The Directorate of Food said that the ship carrying 20,000 tonnes of rice anchored at the port on Thursday morning. Bangladesh decided to import 250,000 tonnes of rice from the Southeast Asian country after flooding in haor areas destroyed crops and depleted the government’s rice reserves. On Jun 14 this year, the government cleared the 9.08 billion procurement under a under a government-to-government deal. According to the agreement, Bangladesh will buy 50,000 tonnes of parboiled rice for around Tk 1.95 billion, or $470 a tonne and 200,000 tonnes of white rice for about Tk 7.14 billion at $430 a tonne. Vietnam’s state-run Vinafood 2 will supply 60 percent of shipments through Chittagong port and the rest through the Mongla port.

Source: bd News24 July 13, 2017 07:41 UTC