Cameroon: Sodecoton seeks to increase cooking oil production capacity by 50%

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Cameroon: Sodecoton seeks to increase cooking oil production capacity by 50%

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- Wednesday, 26 November 2014 03:05

(Business in Cameroon) - A public company and gem of the agro-industry in northern Cameroon, Société de développement du coton (Sodecoton) is planning to modernise and increase its production capacity by 50% in the medium term. This was announced by the company in a release.

Sodecoton hopes to move from cooking oil production, which is currently amounts to between 16 and 18,000 tonnes per annum, based on official figures, to around 24 to 27,000 tonnes of Diamaor oil, the brand the company sells.

The project to increase cooking oil production has already been approved by the company’s management and will cost around 15 billion FCFA.

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