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M&A and foreign capital in export vegetables and berries

Dossier
Running an agro-export operation20-agro-exportar.md
Domain
Exporting agricultural produceagro-exportar
Room
Trade/comercio
Audited
not audited

The highland vegetable and berry chain combines thousands of smallholders with mid-sized packer-exporters. The entry observed is through the acquisition of, or a joint venture with, a packing house (Planesa, Línea Vegetal, AGROVEGSA), or through a supply contract paired with investment in cold chain; the dossier found no public case of agro M&A with foreign capital between 2020 and 2026 other than Emergent Cold (cold storage), and flags it as a gap to review in Superintendency records and the financial press.

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Caveat

absence of cases = none found

Sources

Organizations named in the answer

  • Línea VegetalA packer-exporter of snow peas and exotics (>25 years); a candidate for acquisition or a joint ventureCompany case
  • AGROVEGSAA packer-exporter (30 years); a candidate for acquisition or a joint ventureCompany case

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