UK Soybean Meal Importers List 2018 - 22 Companies HS 2304 | TurkExim
United Kingdom Soybean Meal Importers List 2018
22 UK Companies Importing Soybean Oil Extraction Residues
According to ITC TradeMap data, the United Kingdom imported USD 849.921 million of soybean meal and other solid residues from soybean oil extraction (HS 2304.00.00) in 2018. This page lists the British importers active in that trade, grouped by primary business activity — from global agribusiness giants with UK crushing assets, through specialised feed-ingredient traders, to food-ingredient and protein-focused manufacturers.
Keywords
soya küspesi · ithalatçı firmalar · gtip no · İngiltere · ithalatçı firma listesi · soybean meal · UK soybean meal importers · HS 2304
These keywords classify this page within the TurkExim importer search index for soybean meal supply into the United Kingdom, enabling soybean processors and exporters in Brazil, Argentina, the United States, Paraguay and elsewhere to reverse-lookup British buyers under HS 2304.00.00.
HS Code Reference — Soybean Meal
Turkish GTIP / International HS Code
2304.00.00.00.00
Description (TR): Soya fasulyesi yağı ekstraksiyonundan (özütleme) arta kalan küspe ve diğer katı artıklar (öğütülmüş veya "pellet" halinde olsun olmasın).
Description (EN): Soybean oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soybean oil.
HS 2304 — Parent heading: Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil.
Source: ITC TradeMap / UK HMRC Tariff / Turkish GTIP — gtip.no, tariffnumber.com.
Soybean meal is the world's most important protein feed ingredient for monogastric livestock (poultry, pigs) and aquaculture. The UK, which has limited domestic oilseed-crushing capacity, depends heavily on imports of soybean meal to supply its compound feed manufacturing industry — primarily from suppliers in Brazil, Argentina, the United States and Paraguay. The Cargill crush plant at Seaforth Dock in Liverpool is the only large-scale soybean crushing facility in the UK, meaning the majority of UK compound feed protein demand is met through imported meal rather than imported beans.
Major Agribusiness & Commodity Trading Companies
The dominant entries on the 2018 list are the UK subsidiaries of the global "ABCD" agribusiness houses (ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Dreyfus) and their large UK counterparts (Cefetra, Glencore/Viterra, Gleadell, W&R Barnett, R&H Hall). These firms handle the bulk of UK soybean meal imports through deep-sea bulk shipments of 25,000–65,000 tonnes from South American and North Atlantic origins.
| Company | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cargill PLC | Liverpool / Manchester | UK arm of Cargill, Inc. — the largest privately-owned agribusiness in the world. Operates the only soybean crushing plant in the UK at Royal Seaforth Dock, Liverpool (crush & refinery running since 1986, originally built by Continental in 1975–77). Also operates a multi-seed plant at Hull. Imports both raw soybeans for crushing and additional soybean meal for the compound feed industry. |
| Cefetra Limited | London / UK ports | Part of the Cefetra Group — one of the largest importers of agricultural raw materials in Europe and a major UK trader of grains and animal feed raw materials. Cefetra handles imported soybean meal shipments of up to 65,000 tonnes at UK ports and supplies the British compound feed industry. HMRC trade records (uktradeinfo.com) list Cefetra as an active importer of soybean residues under code 2323. |
| ADM Arkady Limited | Peterborough | UK food-ingredients subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), one of the world's largest agricultural processors. ADM Arkady supplies specialty ingredients (including soy-based proteins, lecithin and functional systems) to the UK food manufacturing industry. |
| ADM Speciality Ingredients (Europe) BV | EU / UK | ADM European speciality ingredients division; supplies UK customers with soy-derived food and feed specialty ingredients through intra-group trade. |
| Glencore Agriculture UK Ltd | London | UK arm of Glencore Agriculture (rebranded as Viterra in 2020). One of the world's largest agri-commodity traders, handling soybean meal shipments through UK ports for supply to compound feed manufacturers. |
| Gleadell (Agriculture) Limited | East Anglia / national | Independent UK grain trader — described as the European Union's leading grain, pulse and oilseed exporter. ADM acquired Gleadell Agriculture Ltd and Dunns Ltd in 2018/2019, integrating them into ADM Agriculture Ltd (registered office Lindsey House, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 5TH). |
| W & R Barnett Trading Limited | Belfast (Companies House NI057893) | Diversified Northern Ireland commodity trading and agribusiness group founded in 1896 (125+ years). Headquartered at Clarendon House, 23 Clarendon Road, Belfast BT1 3BG. Operations span dry bulk commodities, derivatives, molasses, feed mills, corrugated packaging and storage. Operates the Barnett-Hall joint account with R&H Hall Trading supplying the Irish feed industry. |
| R & H Hall Trading Limited | Belfast (Companies House NI059022) | Ireland's biggest importer and supplier of animal feed ingredients since 1839. Buys and ships approximately 500,000 tonnes of dry feed ingredients per year into the Northern Ireland feed market; customers are compounders and feed manufacturers. Operates the Barnett-Hall joint account with W&R Barnett Trading. |
Specialised Feed Ingredient & Grain Traders
Medium-sized UK traders handling soybean meal as part of a broader feed-ingredient and grain portfolio — typically supplying regional compound feed mills, integrated poultry and pig producers, and on-farm mixers.
| Company | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feedfactors Ltd | UK | Specialist feed-ingredient supplier sourcing and distributing protein meals (including soybean meal), energy feeds and minerals to UK compound feed manufacturers and on-farm mixers. |
| Dewing Grain Limited | East Anglia | East Anglia-based grain and feed ingredient trader serving farms and feed mills in eastern England. |
| Gemcom Ltd | UK | Commodity trading company handling grain, feed ingredients and protein meals. |
| J L M Global Foods Ltd | UK | Food and feed commodity trading firm importing soybean meal and other protein ingredients. |
| Millenis SAS | EU / UK | European feed-ingredient trading firm with UK supply activity; imports soybean meal into the British market. |
| Dragon Traders Ltd | UK | UK trading company importing feed ingredients and protein meals. |
| Caaveri Ltd | UK | UK trading company active in agricultural commodity imports including soybean meal. |
Food Ingredients & Protein Manufacturers
These importers are food and protein ingredient manufacturers rather than feed traders — they purchase soybean meal (and soy flour/grits) for further processing into textured soy protein, soy flours, soy lecithin and functional food systems.
| Company | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Ltd | UK (Kerry Group, Ireland) | UK arm of Kerry Group plc — the global taste & nutrition ingredients leader headquartered in Tralee, Ireland. Kerry has a long history in plant-protein supply and previously manufactured soy protein isolate at a dedicated facility (sold to World Food Processing in 2012). Imports soybean meal and soy derivatives for use in protein systems, functional flours and flavour carriers. |
| Bairds Malt Limited | Witham, Essex + 4 UK sites | UK malting company — Hugh Baird purchased the Witham malting site in Essex in 1925, with malting heritage back to 1823. Produces 40 different malts from 5 UK maltings (Witham Essex, Inverness and three others; combined annual capacity ~48,000 tonnes of brewing and distilling malts). Imports soybean meal as a secondary adjunct for brewing and distilling protein enrichment. |
| Soyking Limited | UK | UK soybean-products trading company. Appears twice in the 2018 list (likely reflecting two separate shipments or reporting entities under the same corporate name). |
| Yayla Enterprises Limited | UK | UK-based food company (Yayla is a Turkish word meaning "summer pasture/highland"); typically active in Turkish/Mediterranean food imports to the UK, including soy-based protein ingredients for doner kebab and prepared food production. |
| Kismet Kebabs Ltd | UK | UK doner kebab and prepared foods manufacturer; imports soybean meal and textured soy protein as a protein extender in doner kebab and meat products. |
Freight Forwarding & Logistics
Freight forwarding companies that appear on the list because they imported soybean meal on behalf of UK feed manufacturers or as part of consolidated bulk shipments through UK ports.
| Company | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aztek International Freight Ltd | UK | International freight forwarding company handling bulk agricultural commodity imports through UK ports, including soybean meal shipments on behalf of feed ingredient buyers. |
Supplier / Exporter Note
The 22 companies listed above represent the 2018 UK importer directory for soybean meal and other solid residues of soybean oil extraction, classified under HS 2304.00.00.00.00. The combined UK import value for 2018 was USD 849.921 million according to ITC TradeMap data, reflecting the United Kingdom's heavy reliance on imported soybean meal to supply its compound feed, poultry, pig and aquaculture industries — a consequence of the country's limited domestic oilseed-crushing capacity (only the Cargill Liverpool plant crushes soybeans at scale in the UK).
For soybean meal exporters in Brazil, Argentina, the United States, Paraguay, India and other major producing countries, this directory identifies the principal UK buyers and their commercial profiles. Detailed shipment-level data, bill-of-lading records, port-of-entry information and counterparty verification for any of the above companies can be retrieved through the TurkExim commercial intelligence database under page reference pnum=8212. Cross-reference is also possible with related importer directories — including pnum=8211 (China Beech Lumber Importers List 2017) and pnum=8210 (Arizona Tile Purchasing — USA natural-stone importer) — to map global supply chain patterns across commodity sectors.
Sources: ITC TradeMap 2018 UK import value (USD 849.921M); HMRC uktradeinfo.com trader records (Cefetra Ltd, code 2323); cefetra.com / cefetra.co.uk (Cefetra Group, 65,000-tonne shipments); adm-agri.co.uk and adm.com (ADM Agriculture, ADM Arkady); 4flour.co.uk, breeze-it.com, delacyexecutive.co.uk (Gleadell Agriculture — ADM acquisition 2018/2019); wrbarnett.com and Companies House NI057893 (W & R Barnett Trading — Belfast, founded 1896); rhhall.ie, Wikipedia and Companies House NI059022 (R & H Hall Trading — Ireland's biggest feed ingredient importer since 1839, ~500,000 tonnes/year); bairds-malt.co.uk (Bairds Malt — Witham, Essex, since 1925, heritage to 1823, 5 UK maltings); kerry.com (Kerry Group — global taste & nutrition leader, soy protein history); cargill.com and soyinfocenter.com (Cargill Liverpool Seaforth Dock — UK's only soybean crushing plant, since 1986); glencore.com / Viterra rebrand 2020 (Glencore Agriculture UK).
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