At the time of writing, Gramosa Agroalimentos was scheduled to inaugurate the initial stage of its new agribulk terminal at the Mexican port of Chiapas in October. It will have a 24,000-tonne storage capacity in silos and a further 6,000-tonne storage capacity in warehouses.
The facility will be used to ship wheat from the north of Mexico to the South, whilst at the same time developing agriculture in and around Chiapas itself. Chiapas is already the second largest producer of wheat in Mexico after Sinaloa and the new facility should help exports to grow to Central and South America.
At present, in Mexico, Gramosa has a total storage capacity of around 135,000 tonnes, which will increase to 260,000 tonnes once the new facility in the port of Chiapas commences operations. The company has revealed that this year alone agricultural exports handled by it have risen by 30%.
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