AreaBangladesh

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date22/04/2021

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentGovernment procurement, purchasing prices

DescriptionDecided that it would buy 650 000 tonnes of paddy from producers, as well as 1.0 million tonnes of parboiled rice and 150 000 tonnes of white rice, under the 2021 Boro procurement drive. The purchases would be conducted between 28 April and 31 August 2021 and would offer BDT 40 per kg of parboiled rice (USD 464 per tonne), BDT 39 per kg (USD 452 per tonne) of white rice and BDT 27 per kg of paddy (USD 313 per tonne).

NotesExchange rate as of 15 May 2021.