CIF 2023 - Investment Catalogue

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BELIZE

BELIZE

NAME OF PROJECT: Seaweed (FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE)

The Placencia Producers Cooperative Society Limited is a registered cooperative headquartered in Placencia Village in southern Belize. It is national producer of premium quality edible red seaweeds (seamoss). The cooperative exports seaweed to U.S.A and Australia and is expanding production to further increase export quantities, particularly for the health food sector. The cooperative product currently commands a premium price between US$10.00-15.00 per pound. The production model is not only financially sound but is also socially beneficial and environmentally sustainable and has significant growth potential. NaturePlast Belize Company Ltd, established in 2017 and headquartered in Ladyville, Belize is a fully integrated manufacturer of biobased tableware products that converts raw material like corn starch into a wide range of finished end products. NaturePlast is the only factory in Belize that manufactures a variety of disposable tableware products that includes clamshell containers, round plates, drinking cups and drinking straws which degrade in a short period of time. These tableware products are made using the extrusion and thermoforming manufacturing process using a proprietary blend of corn starch-based bioplastic composites. All inputs NAME OF PROJECT: NaturePlast Belize (MANUFACTURING)

MODE OF INVESTMENT: • Joint Venture Partnership INVESTMENT AMOUNT (USD) • $200,000

Contact Person: Mr. Wilber Dubon E: wilbur.dubon@placencia-producers.com

are fully converted into the final product and any excess or scraps are recycled back into the manufacturing process to be converted to the final product.

MODE OF INVESTMENT: • Equity Capital INVESTMENT AMOUNT (USD) • $2,000,000

Contact Person: Mr. Benjamin Lo E: ben@natureplast.bz

NAME OF PROJECT: Cardelli Farms (AQUACULTURE)

shrimp for the local and export market. It was later expanded to six-2-acre ponds and ran profitably with an ROI of 65% before principal and interest payments.

Cardelli Farms Ltd. is a shrimp farm located outside of Independence Village in the Stann Creek District of Belize in Central America. Cardelli Farms Ltd. operates under the special incentive program known as the Designated Processing Areas (DPA) status, which allows duty free inputs and tax-free status for up to 10 years. The farm was built in 2006 with four-25-acre ponds (25 acres = 19 football fields) and has been operated with a low density, no-water exchange culture to produce 16-2(and 21-25 size

MODE OF INVESTMENT: • Equity INVESTMENT AMOUNT (USD) • $3,000,000

Contact Person: Linda Ann Thornton E: linda@cardellifarms.com

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