11,500 tonnes of rice imported from India

A ship carrying 11,500 tonnes of parboiled rice from India has arrived at Chattogram Port. The information was given in a press release of the Food Ministry on Monday (March 24).

It said that the ship MV DDS Marina carrying 11,500 tonnes of parboiled rice from India under the open tender agreement (Package-2) has arrived at Chattogram Port. An agreement has been made to import a total of 450,000 tonnes of rice in 09 packages from India under the open tender agreement.

Of this, 285,769 metric tons of rice have already reached the country, the Food Ministry also said.

The press release of the Food Ministry also said that the sample testing of the Rakga rice on the ship has already been completed and the rice unloading process will begin soon. Necessary measures have been taken for this.