Qatar’s Hassad Food to buy sugar project in Brazil-QNA
29. Aug, 2010
According to Reuters, “Hassad Food, owned by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to acquire a sugar project in Brazil, the state-run Qatar News agency said, citing the firm’s chairman.
Qatar, like other Gulf states, imports the majority of its food requirements, and securing future food supplies is seen as a priority by the government.
The acquisition in Brazil is expected to take place in two months time, Nasser al-Hajri told QNA, giving no further details of the project.
Around 70 percent of the sugar is planned to be shipped to Qatar for domestic use, while the remaining 30 percent will be used to produce bio-fuels, QNA said.”
Source: Reuters
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