Major St. Petersburg banana importer declared bankruptcy.
The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region has declared LLC Troya Import insolvent. The company, once one of the city's largest importers of bananas and other fruits with multi-billion-ruble revenues, has been placed under bankruptcy proceedings.
The court-appointed administrator, Andrey Enkov, must submit a report on debt recovery by March 18, 2026.
Troya Import had filed for bankruptcy on April 18. A monitoring procedure was launched in May, and the first creditors' meeting took place on September 3. Court documents state that the only creditor present was Ecuadorian banana exporter Frutadeli S.A., with claims of 64.2 million rubles. Holding 100% of the creditors' votes, Frutadeli requested that the St. Petersburg company be declared bankrupt.
According to earlier reports from RBC St. Petersburg, Frutadeli had also attempted to pursue bankruptcy through a simplified procedure for companies that had effectively ceased operations and lacked assets; however, the court rejected that request. The ruling was later upheld by higher arbitration courts.
The dispute dates back to late 2020, when Frutadeli supplied Troya Import with six shipments of bananas, a total of 60 containers of premium Cavendish bananas, worth $670,300. The Ecuadorian supplier received only about $5,000 in payment.
In court, Troya Import acknowledged receiving the fruit but denied having a valid contract with Frutadeli, instead claiming it had purchased bananas from another Ecuadorian firm, Damascoswett S.A., and settled payments with them. However, the court recognized the contract with Frutadeli, citing email correspondence as evidence.
On June 26, 2024, the Arbitration Court ordered Troya Import to pay $665,300 in outstanding debt and $83,700 in interest. The Thirteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal upheld the decision in October 2024 and the Arbitration Court of the Northwestern District in March 2025.
Founded in 2014, Troya Import once reported annual revenues of at least 3 billion rubles between 2016 and 2021, peaking at 5.7 billion rubles in 2020. In 2022, revenue fell to 2.48 billion, dropped further to 154 million in 2023, and hit zero last year.
The company's sole owner and general director, Imran Orudz ogly Shibliyev, has had his assets frozen at Frutadeli's request. Shibliyev is seeking to exempt 80,500 rubles from the freeze to cover monthly loan payments. The court is set to review this request on September 25.
Source: www.rbc.ru