Miller Magazine Issue: 115 July 2019

72 MILLER / JULY 2019 “Successful trading in agricultural commodities is not only about having a big portfolio of reliable partners, good track record with ‘multinationals’, agile negotiators in the team and high profit margin. It is also about certain processes and steps during negotiating and executing contracts that help to ensure that company’s interests are duly protected if things go wrong. We have summarized certain things that are sometimes forgotten, sometimes are not given due weight, albeit are proved to be useful in practice.” Five things you need to keep in mind in agricultural commodities trading Iurii Gulevatyi Dmytro Koval AVELLUM Senior Associate AVELLUM Senior Associate