A complete of 1,030 metric tonnes of rice had been imported from India thru Benapole port in one week except the day prior to this (27 November).
In step with the Benapole land port and customs home, 33 rice-weighted down trucks entered the land port from 18 to 27 November.
Deputy assistant officer of Benapole check-post Plant Quarantine Center, Shyamal Kumar Nath, acknowledged some 1,030 metric tonnes of rice had been imported except 27 November.
Three rice-weighted down trucks entered No 31 transhipment yard around 9:30pm the day prior to this (27 November) which is imagined to be the final cargo.
Already the port authorities unloaded the imported rice after finishing the due course of on Thursday morning, acknowledged deputy director Sajib Najib of the port.
Mafizur Rahman, proprietor of Arka Trading acknowledged the authorities popular import of two,000 metric tonnes of Atap and 3,000 metric tonnes of boiled rice and of these, 105 metric tonnes of boiled rice (swarna fluctuate) had been imported from India.
Rashed Chowdhury, proprietor of Chowdhury auto Rice Mill, acknowledged the value of indecent hybrid fluctuate rice is being sold at Tk46 whereas Swarna fluctuate at Tk48 in the wholesale market.
He also anticipated that the value of rice may well decrease following the provision of the Aman rice in the local market.
With a thought to stabilise the rice market amid soaring prices, the authorities made up our minds to import rice from India.
The rice will be imported inner 10 December.
