Odessa LDG

Louis Dreyfus announced in October a joint venture with Brooklyn Kiev LLC to develop and manage a multi-commodity terminal at the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa.

As competition has intensified to secure farm-sector assets in response to rising global food demand, privately-held Louis Dreyfus has turned to bonds to support higher investments.

The Netherlands-based company, which issued bonds for the first time in its 150-year history in September 2012, said on Wednesday it had wrapped up the 500 million euro issue of a seven-year Eurobond listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Last year, Louis Dreyfus said it aimed to increase investments in the five years from 2012 by 40 percent compared with 2006-2011.

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