Purchase committee approves 5 proposals including import of 1 lakh MT rice from Vietnam

By AKM Moinuddin

Dhaka, Aug 2 (UNB) – The cabinet committee on purchase approved five proposals on Monday, including import of one lakh metric tonnes of rice (Atap) from Vietnam.
The government will import 1 lakh metric tonnes of rice from Vietnam through the government-to-government deal. An agreement in this regard will be signed by the middle of the current month, Joint Secretary of the Cabinet Division Nurul Karim told newsmen after the meeting.
Tk 270.74 crore will be spent to import bulk volume of rice. Price of per ton rice has been fixed at $389.
Of the five proposals, the committee gave nod to import of 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat with the cost of Tk 83.86 crore through international quotation.
S Alam Trading Company will supply the wheat. The cost of per ton wheat will be $241.
With the approval of the purchase committee, M/S Amira Foods India Ltd will provide 30,000 metric tonnes of boiled rice (Non-Bashmoti) through local agent M/S Khulna Enterprise.
Per ton rice would be cost $464.62 while the price of total volume of import would cost over Tk 97.01 crore.
Meanwhile, the committee approved an energy purchase proposal allowing import of 66,000 metric tonnes of gas oil within July-December period with a premium of $3.39 for per barrel.
On the other hand, 10,000 tonnes of Kerosene, same quantity of Jet fuel and 24,000 tonnes of Octane will be purchased under the same proposal.
The cost of per barrel Kerosene and Jet fuel will be $4.39 while $7.20 for Octane.
The committee also approved a work order (Tk 12.01 crore) in favor of a Japanese Company – Pasco Finnmap for a project titled “Improvement of Digital Mapping System of Survey of Bangladesh.
Presided over by the Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed, LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Commerce Minister Faruk Khan, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Planning Minister AK Khandaker, state minister of power Enamul Haque, among others, attended the meeting.
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