Paraguay
Cargill began its operations in Paraguay in 1978 with the commercialization of farming products and by-products. Today, Cargill Paraguay is active in purchasing, processing, exporting, importing, and customer services. Its products and current services concentrate on grains, oils, flours, fertilizers, financial services, freight services and storage.The company currently has the largest installed capacity for processing oilseeds and is one of the largest grain exporters in the country. It leads the ranking of Paraguay's exporters.
Its headquarters are located in the city of Minga Guazú – Alto Paraná.
Paraguay Brochure PDF (2.9MB)
Contact Information:
Cargill Paraguay, Ruta Internacional N° 7
Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Km 28. Minga Guazu
Tel: 595-644-219-3500
Fax: 595-644-219-3125
e-mail: Cargill_Paraguay@cargill.com
Products and Services
Agriculture
Cargill Paraguay commercializes more than 1,300,000 tons of soy, wheat and corn a year. This volume is a little more than thirty percent of the total harvest of the country.
The origination team works in close contact with farmers assisting them throughout the production chain. Cargill has 20 country elevators spread all over the farming region of the country.
Processing
Cargill Paraguay has a factory that processes 900,000 tons of soy a year, thus having the largest installed capacity in Paraguay. Soy flours with a high protein content, soy fiber and soy degummed oil are produced.
The processing business has international food safety certification showing the continuous commitment of Cargill with health. The quality of the proteic flours produced entitles it to acceptance on the most demanding markets around the world. Almost all of the production of proteic flour and degummed oil is exported using a port of its own and another one which it operates exclusively.
Cargill is a leader in the responsible care of the environment, which has earned it recognition from the industrial companies in Paraguay.
Risk Management and Finance
Cargill’s financial department incorporates the following services to its customers:
• Options for payment services to customers:
o Account–to–account on-line electronic transfer.
o Electronic transfer abroad and to other banks.
o Payments with checks at the storing branches in the country’s interior.
o Transactions with warrants.
o Electronic transfer abroad and to other banks.
o Payments with checks at the storing branches in the country’s interior.
o Transactions with warrants.
• Credits:
o Financing soy harvest: in cash and with fertilizers.
o Financing wheat/corn harvest: with fertilizers.
o Financing under long-term soy contract.
o Financing wheat/corn harvest: with fertilizers.
o Financing under long-term soy contract.
• Direct assistance to the customer for the following enquiries:
o Payment transactions.
o Bank Transactions
o Bank Transactions
• Financial Investments:
o Fixed deposits
o Call deposits
Fertilizerso Call deposits
Cargill Fertilizers in Paraguay carries out the activities of importing and distributing. Through this transaction, which is a strategy to achieve the company’s goals such as the storing of grains, it is offering a service to the customer at the same time. It offers an interlinked service which makes the customer feel confident in the transaction performed with the company. Besides offering products for services, it seeks to focus on the quality and satisfaction of agricultural business.
Cargill Fertilizers creates innovative solutions because it is a company prepared for the development of new technologies that can generate progress in its activities. Such solutions also extend to the producer’s activities and needs. Through this activity it seeks to provide the producer and reseller with the best conditions and information in order to make their business transactions viable.
All this in a personalized and unique way based on Cargill’s policies.
Community
Cargill’s management culture goes beyond the aspects that refer exclusively to commercial or production activities.
For More Information:
Cargill: United States
Cargill Office Center
P.O. Box 9300
Minneapolis, MN 55440
Tel: 952-742-7575
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Cargill Paraguay
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