Oct 25 Reuters Yara International, one of the world39;s largest fertilizer producers, reported thirdquarter core earnings above market expectations on Friday, citing record production and its focus on core operations to boost profitability.

Thirdquarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation EBITDA, excluding items affecting comparability, rose more than 47 from a year earlier to 585 million. Analysts on average had forecast 482 million, a companyprovided poll showed.

Yara is delivering alltime high production performance and strong premiums this quarter, a testament to the robustness of our operations and the value of our core business, CEO Svein Tore Holsether said in the statement.

Reporting by Jesus Calero in Gdansk; editing by Milla Nissi

Source Reuters