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Overview

Agricultural Bank of China contributes to a $200 million USD syndicated to Concordia Agritrading for unspecified purposes

Commitment Year2016Country of ActivitySingaporeDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationSingaporeOverseas JurisdictionSingaporeSectorAgriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow TypeLoan

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 1, 2016

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Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% Chinese ownership

Funding agencies

State-owned Commercial Banks

  • Agricultural Bank of China (ABC)

Receiving agencies

State-owned companies

  • Concordia Agritrading Pte. Ltd

Loan description

Agricultural Bank of China contributions to USD 200 million 2016 syndicated loan for Concordia Agritrading unspecified corporate purposes

Interest typeUnknown

Narrative

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Project narrative

In November 2016, a syndicate of banks — including the Singapore Branch of Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) — entered into a $200 million USD loan agreement with Concordia Agritrading Pte. Ltd. — a Singapore-incorporated company responsible for grains and oilseed trading in Asia and wholly-owned subsidiary of Nidera B.V., a Dutch commodity trader and agri-business company based in Rotterdam owned by COFCO International Limited (CIL), a Cayman Islands-incorporated company and wholly-subsidiary of COFCO (Hong Kong) Limited which itself is wholly owned by Chinese state-owned food processing holding, manufacturing, and trading company COFCO Corporation (51% stake) and Cygne B.V., a Netherlands-incorporated holding company represent the family of Nidera's founders (49% stake) — for unspecified purposes.