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MP Evans - On track for big production increase

July 2011

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  • Epic Code:
  • MPE
  • Price:
  • 438p
High prices and solid production growth helped palm oil producer MP Evans beat brokers forecasts for its final results. For the year to 31 December these showed an 18% increase in pretax profit to US$24.5m on group revenues that rose 48% to US$42.1m. Eps rose 18% to 41.2 cents. Growth came mainly through its Indonesian palm oil plantations, which increased gross profit 70% to US$22.4m thanks to higher average realised palm oil prices of US$905 / tonne versus US$680 the year before, which although well below prevailing market prices, reflect the progressive export tax charged by the Indonesian Government once prices go above US$900 / tonne. Growth also came thanks to a 15% increase in production, which reflected an increase in plan ...

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