For the 2025|26 financial year in the Fruit segment, AGRANA is forecasting a reduction in EBIT on slightly rising revenue. The fruit preparations business expects stable volumes, but price-related slight growth in revenue. Even if a significant decline in fruit preparations EBIT is expected for the 2025|26 financial year due to an anticipated normalisation in price dynamics after a very high-margin 2024|25, the earnings expectations for 2025|26 significantly exceed the EBIT average of the last five years. In the fruit juice concentrate activities, revenue for 2025|26 is predicted to rise from the year before. In view of the sales contracts closed to date for product from the 2024 crop, the earnings situation in the concentrate business is expected to remain at a good general level in in the new financial year.

In the Starch segment, steady revenue is forecast for the 2025|26 financial year. It is believed that raw material prices will rise slightly. However, thanks in part to projects underway that aim to further increase efficiency and reduce costs through process optimisation, EBIT is expected to be significantly above that of last year.

In the Sugar segment, AGRANA is projecting a significant revenue reduction in 2025|26. A challenging market environment, including enormous competition from Ukraine particularly in the EU deficit countries, means that prices remain under pressure. An operating deficit before exceptional items and results of equity-accounted joint ventures is therefore once again expected. Due to a smaller net exceptional items expense, EBIT is projected to be moderately better than in the previous year.