The government has allowed the private sector to import 3.92 lakh tonnes of rice interior this month, aiming to wait on rice costs stable within the retail market all the scheme in which thru the country, fixed with meals ministry.
A total of 92 private rice importers maintain already got the govt. approval to import the three.92 lakh tonnes of rice, which entails 2.73 lakh tonnes of boiled and one other 1.19 lakh tonnes of non-boiled “Atap” rice.
With this most favorite disclose, the meals ministry has given permission to some 277 private sector companies individually for the fourth times to import an total of 14.81 lakh tonnes of boiled and non-boiled “Atap” rice interior this month.
“We maintain authorized 92 private sector companies to import 3.92 lakh MT of boiled and non-boiled ‘Atap’ rice aiming to wait on rice notice stable within the retail market,” talked about M Habibur Rahman Hosaini, additional secretary (procurement and provide) of the meals ministry.
The disclose has been issued practically two weeks ago to import the volume of rice at once with a search to keeping the gap of present Aman harvest, which is doubtless to total by the stop of this month, talked about the legitimate.
The non-public importers must provide the rice in retail markets interior 22 December, fixed with the disclose.
“The importers maintain to promote these amounts of rice in sacks at once within the market as every other of re-packaging by the imported companies,” talked about the legitimate.
While talking to BSS, Rice Arotder Samity Extraordinary Secretary Nirod Baran Saha talked about, “The government’s rice import resolution would reduce help help the rice notice additional within the market. Even the import also will impact the newly harvested paddy notice as the value of per kg paddy is now at Tk36 to Tk36.50.”
Earlier, the meals ministry had allowed 185 private sector companies to import spherical 10.89 lakh tonnes of rice –where 7.92 lakh tonnes had been boiled and the the rest 2.97 lakh tonnes had been non-boiled “Atap” rice.
The importers had been requested to promote those amounts of rice by 10 December.
The public sector accumulated meals storage till Wednesday become at 10,88,351 tonnes–where some 6,66,728 tonnes of rice, 4,21,171 tonnes of wheat and the the rest 681 tonnes of paddy.
