Markets and trade
 

Detail

Area
Bangladesh
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
20/03/2014
Policy Category
Production
Policy Instrument
Government procurement, purchasing prices
Description
Announced that it intends to buy 1.0 million tonnes of rice and 150 000 tonnes of paddy from the 2013-2014 Boro harvest. Volumes are to be purchased between May and September 2014 at Taka 31 per kilo (USD 391 per tonne) of rice and Taka 20 per kilo of paddy (USD 252 per tonne).
Notes
Exchange rate as of 15 March 2014.