AreaSri Lanka

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date27/02/2018

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentGovernment procurement

DescriptionDecided that the Paddy Marketing Board would purchase Samba and Keeri Samba paddy at LKR 41 per kg (USD 263 per tonne), and Nadu paddy at LKR 38 per kg (USD 244 per tonne), under the 2018 Maha procurement drive. A subsequent decision allocated LKR 500 million (USD 3.2 million) to fund the purchases.

NotesExchange rate as of 15 April 2018.