The government approved separate proposals for procuring some 1.50 lakh tonnes of rice, 60,000 tonnes of fertilizer and 30,000 tonnes of rock phosphate to meet the country's growing demand.
Under a separate proposals the government would also purchase 10,000 tonnes of lentil and 5,000 tonnes of sugar.
The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase meeting held at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair gave the approval.
Following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Food, the government would procure 1 lakh tonnes of white rice on G2G basis from Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) at around Taka 618 crore with per ton of rice costing $515.
In another proposal, the government would purchase 50,000 tonnes of non-Basmati boiled rice from M/S Mondol Stone Product Pvt Ltd under package 3 under international OTM method for the current fiscal year (FY25) at around Taka 280.62 crore where per ton rice would cost $467.70.
Following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 5,000 tonnes of sugar under local OTM method from City Sugar Industries Ltd. Dhaka at around Taka 59.21 crore with per kg sugar costing Taka 118.43.
Besides, the TCB would also procure 10,000 tonnes of lentil under local OTM method from M/S Payel Traders, Chattogram at around Taka 96.69 crore where per kg lentil would cost Taka 96.69.
Following three separate proposals from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 tonnes of bagged prilled urea fertilizer under from Qatar Energy Marketing at around Taka 133.08 crore for fiscal year (FY25) where per ton fertilizer would cost $369.67.
In another proposal, the BCIC would procure 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular (optional) urea fertilizer from SABIC Agri-nutrients Company, Saudi Arabia for the current fiscal year at around Taka 123.23 crore with per ton fertilizer costing $342.33.
Besides, the BCIC would procure 30,000 metric tons of rock phosphate from M/S Zentrade FZE, UAE (manufacturer: Morocco) under international OTM method at around Taka 82.62 crore with per ton rock phosphate costing $229.50.
Apart from these, the meeting also approved four other proposals from the Local Government Division.
