Expectations, page-82

In the quarterly after it mentions the CIF contracts it goes on to say this:
"The first European shipment also represents the first sale to New Century’s long term offtake partners."
Does this not mean that an offtake partner is in Europe and hence the reason for the sale to Europe?
By 'offtake partner' the implication is they have an offtake agreement or contract signed with them, so they were always intending to sell to Europe. Or is thsi not the case?