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Bunge Ukraine opens industrial, transshipping complex
MYKOLAIV, UKRAINE - Bunge Ukraine opened on June 15 an
industrial and transshipping complex at the Mykolaiv Sea Port in
Ukraine that includes one of the country's most powerful oil terminal
factories for the production of vegetable oil and will increase capacity of the existing grain terminal.
The new complex will increase export potential - boosting product volume in Ukraine and cargo handling in the port by 1 million
tonnes.
The Industrial and Transshipping Complex of Bunge Ukraine is
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principal goal of the project is not only to increase exports, but to
change the very structure of all current practices - moving away
from the simple exports of agricultural commodities to the export of
various agricultural products. The company estimates that the new
oil recycling plant will be able to process 790,000 tonnes of oilseed
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per day. This means the complex's reloading capacity is increased by
1.75 million tonnes of grain, meal, and oil every year.
"The building of this complex expands the strategy of our company, aimed at developing infrastructure in the Mykolaiv Sea Port,"
said Dmitry Gorshunov, Bunge Ukraine's managing director. "In
2011, the company built a modern transshipment terminal here,
which increased the country's grain export capacity to 3 million
tonnes per year. The total cost of both projects is $280 million, and
taking into consideration success of both projects, we will consider

The Bunge complex boosts product volume in Ukraine and cargo handling
in the port by 1 million tonnes.
further investment in further areas beyond agribusiness infrastructure development in the future."

Cargill opens animal nutrition plant in Vietnam
+2 &+, 0,1+ &,7< 9,(71$0 ² &DUJLOO RI¿FLDOO\ LQDXJXUDWed on May 28 an $8.5 million animal nutrition plant in Nam Cam
Industrial Zone, Dong Nam Economic Zone, Nghe An, Vietnam.
This brings Cargill's total number of animal feed mills in Vietnam to 11.
The new facility will provide animal feed for livestock and will
have a total capacity of 66,000 tonnes per year. The company said it
aims to provide customers with safe, trusted feed that maximizes the
performance of their operations, which in turn helps to improve food
safety across Vietnam's supply chain.
Cargill said it is on track with its investment strategy. The addition
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quarter of 2016 and construction of its 12th animal feed mill in Binh
Duong will be completed in the second half of 2017. The $8 million
expansion in Dong Thap increased production of specialty aquatic
feed and enhanced Cargill's aquaculture animal nutrition offering in
the country. The $30 million facility in Binh Duong will have a total
capacity of 260,000 tonnes per year and will incorporate the latest
technologies currently available in the industry.
"In the face of a general slowdown in the Southeast Asia region,
Vietnam's economy continues to perform very well and foreign investments along with exports are on the rise. The agricultural sector
is currently suffering from a terrible drought, but in the long run, we,
at Cargill, see good growth potential in the industry. We will continue
to invest in our animal nutrition business and the opening of our plant
in Nghe An is testament of our commitment," said Jorge Becerra,
country representative and managing director of Cargill's feed and
nutrition business in Vietnam.
Cargill is on track to meet its commitment to build 100 schools in
Vietnam by 2020 across rural communities in Vietnam. As of May,
the company has already opened 78 schools.
For more information, see Page 106.

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