Sucden
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Sucden is a French-based commodity broker of soft commodities and other financial products headquartered in Paris. The firm started as a sugar broker and is now amongst the world leaders with a market share of around 15% in volume, or 9.5 million tonnes.
Business in Russia
Russian subsidiaries of the French agro-industrial group Sucden provided direct support to the Russian army from 2023 to 2025. For example, the Yeletsky Sugar Refinery donated camouflage tape-cutting machines to Russian service members. The Dobrinsky Sugar Refinery supplied rubber for protective conveyor belts at the request of the 283rd Motorized Rifle Regiment. Furthermore, the Yeletsky grain farming firm helped volunteers purchase mesh fabric in 2025.
Decision trail
Decision date 02/09/2024 · Reference ↗
Continued relations with Russia. Among the "rich" French in Russia, it is worth mentioning the sugar giant Sucden. It has more than 250 thousand hectares of arable land in Russia. And in addition to sugar, it produces wheat, barley, sunflower, peas and corn. According to the results of last year, its net profit increased almost 2.7 times to 3.4 billion rubles. Revenue also increased many times - to 13.6 billion rubles. Revenue significantly (by more than -70%) decreased in 2024 vs 2023.
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Status history since 2022
- 03/08/2026 — operating · Imported from KSE LeaveRussia
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