Crop and Production Update

RNS Number : 2523D

M. P. Evans Group PLC

30 January 2018

 

M. P. EVANS GROUP PLC

("MPE" OR "THE GROUP")

2017 crop and production

The Group is pleased to announce the following crop and production information for the year ended 31 December 2017:

	2017	Increase	2016
	Tonnes	%	Tonnes
Crop of fresh fruit bunches (f.f.b.)
Own crop	434,500	9	399,300
Smallholder crop	101,300	10	92,400
Outside crop	118,300	128	52,000
	654,100	20	543,700
Production*
Crude palm oil ("CPO")	154,000	23	125,600
Palm kernels ("PK")	33,500	28	26,200

*- figures have been updated from 2016 to include production from the Group's Simpang Kiri estate.

Enquiries:

M.P. Evans Group PLC                   Telephone: [phone]

Peter Hadsley-Chaplin, Chairman
Tristan Price, Chief Executive
Matthew Coulson, Finance Director

Peel Hunt LLP                                    Telephone: [phone]

Dan Webster
Adrian Trimmings
George Sellar

Hudson Sandler                                Telephone: [phone]

Charlie Jack
Bertie Berger

 

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