AreaBangladesh

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date28/10/2020

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport plan

DescriptionInstructed officials to promptly source 200 000 tonnes of rice from abroad in order to refurbish stockpiles and attenuate upward pressure on domestic prices, according to reports. News of the import plan were followed by a series of international tenders in successive months, upward revisions to the targeted import volume, as well as government-to-government deals with India and Myanmar for the supply of a combined 250 000 tonnes of rice.