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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS 
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

 

22.          SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On November 3, 2011, Bunge announced its agreement with Aceitera General Deheza to form a 50/50 joint venture, ProMaiz,S.A. for the purpose of constructing and operating a corn wet milling plant in Argentina for production of ethanol and by-products.  Bunge’s share of the total investment is expected to be approximately $100 million. The project will commence immediately and will be carried out in stages. In stage one, corn dry milling volume is expected to reach 1,000 tons per day by the first quarter of 2013. In stage two, processing capacity is expected to reach 1,400 tons per day, with the wet milling and refining processes for corn by-products operating at full speed by the first quarter of 2014. Additionally, the plant is expected to produce 140,000 cubic meters of ethanol and 100,000 tons of vegetable protein for animal feed in addition to gluten feed, gluten meal, corn syrup and starch for the food industry.

 

On November 1, 2011, Bunge announced its agreement to acquire a 35% ownership interest in PT Bumiraya Investindo (“BRI”), the Indonesian palm plantation subsidiary of PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk (“TPS Food”), for approximately $43 million.  The transaction is subject to the approval of TPS Food’s shareholders and regulatory approval in Indonesia.