AreaBangladesh

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date07/09/2017

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport agreement

DescriptionSigned an MOU with Myanmar, giving it the option to purchase 250 000 tonnes of white rice and 50 000 tonnes of parboiled rice, per year, until 2022. An October decision authorized the first purchase under the agreement, for a total of 100 000 tonnes.