"Eksoyl" will double its processing in 2026 due to the launch of a soybean plant in Lipetsk Oblast.

GK "Eksoyl" maintained a stable production volume by the end of 2025, with the existing sunflower processing plant operating at full capacity for the year. In 2026, the company plans to double its total production volume by launching a new plant for processing soy and rapeseed (estimated by Abirega to be up to 50 billion rubles per year): in 2025, the facility was completed, and in December, commissioning work on the raw materials started at the site, reported the CEO of "Eksoyl" Nikolay Zhirnov. According to Mr. Zhirnov, 2025 was "extremely difficult" for oil processing—and 2026 will likely be "just as difficult." Among the key reasons, he cites the drought in the south, which leads to a shortage of raw materials and an increase in its cost, as well as export duties on oil and meal: "the duty takes away a significant part of the vertical margin, which decreases each year by the size of the inflation of the vertical expenditure part." As a result, he notes, "the remainder of the ...