AMMAN —
Visiting Brazilian Agriculture Minister
Marcos Montes discussed with Jordanian
officials the possibility of increased fertilizer exports to his country,
according to a press statement.
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Montes discussed
with Shehadeh Abu Hudaib, chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Arab Potash Company, and Maen Al-Nsour, the company’s CEO, ways of supplying his country,
which is considered one of the leading agricultural producers in the world,
with fertilizers needed for agriculture.
According to Abu
Hudaib, APC exported about 430,000 tons of fertilizers, worth $184 million, to
Brazil in the past three years.
He said the
advanced position enjoyed by APC in the world potash markets, to which it
exports its products, “has led to heightened responsibility and growing role in
achieving global food security alongside meeting demand for fertilizers”.
He explained that
APC supplies consumer markets with around 2.6 million tonnes annually, which
represents 3 to 4 percent of global consumption.
Abu Hudaib
emphasized the importance of
Brazil, which is optimally synchronized with APC’s
expansionist plans to grow its productive capacity of potash of all kinds to
meet the needs of its traditional and new markets worldwide.
Nsour said that
APC will increase its productive capacity of red granular potash from half a
million tonnes to 1.2 million tonnes annually, which will enable the company to
increase its sales to the Brazilian market in the future.
According to
Nsour, APC is contemplating opening a representative office in Brazil, and
increasing the production of red granular potash, “which is of a high price and
brings significant returns”.
Montes said that
his visit is expected to bolster bilateral trade ties with the Kingdom. He said
Jordanian fertilizer is of high quality and favored by Brazilian farmers.
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