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Viewing cable 08ABUJA2077, NIGERIA: FLOUR INDUSTRY GROWING

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08ABUJA2077 2008-10-21 11:59 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Abuja
VZCZCXRO0395
PP RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHUJA #2077/01 2951159
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 211159Z OCT 08
FM AMEMBASSY ABUJA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4233
INFO RUEHOS/AMCONSUL LAGOS PRIORITY 0105
RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ABUJA 002077 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT PASS TO USTR (AGAMA) 
DEPT OF TREASURY FOR RHALL, DPETERS 
DOC FOR 3317/ITA/OA/KBURRESS AND 3130/USFC/OIO/ANESA/DHARRIS 
USDA/FAS/OFSO RON VERDONK 
 
E.O. 12598: N/A 
TAGS: ECON EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: FLOUR INDUSTRY GROWING 
 
REF:  07 ABUJA 2191 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 
 
1. (SBU) Summary.  In an October 15 meeting with Aminu Abdulqadir 
Imam, Chief Administrative Officer of Bua Flour Mills, Imam reported 
that the flour milling business is very lucrative in Nigeria because 
domestic flour demand has grown.  Despite profits production 
hurdles, such as epileptic power, limit growth and increasing 
employment.  The electricity supply to Kano has not improved since 
2007 and may have gotten worse.  Bua Flour Mills plans to export to 
the U.S. woodcarvings, handicrafts and leather goods instead of food 
products because infrastructure issues make it impossible to export 
Nigerian food products to the U.S. and European markets.  End 
Summary. 
 
2. (SBU) On October 15, EconDep met with Aminu Abdulqadir Imam, 
Chief Administrative Officer of Bua Flour Mills Ltd based in Kano. 
Bua Flour Mills is part of the Bua conglomerate, which is headed by 
CEO Abdussamado Rabiu.  Rabiu is the son of famous muslim scholar 
and businessman Isyaku Rabiu.  The Rabiu family is one of the oldest 
and largest northern industrialist families.  (Note: Imam is the 
son-in-law of Abdussamado Rabiu.  End Note).  Bua imports large 
quantities of U.S. wheat for local processing into bread products, 
and pasta.  The company processes flour, sugar and edible oils.  The 
meeting was in follow up to meetings in 2007 regarding business 
conditions in Kano (reftel). 
. 
Kano Business Environment Still Difficult 
----------------------------------------- 
. 
3. (SBU) In response to a question on the business environment for 
his company and others in the Kano area, Imam noted that the flour 
industry has limited capacity and can not meet domestic demand. 
(Comment: Despite Imam's claim, Nigeria's milling capacity is nearly 
double the supply of wheat - 6 million mt of milling capacity versus 
3.5 million mt of consumption per year.  End Comment).  Production 
is constrained by the need for generators to operate 24 hours a day 
- seven days a week to run the production facilities.  When asked 
whether the reliability and supply of electricity had improved since 
September 2007, Imam responded that it had not and the frequent 
power surges damaged equipment.  Imam reported that despite the 
power issues Bua Flour's profits were high and the company planned 
to expand production from 500 metric tons (mt) per day to 
1,000-1,500 a day. 
 
4. (SBU) When asked whether local officials had been useful to the 
company's growth, he said that the Kano Chamber of Commerce was a 
"joke" and no help.  Imam explained that the Chamber had done 
nothing since EconDep met with them in September 2007, despite their 
promises at that time. 
. 
USG Support Appreciated 
----------------------- 
. 
5. (SBU) Imam thanked the U.S. Mission for providing a list of AGOA 
eligible products for importation to the U.S. and added that his 
team had studied them and planned to export to the U.S. handicrafts, 
woodcarvings, leather products including shoes and bags.  He also 
thanked USAID for its technical assistance programs that have been 
useful in better understanding the cowpeas and rice industries. 
. 
Exports to U.S. and European Markets Not Viable 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
. 
6. (SBU) He hoped that the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) 
could provide assistance, despite past lukewarm experiences with 
them.  He lamented that the poor state of Nigeria's infrastructure 
makes it impossible for Bua to export food products to compete in 
the U.S. and European markets.  Currently, Bua is exporting flour 
and other food products to Niger, but this is done via informal 
middlemen.  Imam said that Bua hopes to make this a formal trade via 
NEPC assistance. 
. 
Other Bua Holdings 
------------------ 
. 
7. (SBU) Regarding other Bua businesses, Imam reported that CEO 
Rabiu had "special" connections to the Presidency and the company 
holds semi-exclusive licenses to import cement and sugar.  (Note: 
the prices for cement and sugar are artificially high in Nigeria 
because domestic production is low and these products may only be 
imported by companies with "special" licenses.  End Note).  He 
 
ABUJA 00002077  002 OF 002 
 
 
indicated that Bua had plans to open a rice mill in the "Sharada" 
industrial area of Kano because the company had been granted a 
federal government concession to import tariff free rice from 
Thailand.  (Note: In September 2008 the GON reduced tariffs from 
109% to 30% for milled rice and 5% on brown rice.  End Note). 
 
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