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Astra Bioplant Trading

Geneva · Switzerland

Connecting Global Commodity Markets with Industrial Expertise.

Swiss-based physical commodities trading, supported by an established European vegetable oil and biofuel industrial network.

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About us

The Geneva trading arm of Astra Bioplant.

Astra Bioplant Trading SA specialises in international physical trading of vegetable oils, biofuels, oilseed meals, agricultural commodities and renewable feedstocks — connected to the wider Astra industrial group in Bulgaria.

Project established in 2007 · Production since 2009.

Astra biodiesel plant

Part of the wider Astra group · astrabioplant.bg

Products

What we trade.

~0.5 Million MT/year

Agri products and feedstock traded in 2025

~1,300,000 MT/year

Biodiesel: FAME (RME & UCOME), HVO and SAF in 2025

~200,000 MT/year

Waste feedstock

~20,000 MT/year

Methanol

~50,000 MT/year

Glycerin

01

Rapeseed oil (RSO)

Crude, refined and technical oils.

02

Sunflower oil (SFO)

For food, feed, industrial and biofuel use.

03

Soybean oil (SBO)

Industrial, feed and further processing.

04

Biodiesel / FAME · RME · UCOME

Renewable diesel-blending components.

05

Used Cooking Oil (UCO)

Waste-based renewable fuel feedstock.

06

Oilseed meals

Rapeseed, sunflower and soybean meal for feed.

07

Animal fats & acid oils

Alternative feedstocks and refining coproducts.

08

Glycerin & Methanol

Crude, refined, pharma-grade; industrial feedstock.

Astra industrial site with solar roofs

Industrial network

From oilseed to biofuel, by road, rail, river and sea.

Industrial presence in Ruse, Slivo Pole and Provadia, with access to the Danube and Black Sea logistics via Varna West — connecting European and international physical commodity markets.

Astra Greenplant

Slivo Pole

Oilseed processing, refining, biodiesel — 100,000 MT/yr

Oleo Protein

Ruse

Crushing, oil & meal — 230,000 MT/yr

OOBB

Ruse

Biodiesel & pharma glycerin — 200,000 MT/yr

High Protein

Provadia

165,000 MT/yr crushing, 100,000 MT/yr biofuel

Astra Storage

Varna West

Liquid bulk terminal — 24,000 m³

Sustainability & Quality

Standards behind every shipment.

ISCC EU

Sustainability certification

ISO 9001:2015

Quality management

EN 14214

Biodiesel quality standard

REACH

Biodiesel registration

Accredited laboratory control of seeds, oils, biodiesel and glycerin. Processing of used cooking oils and waste oils, and valorisation of refining coproducts.

Get in touch with our trading team.

info@astrabiotrading.ch
ASTRA BIOPLANT TRADING SA
RUE DE NANT 6
1207 GENEVA
SWITZERLAND