MAJOR MEAT TRADERS JAPAN’S MITSUI AND RUSSIA’S RUSAGRO EXPLORE COOPERATION
July 1st, 2017
A MAJOR Japanese corporation with significant meat trading interests - Mitsui & Co Ltd - is undergoing talks on potential business opportunities with the Rusagro Group, one of Russia’s largest vertically integrated livestock and agricultural holding companies.
Hiroo Yoshida, of Mitsui’s corporate communications division has confirmed that Mitsui has acquires a token amount - 0.005% - of Rusagro’s capital and the companies are “exploring the possibility of co-operation”.
Mitsui conducts a wide range of business in meat and livestock-related fields, ...
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