NSTA Nestle (Reg)

RNS Number:7271X
Nestle SA
19 April 2004

                    Dairy Partners Americas To Become Active
                    in Ecuador, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago


Vevey, April 19, 2004  -  Nestle and New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group
Ltd. announce the second phase of implementation of Dairy Partners Americas
(DPA). Through the creation of individual joint ventures at country level, it
will cover Ecuador, Colombia, and Trinidad & Tobago. The alliance partners plan
on
     
*    a joint venture for the manufacture of basic milk powders in Ecuador
     and Colombia, respectively

*    a joint venture for the manufacture, marketing, sales and distribution
     of dairy chilled and liquid products in Ecuador
                                                                                
*    a dairy chilled and liquid joint venture in Trinidad & Tobago.

The new DPA joint ventures in Ecuador and Colombia will become operational on
July 1, 2004 and will be incorporated in the existing regional management
structure.

The DPA Alliance, signed in March 2002, aims to secure cost competitive supply
of fresh milk and milk ingredients, to build strong positions in chilled and
liquid milk businesses and to realize a wide range of synergies in dairy
operations to become the cost leader of this part of the milk sector.

The first phase was implemented in January 2003 with the start up of five joint
ventures in Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina, creation of a DPA Regional
Management organization and the sale of Fonterra's milk powder businesses to
Nestle in Venezuela, various countries of Central America, the Caribbean,
Dominican Republic and Peru.

Today, Dairy Partners Americas already collects fresh milk and produces basic
milk powders in Brazil and Argentina and operates chilled dairy facilities in
Brazil, Argentina and Vene-zuela. Currently, the individual joint ventures of
the alliance cover 11 sites with over 3,100 employees and are sourcing about 2.2
billion liters of fresh milk a year.



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