XI'AN, China, Dec 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- China Green Agriculture, Inc. (NYSE: CGA; "China Green Agriculture", "we" or the "Company"), a company that mainly produces and distributes humic acid-based compound fertilizers, other varieties of compound fertilizers and agricultural products through its subsidiaries in China, i.e.: Shaanxi TechTeam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd. ("Jinong"), Beijing Gufeng Chemical Products Co., Ltd. ("Gufeng") and a variable interest entity, Xi'an Hu County Yuxing Agriculture Technology Development Co., Ltd. ("Yuxing") announced that one of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries organized under the laws of the PRC, Gufeng entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Sino-agri Mining Resource Exploration Co., Ltd., ("Sino-agri"), a key subsidiary of China National Agricultural Means of Production Group Corporation ("Sino-agri Group"). This agreement is second to the cooperation agreement between Jinong and Sino-agri Group, that the Company had disclosed previously in October 2014.
Sino-agri Group is a nationwide large-scale enterprise group that integrates production, circulation and service as well as specializes in the agricultural means of production, such as chemical fertilizer, pesticides, agricultural film, seeds, agricultural machinery & implements, etc. It is an enterprise at the level of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and an exclusively-invested enterprise of China CO-OP Group ( http://www.chinacoop.coop/English/About%20China%20co-ops ), having the total assets of RMB30 billion, sales revenue of more than RMB72 billion, and the sales volume of more than 25 million tons for the agricultural materials of chemical fertilizer, etc. (For more information, please refer to http://english.sino-agri.com/show.php?id=10 ).
The objective of this strategic cooperation agreement is for Sino-argi and Gufeng to work together with sales goals in three years. Specifically, the agreement targets Sino-agri to sell 150,000 metric tons of compound fertilizers produced by Gufeng ("Gufeng Fertilizers") during calendar year 2015, 300,000-metric-ton Gufeng Fertilizers during 2016, and 500,000-metric-ton Gufeng Fertilizers in 2017 to promote Gufeng's flagship products.
To accomplish the sales goals of the agreement, Sino-agri and Gufeng are committed to strengthen the production and marketing of Gufeng Fertilizers comprehensively. Specifically, Gufeng will team up with Sino-agri to secure raw materials supplies by leveraging Sino-agri's global access to related raw materials. With that, Gufeng will deliver Sino-agri customized Gufeng Fertilizers upon the orders from Sino-agri's heterogeneous customers by leveraging Gufeng's flexible development and production process. In the next three-year period, Gufeng will be able to tap needed financial credit facilities from Sino-agri to fill the Sino-agri orders. In addition to Gufeng Fertilizers, Gufeng is committed to offer product support for Sino-agri's clients. The support includes, but not limit to, soil testing, fertilizer comparison and testing, as well as fertilizer solutions. In parallel, Sino-agri will give priority to purchase Gufeng Fertilizer to replenish its compound fertilizer inventory.
"The agreement between Gufeng and Sino-agri is a booster for Gufeng to promote its sales in the next three years, " said Mr. Tao Li, Chairman and CEO of the Company, "Sino-agri is the leading agricultural conglomerate in China. I believe our partnership with Sino-agri will be exceptional. I vision this agreement as a win-win showcase between us and a large state-owned enterprise in China."
About China Green Agriculture, Inc.
The Company produces and distributes humic acid-based compound fertilizers, other varieties of compound fertilizers and agricultural products through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, i.e.: Jinong, Gufeng and a variable interest entity, Xi'an Hu County Yuxing Agriculture Technology Development Co., Ltd. ("Yuxing"). Jinong produced and sold 125 different kinds of fertilizer products as of September 30, 2014, all of which are certified by the government of the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") as Green Food Production Materials, as stated by the China Green Food Development Center. Jinong currently markets its fertilizer products to private wholesalers and retailers of agricultural farm products in 27 provinces, four autonomous regions, and three central-government-controlled municipalities in the PRC. Jinong had 961 distributors in the PRC as of September 30, 2014. Gufeng, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beijing Tianjuyuan Fertilizer Co., Ltd., are Beijing-based producers of compound fertilizers, blended fertilizers, organic compound fertilizers, and mixed organic-inorganic compound fertilizers. As of September 30, 2014, Gufeng produced and sold 331 different kinds of fertilizer products, and had 268 distributors in the PRC. 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 within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 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, business and environment conditions, development, shipment, market acceptance, additional competition from existing and new competitors, changes in technology, the execution of its ten-year growth plan, a satisfactory conclusion of the pending securities class action litigation 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 regulations.
For more information, please contact:
China Green Agriculture, Inc.
Ms. Ran Liu (English and Chinese)
Tel: +86-29-88266500
Email: liuran@cgagri.com
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