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Legal Uncertainty and Logistics – Major Obstacles for Agricultural Sector Development

Legal Uncertainty and Logistics – Major Obstacles for Agricultural Sector Development. Klaus Schumacher Toepfer International GmbH, Hamburg. Toepfer International- A Good Address Worldwide. Hamburg. Offices: 48 Employees: 1,600 Trade: 40 mln t Founded in 1919 www.acti.de.

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Legal Uncertainty and Logistics – Major Obstacles for Agricultural Sector Development

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  1. Legal Uncertainty and Logistics –Major Obstacles for Agricultural Sector Development Klaus Schumacher Toepfer International GmbH, Hamburg

  2. Toepfer International- A Good Address Worldwide Hamburg Offices: 48 Employees: 1,600 Trade: 40 mln t Founded in 1919 www.acti.de Dublin Warsaw Rotterdam Antwerp London Budapest Paris Bucharest Basle Sofia Milan Moscow Winnipeg Athens Madrid Shanghai Kiev Beijing Dalian Seoul Minneapolis Tokyo Bangkok Amman New Orleans Tampa Cairo Taipei Mumbai Visakhapatnam Manila Ho Chi Minh City Kuala Lumpur Singapore Jakarta Sao Paulo Rosario Santos Montevideo Adelaide Buenos Aires

  3. ACTI´S Investments in Ukraine: 8 inland evlevators / 535,000 tons – 2 port elevators / 210,000 tons 1 3 4 8 2 5+6 9/10 7

  4. Trend Ukraine’s Position in World Grain Markets

  5. Ukraine’s Position on World Grain MarketsImport Price Calculation for Bangladesh

  6. The Importance of LogisticsShare of Logistic Cost as a percentage of the import value in Spain and Bangladesh

  7. Legal security / legal stability Frequent changes in export policy, often right before harvest 2006 “Export Certificates” Increases uncertainty and causes substantial risk The calculated risk premium increases marketing costs VAT Reimbursement Import tax and import needs Poor official statistics and inconsistent, politically motivated crop forecasts Quality standards still incompatible with international standards Political and Legal Issues / Challenges

  8. System improving but far from being internationally competitive River transport still plays a minor role, thus lack of competition for rail transport Non-fulfilment of contracts Contract enforcement Arbitration Quality issues Key Issue: Improvements in Logistics

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