The issue arose when the Prime Minister gave orders for the arrest of the DPP officials over alleged mismanagement of Basmati exports to the European Union. By Ghulam Abbas
Since rice was declared duty-free, 1,340 tonnes of rice arrived from India through Benapole in nine days. Benapole Correspondent Traders are reluctant to import rice from India
Iraq purchased 80,000 metric tons of U.S. long grain rice in August, the first after months of negotiations. Forrest Laws The ADM Rice Division’s sale of 44,000 metric tons of
The expenditure for the purchase will amount to Tk282.96 crore. The government has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Food to import 50,000 tons of non-basmati parboiled
The Government has decided to import up to 70,000 metric tonnes of Nadu Rice as a step to address the shortage of rice in the local market. Minister of Trade Wasantha
By Adrian H. Halili, Reporter IMPORTERS are cornering much of the value from the lowering of rice tariffs, with prices not falling as much as they should have, a
Vietnam continues to assert its dominance as the top rice exporter to the Philippines, with 2.91 million tonnes shipped as of the late October, or over 79% of the
The lowest price offered in the international tender from Indonesian state purchasing agency Bulog to buy about 500,000 metric tonnes of rice was estimated at $479 a tonne cost
Rice traders in Bangladesh are less interested in importing the grain despite the recent slash in related tariffs as they do not believe there is enough of a profit margin because