Become a Member
  • Track your favourite stocks
  • Create & monitor portfolios
  • Daily portfolio value
Sign Up
Quickpicks
Add shares to your
quickpicks to
display them here!

Summer Orange Crop

20th Mar 2015 08:00

RNS Number : 0004I
Asian Citrus Holdings Ltd
20 March 2015
 

 

 

For immediate release

20 March 2015

 

Asian Citrus Holdings Limited

("Asian Citrus" or the "Company")

 

Summer Orange Crop

 

Asian Citrus announces that the Group (the Company together with its subsidiaries) has concluded negotiations on the pricing with its customers for the forthcoming summer orange crop.

 

Pursuant to recently signed supplier agreements, the Group will supply a total of 20,100 tonnes of summer oranges from Hepu Plantation in the first half of 2015, representing a decrease of approximately 59.4% in comparison to the production output of 49,540 tonnes in the same period last year. The production yield from Hepu Plantation was materially impacted by the previously announced damage sustained from Typhoon Rammasun and Typhoon Seagull in July and September 2014 respectively (the "Typhoons").

 

Based on current information it is anticipated that the average selling price of the Group's summer orange crop will be approximately 33.5% lower than the prior year, as a result of the extensive typhoon damage from the Typhoons and the consequent poor appearance of oranges infected by citrus canker.

 

The Board believes that the reduction in the anticipated average selling price and the production volumes of the summer orange crop, the Typhoons and citrus canker as previously announced, will continue to adversely influence the performance of the Group's agricultural produce operations.

 

 

For further enquiries please contact:

 

Asian Citrus

 

 

+852 2559 0323

Mark Ng, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (NOMAD and Broker)

+44 (0) 20 7894 7000

Rick Thompson / David Foreman (Corporate Finance)

 

Richard Redmayne (Corporate Broking)

 

 

Weber Shandwick Financial

+44 (0) 20 7067 0700

Nick Oborne, Stephanie Badjonat, Tom Jenkins

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
END
 
 
MSCGRGDXRDDBGUG

Related Shares:

ACHL.L
FTSE 100 Latest
Value8,275.66
Change0.00