date:Sep 15, 2012
et for Japanese trading houses seeking to make acquisitions over the last year. Marubeni Group had earlier announced that it had agreed to buy Gavilon Group, the American grain handler, in a deal that could possibly be worth US$5.6bn.
Although nothing has yet been signed in the Itochu-Dole deal, the Japanese company said that it will make further announcements when new details emerge, and hopes that an agreement will be in place by November this year.