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Osamu Shoda
has been named
president of Nisshin Flour Milling Co., Ltd.
Shoda had been
executive managing
director
Osamu Shoda
for two years. A
graduate of Tokyo University and
with a master's degree in business administration from Harvard,
Shoda joined Nisshin, Japan's
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1967. In 1973, he became executive managing director of Nisshin
DCA Foods Inc., returning to the
Wheat Flour Division in 1976.
In 1980, Shoda was named managing director of Nisshin Flour
Milling Co., Ltd., and in 1983 he
WRRNFKDUJHRIWKHÀRXUPLOOLQJGHpartment in the Wheat Flour Division. In June 1984, he became executive managing director, a position
he held until being named president.
The Ulukartal Co., a leading pasta manufacturer in Turkey operating under the trademark KARTAL,
has awarded Ocrim S.p.A., Cremona, Italy, the contract for a new
durum mill. The mill will be constructed in Smirne, Turkey, next
to another Ocrim-built mill, which
was commissioned more than 20
years ago and continues to run.
The new durum mill will have
a daily capacity of 160 tonnes,
increasing the total output of the
Ulukartal facility to 600 tonnes
per day. Start of industrial production of the new unit is expected in
November.

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Purina S.A. de C.V. recently
completed construction of a stateof-the-art feed mill in Monterrey,
Mexico. The feed mill was

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Purina feed mill built in Monterrey, Mexico in 1996.

completed after 13 months. It is fully
automated, from receiving through
loadout and bagging.

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In August, Brazil's federal
revenue bureau said it discovered
an illegal scheme among Brazilian
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exporters.
Tax authorities discovered that part
of the product from Argentina, the
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entering the country irregularly, to
avoid paying the 20% import quota.
Based on the scheme, Argentina
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product to make bread, which is
subject to an import duty of 5%.
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product," said Marco Aurélio, head
of the division of customs clearance
of the general customs coordination
department.
The President of the Brazilian
Wheat Industry Association Samuel
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premixed products from Argentina
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"This indicates fraud," he said.
"Exports of wheat were substituted
through fraud."

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Archer Daniels Midland Co.
(ADM) in August announced
several personnel changes in its
Grain Group. ADM named Matthew
Jansen president of the Grain Group
on Aug. 1, Domingo Lastra president
of South American operations
on Aug. 8, Matthew Bruns vicepresident of export trading on Aug.
14 and Thomas Ames vice-president
of transportation and logistics for
the Grain Group on Aug. 28.
Jansen will have management
responsibilities for the Grain Group,
which includes the company's
domestic and export grain facilities,
grain merchandizing operations,
destination marketing businesses
and ocean freight operations. Jansen
was most recently president of South
American Operations, located in Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
Group Agrenco on Aug. 8
announced the construction of an
export terminal at the Argentinean
port of Del Guazú.
The terminal might become
operative in 2007 and will allow
the company to double its shipping
capacity from Argentina, which is
currently 1.5 million tonnes of grains
and includes soybeans, soy bran,
maize and sorghum. Investments in
the project add up to $42 million.

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