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Maeva Group, Maputo - Mozambique (MAËVA)
The MAEVA group of companies is a major local producer of high quality vegetable oils and natural soaps, based in Maputo, Mozambique since 1998.

Maeva Group is the Mozambique's market leader in supplying various vegetable oils to the national and international marketplace.

Maeva Group today has over 500 employees and consists of the following companies:

 * 1998 Sabimo Lda: Soap Production in Maputo - Capacity: 200 metric tons/day of Pure Vegetable Soap
 * 2004 Southern Refineries Lda: Vegetable Oil Refinery in Matola-Maputo: Plant 1 - Capacity: 150 metric tons/day of Refined Copra oil, Refined Soybean oil, Refined Sunflower oil
 * 2009 Maeva Plast Lda in Matola - Plastic Bottle Production - Capacity: 360’000 PET Bottles/Jerry Cans per day (Caps, Handles, PET bottles and Jerry Cans)
 * 2009 Maeva Oils Lda in Nhacongo, Inhambane - 2’000 ha Coconut Plantation and Coconut Crushing Plant: Capacity: 50 metric tons/day - Crude Copra Oil, Animal Feed
 * 2009 Maxi Oils Lda in Maxixe, Inhambane - Coconut Crushing Plant – Capacity: 150 metric tons/day crude copra oil, crude sunflower oil and copra/sunflower meal for animal feed
 * 2010 Southern Refineries Lda: Matola Plant 2 Vegetable Oil Refinery - Capacity: 400 Metric tons/day -	Products: Refined Sunflower Oil, Soybean Oil, RBD Palm Oil, Palmolein
 * 2010 Azania Lda in Maputo: Trading company, Import, Export, Food & Beverage

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Advantage of Imports of Mozambican vegetable oils at 0% import duties to the following countries:
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 * SADC Agreement: Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia
 * EBA Initiative & Cotonou Agreement for the European/EFTA countries (Switzerland) – LDC (Low Developed Countries)
 * AGOA agreement for the US and the Americas

Maeva planning new sustainable development projects - Crop Rotation with Soya - Maize - Sunflower
o  MAEVA applies the Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles, which are based on optimizing yields and profits, to achieve a balance of agricultural, economic and environmental benefits by minimum soil disturbance (no-till), soil cover and a diversified crop rotation. o  The plantation preferably is a mix of industrial plantations and contract farming with many small-stake outgrowers’ associations involved.