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Gabriel Razi

Reporter

Gabriel Razi

Fields
Retail&Consumer, Companies, Social/Politics
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
59
Fertilizers Distributor Comfert Bacau Wants To Invest In Cattle Breeding
Companies

Fertilizers Distributor Comfert Bacau Wants To Invest In Cattle Breeding

Comfert Bacau, a top-ten fertilizers and pesticides distributor, with turnover of almost EUR90 million in 2011, wants to start off on several production projects by the end of the year.

Gabriel Razi · 17.02.2012 · 00:00 · 3 min
Toepfer Continues Expansion Of Danube River Export Network
Retail&Consumer

Toepfer Continues Expansion Of Danube River Export Network

Alfred C. Toepfer, the second leading grain trader on the local market, will increase its grain storage capacity in Giurgiu (southern Romania) to 66,000 tons, said market sources.

Gabriel Razi · 08.02.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Agricola Bacau Targets 10% Growth, Half As Much As Last Year
Retail&Consumer

Agricola Bacau Targets 10% Growth, Half As Much As Last Year

Agricola Bacau, one of the largest players on the local poultry meat market, targets a 10% increase in turnover this year, half as much as 2011’s growth rate.

Gabriel Razi · 23.01.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
HSBC: Romanian Economy Will Overtake Norwegian One By 2050
Macroeconomics

HSBC: Romanian Economy Will Overtake Norwegian One By 2050

Romania’s economic growth over the next 40 years will be comparable to that of Brazil, Russia or Turkey, according to a research of HSBC, one of the largest banks in Europe. So, in 2050 the...

Gabriel Razi · 11.01.2012 · 15:12 · 1 min
Romania Records Best Wheat, Corn And Sunflower Crops In Five Years
Analysis

Romania Records Best Wheat, Corn And Sunflower Crops In Five Years

The good weather conditions in 2011 helped wheat, corn, and sunflower crops increase by up to 30% to the highest level in five years.

Gabriel Razi · 31.12.2011 · 16:00 · 1 min
Agriculture's Black List: 40 Weeds For Which Farmers Will Be Fined
Social/Politics

Agriculture's Black List: 40 Weeds For Which Farmers Will Be Fined

Romanian farmers will have to “fight” around 40 weeds in order to avoid fines of up to EUR100/hectare, according to the latest emergency ordinance draft aimed at fining owners who don’t remo...

Gabriel Razi · 22.12.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
One Million Tons Of Corn Slip Through the Cracks. Traders Contradict Statistics Institute
Social/Politics

One Million Tons Of Corn Slip Through the Cracks. Traders Contradict Statistics Institute

Romania’s grain output is estimated at 11.4 million tons, up 27% on last year, according to the data of Cocereal, an European organization of grain traders. The traders’ estimate is one mill...

Gabriel Razi · 21.12.2011 · 16:10 · 2 min
Companies

Meda Keeps Sales Steady But Profit Drops

Meda Prod 98, one of the top 20 cold cuts producers in Romania set 101 million lei (EUR23.4 million) as its revenue target in 2011, the same as last year. Costs will increase, though, bringi...

Gabriel Razi · 21.12.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Top Ten Events In Agriculture Business In 2011
Companies

Top Ten Events In Agriculture Business In 2011

Romania had its best agricultural year of the last five years, and grain traders moved fast consolidating their business through acquisitions. Next year looks like it will be difficult becau...

Gabriel Razi · 21.12.2011 · 00:00 · 4 min
Agriculture Ministry Has EUR3.5B To Spend In 2012. Why Is Food Expensive Then?
Macroeconomics

Agriculture Ministry Has EUR3.5B To Spend In 2012. Why Is Food Expensive Then?

The Agriculture Ministry has EUR3.5 billion available for next year and 90% of this amount should go to farmers as state aid, direct payments for farming land and as European financing.

Gabriel Razi · 14.12.2011 · 10:33 · 5 min
Surprise Winners Of The Drought
Automotive

Surprise Winners Of The Drought

Romanian transport companies gained up to EUR25 million higher contracts from August through October, as grain traders had to use trucks after their barges got stuck on the Danube because of...

Gabriel Razi · 17.11.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Harvard University Has 35,000 Hectares Of Forest And A Plywood Plant In Romania
Companies

Harvard University Has 35,000 Hectares Of Forest And A Plywood Plant In Romania

Investment fund Phemus Corporation, registered at the same address as Harvard Management Company, a subsidiary of Harvard University – the largest foreign owner of forest on the Romanian mar...

Gabriel Razi · 15.11.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min