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China Green Agriculture Announces New Fertilizer Export Contract

2011-04-15 18:35 2231

XI'AN, China, April 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China Green Agriculture, Inc. (NYSE: CGA; "China Green Agriculture" or the "Company"), a producer and distributor of humic acid ("HA") based compound fertilizers, blended fertilizers, organic compound fertilizers, slow-release fertilizers, concentrated water-soluble fertilizers and mixed organic-inorganic compound fertilizers through its wholly owned subsidiaries in China, Shaanxi TechTeam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd. ("Jinong") and Beijing Gufeng Chemical Products Co., Ltd. ("Gufeng"), today announced that Gufeng signed a fertilizer export contract (the "Agreement") with Beijing Baofengnian Agricultural Material Co. Ltd ("Baofengnian") on April 11, 2011.

According to the Agreement, Gufeng will export 30,000 Metric Tons of compound fertilizer products through Baofengnian, representing 6% of Gufeng's recently expanded annual fertilizer production capacity. Gufeng will ship all the compound fertilizers required by the Agreement from its Beijing factory by June 15, 2011.

Baofengnian is a Beijing-based wholesaler and distributor of agricultural basic materials including fertilizers, pesticides and crop seeds. Baofengnian has been a distributor of various Gufeng compound fertilizers over years in the domestic market, particularly in northern China. The Agreement is the first export contract between the two parties.

"We are very happy to expand our standing relationship with Baofengnian to the export segment" commented Mr. Tao Li, Chairman and CEO of China Green Agriculture. "This contract is important on several fronts. Firstly, it will further utilize Gufeng's recently expanded production capacity; secondly, it will contribute to our fiscal year 2011 results; and finally, it builds on our recently announced export contract with SinoAgri for 165,000 Metric Tons and reinforces the growing importance of exports in our revenues. We will continue to work with our business partners to grow exports which are an integral part of the Company's comprehensive development strategy to achieve the $3 billion annual revenue goal under our recently announced ten-year growth plan."

About China Green Agriculture, Inc.

The Company mainly produces and distributes humic acid-based compound fertilizers and other varieties of compound fertilizers through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Jinong and Gufeng. Jinong produces and sells 146 different kinds of fertilizer products, all of which are certified by the PRC government as Green Food Production Materials, as stated by the China Green Food Research Center. Jinong currently markets its fertilizer products to private wholesalers and retailers of agricultural farm products in 21 provinces, four autonomous regions and three central-government-controlled municipalities in the PRC. For the three months ended December 31, 2010, the top five provinces (or municipalities) of fertilizer sales accounted for 29.2% of total revenues. The five provinces (or municipalities) and their respective percentage contribution to total fertilizer revenues were Hebei (7.0%), Jilin (6.8%), Liaoning (6.4%), Shaanxi (4.8%) and Beijing (4.1%).  Jinong had 598 distributors in China. Gufeng had 157 distributors including some large state-owned enterprises. Gufeng and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beijing Tianjuyuan Fertilizer Co., Ltd., are Beijing-based producers of compound fertilizer, blended fertilizer, organic compound fertilizer, slow-release fertilizers, concentrated water-soluble fertilizers and mixed organic-inorganic compound fertilizer. Gufeng produces and sells over 300 different kinds of fertilizer products, and has over 150 distributors nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.cgagri.com. The Company routinely posts important information on its website.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning the Company's business, products and financial results. The Company's actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements depending on a number of risk factors including, but not limited to, the following: general economic and business conditions, development, shipment, market acceptance, additional competition from existing and new competitors, changes in technology, the execution of the Company's ten-year growth plan and various other factors beyond the Company's control. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this Safe Harbor Statement and the risk factors detailed in the Company's reports filed with the SEC. China Green Agriculture undertakes no duty to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release, except as required by applicable law or regulation.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China Green Agriculture, Inc.    

 

 

 

 

Mr. Ken Ren, Chief Financial Officer    

 

 

 

 

Tel:   +1-530-220-3026

 

 

 

 

Email: kenren@cgagri.com  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rene Vanguestaine    

 

 

 

 

Tel:   +1-646-209-2574

 

 

 

 

       +852-6686-1376

 

 

 

 

Email: rvanguestaine@christensenir.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kathy Li

 

 

 

 

Tel:    +1-480-614-3036

 

 

 

 

Email: kli@christensenir.com

 

 

 

 

Source: China Green Agriculture, Inc.
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