date:Apr 24, 2013
ral) sales growth similar to the first quarter, said Jim Borel, executive vice-president of DuPont's Agriculture and Nutrition Health units.
DuPont shares were up 4 percent at $52.27 on the New York Stock Exchange in late-afternoon trading.
The 210-year-old company is focusing on food and agricultural products that are less exposed to ebbs and flows in sales of its titanium dioxide paint pigment, part of its performance chemicals business.
The shift is evident in the $5 billion sale of its c