{"id":55193,"date":"2024-02-04T17:50:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T17:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/etg-to-stop-export-of-seized-pigeon-peas"},"modified":"2024-02-04T18:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T18:41:01","slug":"etg-to-stop-export-of-seized-pigeon-peas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/etg-to-stop-export-of-seized-pigeon-peas","title":{"rendered":"ETG to stop export of seized pigeon peas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The ETG conglomerate is resorting to all legal means, including international ones, to prevent the export of more than $70 million worth of pigeon peas and other products seized in Mozambique by another competitor.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, our seized pigeon peas, as well as other products, including sesame seeds, peanuts, maize, soya and rice, are being transferred from our warehouses in Nacala to other warehouses belonging to Royal Group Limitada [RGL],\u201d an official source from ETG, a conglomerate based in Mauritius, explained to Lusa on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cContrary to the court orders [which ordered the seizure of the cargo], RGL is repackaging the goods to be shipped under the name Bull Limitada. We believe that the shipment of the seized goods on a CMA CGM ship is imminent. On 13 January, the seized cowpeas amounted to $27.6 million and the seized goods to $44.9 million,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

Lusa reported on Thursday that the leader of ETG appealed to Mozambique\u2019s president, in a letter dated 26 December, to intervene in the \u201cpigeon pea saga\u201d, in which he claims to be the victim of \u201cexpropriation\u201d by the RGL company.<\/p>\n

In the letter, Maheshkumar Raojibhai Patel complained of \u201cextraordinary events\u201d that have been taking place for several months in the port town of Nacala, Nampula province, northern Mozambique, with the \u201cgeneralised theft and expropriation\u201d of goods by RGL with the support of public bodies, jeopardising the export of agricultural products, namely cowpeas destined for India.<\/p>\n

At the root of the conflict, which has been going on for around 14 months and has so far received no comment from the Mozambican government, is the complaint by RGL, which accuses ETG and other companies that export cowpeas to India \u2013 which buys almost all of the country\u2019s production \u2013 of being responsible for the complaint that it had exported genetically modified soya beans (GMOs) to that country.<\/p>\n

In October 2022, the Nampula Provincial Court ordered the suspension of all exports by ETG and other groups also accused by RGL in this case. The following day, the Nampula Provincial Court granted RGL an order to seize ETG\u2019s assets, including real estate and ships, and froze its bank accounts.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, with a bail of $60 million (\u20ac55.1 million) imposed by the local court, the group is trying to stop the withdrawal of cargo worth that amount, in cowpeas and other agricultural products, allegedly by RGL, which took possession of it in Nacala.<\/p>\n

In response to Lusa, an official ETG source said that RGL \u201cwas caught sending GMO products to India by the Indian authorities over a year ago\u201d and \u201cdecided to recover the losses from that incident by starting an unfounded dispute\u201d against that conglomerate, \u201cwhich has now been criminalised with the cooperation of public entities\u201d in Mozambique.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have defended ourselves against RGL\u2019s actions in the civil and criminal courts in Mozambique. As well as asking the president to intervene, we are studying legal actions to prevent the ship with our goods from leaving port. And legal action in various jurisdictions outside Mozambique, should the ship leave Porto with ETG products,\u201d the source assured.<\/p>\n

In 2023, ETG exported 23,592 tonnes of Mozambique cowpeas to India with an initial target of 100,000 tonnes, \u201cwhich could not be achieved due to the current situation\u201d. In this scenario, ETG is also unable to predict whether it will continue to operate in Mozambique in 2024.<\/p>\n

In his letter to the head of state, Filipe Nyusi, the conglomerate\u2019s chairman said that ETG had been in Mozambique \u201cfor more than 24 years\u201d, playing \u201ca fundamental role in the lives of hundreds of thousands of farmers\u201d.<\/p>\n

ETG\u2019s shareholders include Japan\u2019s Mitsui, South Africa\u2019s state-owned Public Investment Corporation, the largest asset manager on the African continent, and Saudi Arabia\u2019s SABIC, one of the world\u2019s leading fertiliser producers.<\/p>\n

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