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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Maritime Court of Nampula Province has cancelled the departure of containers carrying pigeon peas and other products seized from the ETG conglomerate in Mozambique, which a competitor intended to export, according to a decision to which Lusa had access today.<\/p>\n

At issue is a dispute that has been dragging on for months and which has already led ETG, which requested the intervention of the President of the Republic, to file an injunction, in a lawsuit over the appropriation of its cargo, in the port of Nacala, by competitor Royal Group Limitada (RGL).<\/p>\n

In yet another court ruling on this case, dated January 16th and communicated to the director of Nacala Customs, the Nampula Maritime Court decided to \u201corder the sustation [cancellation] of departure and transit, by sea, of cargo in bulk and containers consisting of pigeon peas, soybeans, sesame, peanuts, rice and corn seized\u201d from the defendants, RGL.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis measure should be extended to the following companies: all shipping agents, CMA, CGM, MASC, MAFL, PIL, MAERSK LINE or any other company hired by the defendant [RGL] or with which the defendant has commercial relations,\u201d the decision reads.<\/p>\n

The document emphasizes that \u201conly\u201d the specified cargo that is seized \u201cis covered by this suspension measure\u201d, and therefore \u201ccompliance with this measure should not paralyze, disturb or embarrass the ordinary execution of other port operations\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mauritius-based conglomerate ETG previously said it is using all legal means, including international, to prevent the export of more than US$70 million (\u20ac64.3 million) of seized pigeon peas and other products.<\/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

Meanwhile, with a bail imposed by the local court of US$60 million (\u20ac55.1 million), the group is trying to stop the removal of the cargo in that amount, in pigeon peas and other agricultural products, allegedly by RGL, which took over its possession in Nacala.<\/p>\n

In response to questions, an official ETG source stated that RGL \u201cwas caught sending GMO products to India by the Indian authorities more than a year ago\u201d and \u201cdecided to recover the losses from this incident by starting an unfounded dispute against that conglomerate\u201d which has now been criminalized with the cooperation of Mozambican public entities.<\/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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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Maritime Court of Nampula Province has cancelled the departure of containers carrying pigeon peas and other products seized from the ETG conglomerate in Mozambique, which a competitor intended to export, according to a decision to which Lusa had access today. 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