The National Cashew Association of
Nigeria (NCAN) has signed a N1 billion deal with shipping companies in
Nigeria to export cashew nuts, Sotonye Anga, the National Spokesman of
the association said on Wednesday.
Anga, who explained that the deal was
sealed at a meeting with cashew exporters, shipping companies and
forwarding agents, said over 6,700 containers of cashew nuts would be
exported to Vietnam, India and other Asian countries this year.
“We are pleased with the outcome of the cashew logistics meeting, held on Saturday the Feb. 20 with stakeholders.
“We are giving shipping companies more
than 6,700 container loads of cashew nuts for shipment to India,
Vietnam, and other Asian countries.
“This translates to $5 million (N1
billion) worth of business which is about One billion naira as our
industry wide cost of shipment.
“In return, we demand from them the best
of service. We want the best in terms of care in handling our cashew
shipments, shorter delivery and transit time at a pocket friendly rate.
“We insist on global best practice for
cashew handling and so we will work closely with the shipping companies
to come up with an industry friendly programme for cashew exports from
Nigeria,’’ Anga said.
He said that the containers that would convey the cashew nuts would be dressed with double corrugated craft paper.
“Henceforth all 40ft containers carrying cashew nuts from Nigeria will load 26.5 metric tons of cashews.
“They must also carry appropriate number
of quality desiccants to absorb moisture and to help us preserve the
quality of cashew during transit,’’ he said.
Some of the shippers represented at the meeting included, PIL Ltd, CMA DELMAS and MAERSK LINE among others.
They pledged their full support and
advised cashew exporters to fill indemnity forms whenever they use
import containers for export.
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