Sustainability Report 2016 . 2017 28 Origin of raw feed materials and grain* ** ***2016 2017 Tonnes Percentage Comparison to previous year Tonnes Percentage Comparison to previous year Germany 1,145,792 52.5 1,089,824 54.8 EU 545,551 25.0 414,494 20.8 Non-EU 491,682 22.5 484,589 24.4 Total 2,183,025 100 1,988,907 100 * The data relates to the feedstuff plants supplied with raw feed materials and grain by AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG’s Agricultural Products Division. These are the feedstuff plants at Münster, Dorsten, Minden, Lingen, Oldenburg, Höltinghausen, Leer, Bremerhaven and Braunschweig (9 of the total 16 or 18 fully consolidated AGRAVIS feedstuff plants in Germany in 2016 or 2017). The Neuss and Wiesbaden plants will be integrated into the evaluation from 2018. ** The raw feed materials can be clearly assigned to the respective regions of origin. It is more difficult to categorise the regions of origin for grain. The country of collection is considered the country of origin. Any discrepancies between the country of entry and country of production are negligible and do not affect the proportionate origin of the grain.*** In the Agricultural Products segment, a total of about 2.5 million tonnes of raw feed materials (of which about 43.4 per cent were of German origin, 8.5 per cent of European origin and 48.1 per cent of non-EU origin) and a good 5.2 million tonnes of grain (of which about 75.1 per cent were of German origin, 21.6 per cent of European origin, and 3.3 per cent of non-EU origin) were traded in 2016. In 2017, a total of a good 2.6 million tonnes of raw feed materials (of which about 44.4 per cent were of German origin, 14.3 per cent of European origin and 41.3 per cent of non-EU origin) and a good 4.2 million tonnes of grain (73.0 per cent were of German origin, 25.1 per cent of European origin and 1.9 per cent of non-EU origin) were traded.Use and origin of seed The AGRAVIS Seed Division produces, handles, stores, trades and conducts research in seed. In the process, a distinction is made between different traded goods, such as maize and rapeseed, individual components, such as German rye grass and buckwheat, and reproducing goods, such as beans and peas. Seed components 2016 2017 Tonnes Comparison to previ-ous year Tonnes Comparison to previ-ous year Handled goods 12,224 12,454 – of which individual components 3,365 3,679 – of which propagation goods 2,161 1,248 The number of total handled seed components decreased significantly in 2016 – by almost 22 per cent to around 12,200 tonnes to be exact. Alongside competitive pressure and a decrease in seed maize plantation, another reason for the decline was the falling sales in meadow mixes due to a significant drop in milk prices. Some 12,450 tonnes of seed components were handle in 2017, an increase of around 2 per cent compared to the previous year.G4-EN1 ✓