Two major foreign investors - Japanese Mitsui & Co. and Outspan International, a subsidiary of Singapore's food trader Olam International Ltd. has taken steps to acquire Russian grain export facilities.
Outspan International has filed a petition to the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to acquire Azov Grain Terminal (member of RIAS Group). Mitsui & Co. is set to purchase a 10% stake of the Agri-Industrial group Sodrugestvo Group S.A., which owns two terminals in Kaliningrad and tugs fleet.