Who is the Hamburg Grain Exchange
of the Grain Traders’ Association of the Hamburg Stock Exchange e.V.?
The VdG e.V. is a representative of the interests of the grain industry. We advise our members on settlement, contract and quality issues, are the point of contact for trade, import and export. And we can help with our arbitration panel quickly, fairly and practically.
There are so many types of grain – there are so many reasons and advantages to become a member. Join our association now and benefit immediately from our concentrated knowledge and many years of experience that we have in your industry.
The people behind the VdG e.V.
CHRISTOF
BUCHHOLZ
Managing Director
Alexander
Bauer
Lawyer (in-house lawyer)
Stephanie
Kröger
Technical work on market and agricultural policy and events
Stephanie
Saclik
Assistant to the arbitration tribunal, Otto-Friedeberg-Stiftung
Become a Member
For millennia, grain has played an absolute leading role for us humans – worldwide. Because grain means life. Every grain. And for us as the Grain Traders’ Association of the Hamburg Stock Exchange e.V. it means even more: It is our passion!
Join our association now and benefit immediately from our extensive knowledge and many years of experience that we have in your industry.
The VdG e.V. is a representative of the interests of the grain industry. We advise our members on settlement, contract and quality issues, are the point of contact for trade, import and export. And we can help with our arbitration panel quickly, fairly and practically.
The VdG e.V. is a representative of the interests of the grain industry.
Latest Quotations
Every week, the Grain Traders’ Association of the Hamburg Stock Exchange e.V. quotes the spot market prices franco Hamburg for bread and feed grains as well as rapeseed and animal feed for the Hamburg Grain Exchange.
Here you can download the latest quotations as a PDF document. You can download further documents in the Quotations area.
- 23.03.2023
Download PDF - 14.03.2023
Download PDF - 07.03.2023
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Contracts and Arbitration
The arbitration rules of the Grain Traders’ Association of the Hamburg Stock Exchange e.V. regulates the procedure before the arbitral tribunal and the higher arbitration tribunal.
- The oldest arbitration tribunal in the industry
- The arbitration rules regulate the procedure
- The referee list is updated regularly
The Otto Friedeberg-Stiftung of the Association
The Otto Friedeberg Foundation of the Grain Traders‘ Association of the Hamburg Stock Exchange e.V. supports current and former members of the VdG e.V. in need.
- Founded in 1923
- We provide support for those in need
- We are happy to accept donations
How to reliably implement the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
What are the risks in my supply chain? How do I set up a complaints management system? And how can I generally make my company legally compliant in terms of due diligence?
Prices for agricultural commodities are rising – what’s behind?
World market prices for agricultural commodities are at their highest level in over 10 years. As of November 2021, the price index for agricultural commodities had increased by 27.3 percent since the same month last year.
BVA e.V. and VdG e.V. hope for constructive dialog with Green-led ministries BMEL and BMU
Yesterday, the new federal government was put into office. The Bundesverband Agrarhandel and the Verein der Getreidehändler der Hamburger Börse congratulate the new Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his ministers from the SPD, the Greens and the FDP.
Dramatically rising energy prices – future German government must create prospects
The dramatic rise in energy prices will inevitably lead to higher food prices if future coalition leaders do not set the right course.
VdG e.V. formulates positions for the Federal Election 2021
The Verein der Getreidehändler der Hamburger Börse e.V. (VdG) (Grain Traders Association of the Hamburg Stock Exchange) formulates four recommendations to the future German government on the occasion of the federal elections in 2021.
Trade in Change – The Hamburg Grain Exchange from its Birth to Today
Hamburg merchants obtained the right from the “Honorable Council of the City of Hamburg” to establish a place for themselves at the bridge Trostbrücke in Hamburg’s former harbor area.
The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act – From a voluntary commitment to a cross-border standard
International trade helps to reduce poverty. This has been observed where countries have expanded their imports and exports in recent years and thus connected to the world market.
Annual General Meeting, the Association of Grain Traders of the Hamburg Stock Exchange
At the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Grain Traders of the Hamburg Stock Exchange e.V.. (VdG e.V.), the industry of wholesale and international trade in grain, oilseeds, feed and pulses came together today. The companies met in a hybrid event partly online and partly in the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, which is also the headquarters of the federal association.