Import of 1 lakh tonnes of rice from India, Pakistan approved
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchases in Bangladesh approved proposals to import 1 lakh tonnes of rice, including 50,000 tonnes of atap rice from Pakistan and 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice from India. Additional approvals include procurement of edible oil, sugar, lentils, LPG, and fertilizer, with suppliers from various countries. The committee also fast-tracked rice imports under public procurement rules.
The cabinet committee on government purchase at a meeting on Thursday approved two separate food ministry proposals to import total one lakh tonnes of rice from India and Pakistan.
Presided over by finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka, the meeting approved a proposal from the food ministry to procure 50,000 tonnes of atap rice from Pakistan under a government-to-government deal with per tonne costing $499.
The committee approved another proposal from the same ministry to import 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice to be supplied by M/S Gurudeo Export Corporation Private Limited of India at $454.14 a tonne under a competitive bidding.
It also approved six proposals from the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh to procure 5.5 lakh litres of edible oil, 15,000 tonnes of sugar and 10,000 tonnes of lentil, all through local tenders.
Shabnam Vegetable Oil Industries Limited will supply 10,000 tonnes of lentil with each kilogram costing Tk 91.11.
It also won a tender of supplying 2.2 lakh litres of palm oil to the TCB with each litre at Tk 162.95.
Sonargaon Seed Crushing Mills Ltd will supply the same amount of soya bean oil under another tender which cost the TCB Tk 171.95 for a litre.
Super Oil Refinery will supply 1.1 lakh litres of soya bean oil under another tender with each litre costing Tk 171.
The TCB will purchase 5,000 tonnes of sugar from City Sugar Industries Limited at Tk 117.90 a kilogram and 10,000 tonnes from Meghna Sugar Refinery at Tk 115.25 a kilogram.
The purchase of two cargos of liquefied petroleum gas from the spot market under limited tendering was also approved by the committee.
M/S OQ Trading of the United Arab Emirates will supply a cargo with per unit costing $14.44.
M/S Vitol Asia Pte Limited will supply the other cargo with per unit at $13.82.
The committee also approved purchase of 70,000 tonnes of fertiliser, including 30,000 tonnes of muriate of potash to be supplied by Prodingtorg of Russia at $292.12 a tonne.
Earlier, a meeting of the advisory council on economic affairs approved a food ministry proposal to apply section 83.1 of the public procurement rule 2028 for importing 3 lakh tonnes of rice.
The section allows completing the open tender in 42 days and the retendering in 28 days.
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Source : New Age
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