CISA employs some 380 people in Geneva. Its customers are private and public companies, Cargill processing plants and distribution centres, and government agencies around the world.
Sugar is bought from sugar mills and refineries.
It is sold and distributed through Cargill offices and agents to government and private buyers. Trading offices in the US, South America, Europe and Asia, as well as the Santos terminal in Brazil, report to Geneva. Cargill's Ocean Transportation business is headquartered in Geneva with offices in London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong and New Jersey. It manages the corporation's bulk ocean freight activities and charters cargos on behalf of Cargill's businesses worldwide. Cargill Global Petroleum manages Cargill's world-wide trading of crude oil and petroleum products, in conjunction with Minneapolis.