merchants. Just as the Russian and Ukraine conflict caused the global food prices, the international grain merchant giants were busy making "war wealth" and using the opportunity to use food supply shortages to push the price of food.

As the world's largest wheat exporter, there are countless four major grain business branches in Russia. After the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, although the business of these companies was affected, the price of indirectly pushed high grain was enough to make up for this part of the loss and even earned more than before. After the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, many Western companies have withdrawn from the Russian market one after another, but these grain merchants are unmoved. Amcheanton and Carcagi said that it is reasonable to continue to carry out agricultural business in Russia. Market research institutions Logistic OS said that since the upgrading of Ukraine, the crop output of international grain merchants has not changed significantly. Data show that in recent months, Cargill and Louis Dafu have exported wheat from Ukraine.

Their "killer"

The "killer" of the four major grain merchants to control global food prices is to master the progress of global food transportation. Taking Carcag as an example, the company controls the world's largest waterway transport fleet (including inland river transportation and marine transportation). It has a dry loose cargo transport fleet consisting of more than 500 ships and loaded goods in nearly 1,000 ports around the world. Work, the annual transportation volume exceeds 2 billion tons.

In order to ensure the extension of the high profit cycle as much as possible, the grain dealers are not in a hurry to speed up the transportation speed, but push the responsibility to the conflict country and the Western government. Luciano, CEO of Acedine Midland, said in a recent interview that after the Russian -Ukraine conflict, the company helped Ukraine's food exports, but the trials of the inland river channel were limited. It is still expected to sign the grain export agreement by Russia and Ukraine.

In fact, the four major grain merchants have developed "national difficulties" and "war wealth" for a long time. When the founder of the United States Cargill, William Cargill, was relied on the food for the food when the American Civil War was approaching the end of 1865. Cargaggia has been on the verge of bankruptcy many times, but was eventually rescued by two world wars, and through the opportunity of war, the business successfully achieved business.

Ma Wenfeng, a senior analyst of Dongfang Aig Agricultural Consulting Co., Ltd., told the Global Times reporter that the four major grain merchants in ABCD have formed a monopoly subject in the global market. Various signs show that as early as 6 years ago, after a large number of agricultural products in Russia, Ukraine and other grain producers flowed into the world market, the four major grain merchants noticed that their interests were affected. Consortiums composed of American farmers and arms dealers have continued to lobby the US government to provoke Russian and Ukraine's conflict. After the conflict broke out, the export capacity of Russia and Ukraine was damaged, and the four major grain merchants earned a lot of profits. The latest quarterly financial report can explain the problem.

Ma Wenfeng told reporters that reviewing history can find that the four major grain merchants were sent out during the global crisis, and most of the time, the promotion of the US government was indispensable. There are two main methods for the United States to control the agriculture of other countries: first, when the food is acquired, the price is lowered, and the monopoly is formed before raising the price. He said that the United States has adopted the "two ends to bully farmers" to gradually monopolize the highly decentralized agricultural market in its own hands. Impact on China

The four major grain merchants also have a great impact on the Chinese grain market. Taking soybeans as an example, China is one of the most important buyers in the world's soybeans. Brazil is the main producer of soybeans in the world, but none of the soybean pricing power. The United States has firmly held the global soybean pricing power, and the Chicago Commodity Exchange of the United States has decided to go global soybean prices. The four major grain merchants harvested global wealth by manipulating soybean prices.

Zhang Hanhui, a Chinese ambassador to Russia, recently published a signature article in Russia's "On the Reality and Facts" "behind the scenes of the global food crisis." The article mentioned that global grain production and trade include pricing power, which are in the hands of the United States and its grain providers. Developing countries including China and Russia do not actually have much discourse and influence. Western countries led by the United States have aimed at Russia and China on Russia and China, condemning Russia's military operations to constitute a crime of "war famine", hype, so -called "Chinese super -needed food" and other fallacies, to buckle the hat for China and Russia to create a food crisis.

Ma Wenfeng said that the key to cracking the monopoly of the four major grain merchants is to develop their own agricultural production and improve agricultural productivity. "International grain merchants are most afraid of the improvement of agricultural productivity of food production. The lower the productivity, the lower the local agriculture, the more likely it is to be controlled by grain merchants." Ma Wenfeng said that at present, China's agricultural productivity has greatly improved compared to the past 20 years. However, compared with developed international agricultural countries, the gap is still expanding. Only when national agriculture becomes stronger, China has the right to pricing in the world, and domestic food prices will not be affected by international grain prices.

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