OREANDA-NEWS. March 18, 2010. EuroChem is investing over 25 million roubles to establish a new distribution centre for Agrocenter EuroChem-Ukraine in Northern Ukraine. The new Agrocenter EuroChem-Ukraine distribution centre will provide additional inter-seasonal storage space for 50 thousand tons of fertilizers, reduce annual logistics costs, increase efficiency, and raise mineral fertilizer sales. In addition, the distribution centre will provide employment opportunities for residents of Buryn in the Sumy Region.

The new distribution centre will open in October 2010, on premises covering 9.3 hectares and including a 6,500 m2 warehouse, an administrative building, power substation, water tower and other facilities. The new distribution centre will be strategically located near the Bakhmach railway station by which EuroChem delivers mineral fertilizers to Ukraine from PG Phosphorite (Leningrad Region) and NAK Azot (Tula Region).

Agrocenter EuroChem-Ukraine is part of EuroChem Agro-Network and operates two leased sites in Ukraine – Krasnogorovka (Donetsk Region) and Kazatin (Vinnitsy Region). EuroChem Agro-Network is a network of agricultural centres located in key grain producing regions of Russia. EuroChem’s agricultural centres provide a full range of agricultural products and services: mineral fertilizers, plant protection agents from leading international providers, high quality seeds from Russia and abroad, mixed fertilizers, soil analyses and field surveys, precision technology applications of agrochemical products on fields, storage, delivery, agrochemical product packaging, water-soluble fertilizers and microelements, as well as agrochemical consulting services.