The interprofession

Intercéréales is the interprofessional organisation created on the initiative of the professional organisations representing the cereals sector, we bring together all the major players from across the industry.

What is Intercéréales?

Intercéréales, a private non-profit association, is the interprofessional organisation representing cereals in France. These comprise amaranth, barley, buckwheat, canary grass, chia, corn (maize), durum wheat, meslin, millet, milling wheat, oats, quinoa, rice, rye, sorghum, spelt, triticale and tritordeum, and related cereal products.

Created on the initiative of the professional organisations representing the cereals sector, we bring together all the major players from across the industry: production, collection/marketing and first-line processing. Intercéréales is a forum for exchange between these organisations, which work together to develop the cereals sector in France, and to internationally promote French excellence in the sector and the high quality of France’s cereals production and products. 

The 14 members of Intercéréales are the national professional organisations, representing production, collection and marketing, and first-line processing. These “professional families” are grouped into three colleges:

Production 

AGPB: General Association of Wheat Producers
AGPM: General Association of Maize Producers
FGC: Union of French Grain and Oilseed Producers

Collection and Marketing 

National Grouping of French Grain Cooperatives
FNA: Federation of Agricultural Traders
SYMEX: French Union of Export Millers
SYNACOMEX: National Union of Foreign Trade in Cereals

Transformation 

ANMF: National Association of French Millers
CFSI: French Semolina Industry Committee
National Grouping of French Animal Feed Cooperatives
SNIA: National Union of French Animal Feed Industry
French Malt Industry Association
USIPA: Grouping of Unions of French Producers of Starch and Starch Products
USM: Union of French Maize Semolina Producers