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The Inter-American Investment
Corp., an afﬁliate of the Inter-American Development Bank, approved
a $6-million loan for a $1-million
equity investment in Puerto Ramallo S.A. to ﬁnance construction and
operation of a private port facility
325 kilometers north of Buenos Aires, Argentina in the Ramallo region
along the Parana River.
The total cost of the project is estimated at $25 million. The Puerto
Ramallo export facility will have
a grain and cereal products loading capacity of 2,500 tonnes per
hour. The port will include 93,000
tonnes of grain storage capacity and
a 630-truck parking facility.
Thailand’s largest agribusiness operator, Charaoen Pokphand Group,
expects this year’s growth in the animal feed market to be at 10% to 12%.
The forecast was based on last
year’s growth and the growth rate
of local animal husbandry. Charoen
Pokphand, with a 70% share of the
Thai feed market, carried out the
study on future demand for animal
feed and the supply of raw materials
and found that imports of some raw
materials will still be needed.
Major raw materials are maize,
soybeans and ﬁsh meal.
The Port of Houston Authority
has purchased Woodhouse Terminal
at Galena Park, on the north side of
the Houston Ship Channel.
The facility, which includes a
grain elevator with a storage capacity of about 163,000 tonnes, has
been renamed Houston Public Elevator No. 2.
Neuero Corp. will provide Pilmico Foods Corp. of Philippines a new
ship unloading system for its plant
at Iligan.
The contract includes a new stationary pneumatic ship unloader

and a new mechanical conveying
system for ﬁlling the concrete storage silos. The system will have a capacity of 400 tonnes per hour.

2003
The European Commission
has warned 12 E.U. member
states over their failure to implement key legislation on genetically modiﬁed organisms and
the environment.
The Commission sent out “reasoned opinions” to these countries, warning that if they did not
implement the legislation within
the next two months, the Commission had the option of taking a case to the European Court
of Justice.
The directive in question concerns the authorization procedures
for GMO’s, establishes principles
for environmental risk assessments of GMOs and has requirements for labeling.
So far only the U.K., Denmark and
Sweden have implemented the Directive into their national legislation.
Mulino Stucky, a 19 Century
neo-gothic ﬂour mill and one of
Venice’s most important landmarks, was severely damaged by
ﬁre in April.
The building constructed in 1895
as a ﬂour mill, was being restored
and was to be used as a shopping
mall and congress center on the
tiny island of Della Giudecca, near
Venice, northern Italy. The blaze
appeared to be limited to the top
ﬂoor and the wooden roof, ﬁreﬁghters said.
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Nippon Flour Mills Co. is investing $4 million in a ﬂour mill
in Shanghai, to service Japanese
food processing companies operating in China.
The company currently exports

more than 15,000 tonnes of ﬂour
to these customers annually. The
3,600-tonne-capacity Shanghai mill
is expected to come on stream in
February 2004 and will reduce production and transportation costs, the
company said.
Archer Daniels Midland Company is constructing a soy processing facility in Shanhaiguan, China, in partnership with
Wilmar Holdings.
The facility will produce ADM’s
exclusive trademark Arcon line
of highly functional soy protein
concentrates, specialty soy ﬂour
for soy sauce fermentation and
whole edible soybeans. Construction is expected to be completed by
mid-2004.
Dan Amstutz has been appointed
to lead the U.S.
government’s agricultural reconstruction efforts
in Iraq. Amstutz
will serve as senior
ministry
advisor for agriAmstutz
culture in the rebuilding efforts and will coordinate
activities in the sector.
Amstutz has worked in both the
private sector and government, and
he has extensive experience with
managing organizations, commodity merchandising and international trading. He has held positions
with Cargill; Goldman, Sachs &
Company; the International Wheat
Council and North American Export Grain Association.
He served as USDA Under Secretary for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs from 1983
to 1987 and then as Ambassador
an chief negotiator for agriculture during the Uruguay Round
General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade (GATT) talks in 1987
to 1989.

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