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Detail

Area

Bangladesh

Commodity Group

Rice

Commodity

All

Date

23/05/2017

Policy Category

Trade

Policy Instrument

Import agreement

Description

Renewed a Memorandum of Understanding with Viet Nam, giving Bangladesh the option to import up to 1.0 million tonnes of Vietnamese rice per year, until 2022. The agreement was soon followed by the purchase of 250 000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice.