Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) to Purchase Port in Northern Brazil

July 31, 2012 10:17 AM EDT
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) announced an agreement to purchase a port terminal in the state of Pará in Brazil.

“By adding this strategically located port to our extensive logistics network in Brazil, we will increase our capacity to export grain from Western and Northern Brazil and further expand our fertilizer operations throughout the country,” said Valmor Schaffer, president, ADM South America. “This port will enhance ADM’s global reach, better connecting the Brazilian harvest to markets including Europe, the Middle East, and even Asia through the Panama Canal.”

Once complete, the new port will have capacity to handle 3 million metric tons a year.

ADM is Brazil’s largest soybean meal exporter, the second largest exporter of soybeans and the Brazilian economy’s seventh largest exporter overall.


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