Export contract with Bangladesh to benefit Canada’s potash workers
May 13, 2015 - Ottawa, Ontario - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today congratulated Canpotex Limited on the signing of a US$44-million contract to supply potash to Bangladesh.
This contract builds on Canpotex’s US$40-million contract to supply potash to the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation, which they won and delivered last year.
Facilitated by the Canadian Commercial Corporation, the Government of Canada’s international government-to-government contracting organization, the potash will be mined from Canpotex’s members’ mines and will be delivered to Bangladesh in the fall of 2015. The contract includes an option for Canpotex to supply an additional US$22-million worth of potash.
Extractives are a priority under Canada’s Global Markets Action Plan, highlighting the sector’s significance to Canada’s long-term prosperity.
“Our government will continue to support our exporters by creating jobs and opportunities as part of the most ambitious pro-trade, pro-export plan in Canada’s history. When our businesses succeed abroad, all Canadians benefit from the jobs and opportunities that are created at home.”
- Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade
Max Moncaster
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Ed Fast
Minister of International Trade
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