On 30-31 October in Odessa, the Fat & Oil Industry-2008 VII International Conference took place, in which leading participants of the Russian and Ukrainian fat and oil market, and also largest international agro-industrial companies from Brazil, the Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Switzerland and other countries (grain and producers, processers and traders) took part.
At the conference, the situation developed in the oil market as a whole and in Prichernomorsk region in particular, as well as prospects for further development and tendencies in the oil industries was discussed.
In the framework of the “World Economic Crisis and its Consequences for the Oil Branches of Russia” session with a report on the topic “The Investment Climate in the Agro-Industrial Sector of Russia” given by Alla Odintsova, Vice-President for the Directorate for Attraction of Investments to IFC METROPOL Share Capital Markets.