November 8 attack halts Astarta’s Ukrainian soybean plant with annual capacity of 230,000 tonnes
Key Facts
Astarta’s soybean processing plant in Ukraine’s Poltava region was damaged in a Russian air attack on November 8, 2026, and suspended operations after the attack, Interfax-Ukraine reported on November 10, citing the company. Astarta said no employee injuries had been recorded as of the report’s publication. The plant is among the group’s soybean processing facilities and has annual capacity of 230,000 tonnes, according to the company’s 2025 annual report. The company has not announced how long the shutdown will last or the extent of the damage and losses. The assessment follows completion of an inspection of the facility by the State Emergency Service.
The report said the State Emergency Service was carrying out the inspection, after which Astarta would assess the damage and losses. This sequence leaves the impact of the attack on the facility awaiting the company’s assessment, while the duration of the operational suspension remains unannounced. The published information included no estimate of losses or date for production to resume. Nor was there evidence that the shutdown had affected the group’s integrated production chain or was linked to wider disruptions in Ukraine’s agricultural and industrial infrastructure.
Operating data for 2025 show the scale of the activity that has halted: the plant processed 229,000 tonnes of soybeans and produced 165,000 tonnes of meal and 45,000 tonnes of oil, according to Astarta’s annual report. Its annual capacity is 230,000 tonnes, putting last year’s processing volume close to the stated capacity. The company’s report lists meal and oil among the plant’s products from soybean processing. These figures provide a measure of recorded output before the attack, but do not indicate how much production could be affected during the current shutdown. That estimate depends on the duration of the disruption and the company’s assessment after the inspection.
In the first half of 2026, Astarta’s revenue from soybean products was 51 million euros, down 7% from the same period a year earlier, according to its first-half report. Exports accounted for 87% of revenue in the soybean processing segment over the same period. That share highlights the segment’s heavy reliance on overseas sales, while revenue and the rate of change provide a picture of its performance before the incident. These data do not provide an estimate of the attack’s financial impact, as the company has yet to announce the results of its assessment of damage and losses. The figures also do not indicate whether the plant shutdown will change revenue or exports in coming periods.
At group level, consolidated revenue in the first half of 2026 fell 0.1% to 226.47 million euros, while exports accounted for 62% of sales, compared with 61% in the first half of 2025, Interfax-Ukraine reported. Astarta posted a net loss of 14.07 million euros in the first half of 2026, compared with net profit of 42.27 million euros in the same period a year earlier. These results provide financial context preceding the attack and do not measure its impact, which is not yet clear. The available information included no separate financial estimate of losses resulting from the plant shutdown.
Astarta set November 19, 2026, as the date for publishing its nine-month report, according to its investor relations calendar. The report will come about a week after Interfax reported the attack on November 10 and may include the latest financial data for the period covering the date of the incident. The company said it would assess details of the damage and losses after the State Emergency Service inspection is complete. The investor calendar and available information did not give a date for the plant to resume operations. The inspection’s findings and the company’s assessment, along with the next financial report, therefore remain the next announced milestones.