24 Jun Dangote to export fertiliser to U.S., Brazil
The Dangote fertiliser plant in Lagos will export its first shipment later this month or in early July, to the United States, according to Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group.
He told told a virtual economic forum hosted by Qatar that first shipment will go to Louisiana, United States, but the majority of exports from the plant are expected to go to Brazil.
According to a Reuters’ report, the new plant at the Lekki Free Zone in Lagos State, designed to produce 3 million tonnes of urea per year, will also supply all the major markets in sub-Saharan Africa.
“Apart from meeting the domestic demand, we are going to be able to earn quite a lot of money exporting the goods to the South American countries,” Dangote.
The fertiliser plant is expected to produce multiple grades of fertilisers to meet soil, crop and climate-specific requirement for the African continent, and for export.
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