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Ekosem-Agrar concludes new contracts for the export of dairy products to China - Seite 2

Stefan Dürr, Chairman of the Management Board of Ekosem-Agrar AG: We see a highly attractive, unsaturated sales market in a favorable location in our neighboring country of China and are very pleased that our EkoNiva dairy products are meeting with high demand there. For the near future, we expect to be able to increase our monthly deliveries to up to 50 containers with a total volume of more than 1,000 tons."

At present, EkoNiva UHT milk is still delivered exclusively by sea, as this is, among other factors, more cost-effective than the overland route. However, in order to be able to supply fresh dairy products to China in the future, preparations are currently being made to include rail freight transport, which would significantly reduce delivery times.

Further details on the operating performance in the fiscal year 2021 as well as the Annual Report 2020 will be published on 30 June 2021.

About Ekosem-Agrar

Ekosem-Agrar AG, Walldorf, is the German holding company of the EkoNiva Group, one of the largest Russian agricultural companies. A herd of around 210,000 cattle (thereof more than 110,000 dairy cows) and a daily output of over 3,160 tons of raw milk make the company the largest milk producer in the country. The Group controls an agricultural land area of approx. 630,000 hectares and is also one of the leading Russian seed producers. The founder and CEO of the company is Stefan Dürr, who has been active in the Russian agricultural sector since the end of the 1980s and has been instrumental in modernizing the industry in the past three decades. In 2009, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of his contributions to the German-Russian Dialogue on Agriculture. The Group employs some 12,900 people and has a presence in nine administrative areas in Russia. Ekosem-Agrar generated a total output of EUR 565 million and adjusted EBITDA of EUR 167 million in 2019.

Ekosem-Agrar has issued two corporate bonds in the German capital market: Bond 2012/2022 (ISIN: DE000A1R0RZ5) and Bond 2019/2024 (ISIN: DE000A2YNR08).

Further information is available at: https://www.ekosem-agrar.de/en/

 

Ekosem-Agrar contact

Adrian Schairer // T: [phone] // E: [e-mail]