During a press meeting held on Friday, November 24, 2023, director general of the Industrial Investment and Promotion Corporation (SIPI-BENIN), Létondji Beheton announced that the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ) will be able to achieve by 2024, a transformation capacity of 600,000 tons of soybeans

The account for the 2023 campaign, the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone achieved a production of 400,000 tons. BENIN ORGANICS and BENIN AGRI BUSINESS are the two soybean processing units that are already operational. The first specializes in the processing of organic soybeans and has an annual processing capacity of 60,000 tons, while BENIN AGRI BUSINESS, in place for the processing of conventional soybeans, has an annual processing capacity of around 150,000 tons. According to the managing director of the Industrial Investment and Promotion Corporation, the GDIZ, in its agricultural product processing policy, ensures that investors do not lack raw materials