BURAPHA AGRO-FORESTRY CO. LTD (FMO-53525)

Countries
  • Laos
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Greater Vientiane area
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Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
BURAPHA AGRO-FORESTRY CO. LTD
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Water and Sanitation
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 5.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 5.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Oct 8, 2019

Disclosed by Bank May 25, 2018

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Project Description
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Burapha is a Lao-Swedish joint venture with forest plantations and processing capacity, which develops and manages agroforestry plantations in the greater Vientiane area (Laos). Burapha’s strategy is to increase its plantation base and to build a plywood mill of nominal capacity 59,000 m3, with the ultimate objective to produce cost-competitive and sustainable FSC certified wood products, mainly plywood, for export and the domestic market.

The proposed funding will be used for CAPEX of the plywood mill and expansion of plantations from 3,540 ha to 7,000 ha by the end of 2019.

Investment Description
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Contact Information
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Burapha Agroforestry Co., Ltd  

Home goods store in Vientiane, Laos

Address: 46 Phonekheng Road, Ban Phonesaat, Laos

Home: +856 21 451 841

Website: http://www.buraphawood.com/home/

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF FMO

Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW) . A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism

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