Living Moments - N°4 Edition 2017

www.private-residences.net 7TaTYR 8ZXPY_^ 223 With banks no longer offering interest on deposits, bond yields tending towards zero, and overheated and expensive stock and property markets, investors have to think outside the box. Some are looking far beyond their own national borders for safe, lucra- tive investments. Plantations have traditionally offered exceptionally high returns, provided they are well managed and located. Germany’s Agri Terra group has long experience of agricultural in- vestment, having been successfully operating in South America for over twenty years. Paraguay is the world’s sixth biggest beef exporter, and Agri Terra is among the top one percent of Paraguay’s cattle farmers and about to become one of the country’s top five citrus producers. And for the past few years, it has offered selected investors a stake in the lucrative and fast-growing agricultural sector. Paraguay – the ideal environment for orange plantations Demand for oranges in Paraguay is huge, and gro- wing exponentially. New supermarkets are spring- ing up across the country, there is a boom in hotel construction, and juice and soft drink manufac- turers are seeking new export markets. Domestic citrus production is struggling to keep pace. Brazil, Paraguay’s giant neighbor, is the world’s largest producer of oranges, but uses most of its produc- tion domestically to make juice concentrate. The only other alternative is to import citrus from Ar- gentina, but this is complex, time-consuming and expensive for Paraguayan companies. That said, the country imports over 85 percent of its oranges from its western neighbor. Conservative investment with a dynamic component Agri Terra offers investors agricultural land registered in their own names. As in the rest of the world, land is one of the best and most conservative invest- ments in Paraguay, retaining its value and offering the prospect of continued long-term growth. But the investment also has a dynamic component. The company manages the investors’ land along- side its own as part of a large,professionally operated orange plantation, and guarantees to sell the crops. This generates impressive returns even after costs, since the trees produce fruit for at least twenty-five years, and are then sold as firewood, offering further income. The land can then be re- planted, or used for building. The project is now under way, and Agri Terra is plan- ning to sell at least 4,000 lots, offering peak annual incomes of between $4,600 and $5,200. With each lot costing between $15,000 and $18,800, this is a lucrative investment. But it is also safe and conser- Die weltweite Orangen- produktion fällt, klimatisch bedingt, kontinuierlich, während der Bedarf ebenso kontinuierlich ansteigt. The worldwide supply of oranges decreases continuously due to climate change, while demand is growing fast. “Demand for oranges in Paraguay is huge, and growing exponentially. ” vative, with the land being registered in Paraguay, a stable and fast-growing economy. High returns with a clear conscience The environment will benefit from the project, since it involves large-scale tree planting and will also settle bee hives. Thanks to this combination of high ethical standards with generous and reliable returns, business is booming for Agri Terra.