Govt to import 12,500 tonnes of refined sugar
The cabinet committee on government purchase yesterday approved a proposal to import 12,500 tonnes of refined sugar.
The committee gave the approval for state-run agency Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to purchase the refined sugar from Virginia-based company Accenture Technology for Tk 66.27 crore.
Being bought under international open tender, each kilogramme is costing Tk 82.85, Sayeed Mahbub Khan, additional secretary of the cabinet division, told journalists after the meeting.
Meanwhile, the meeting also approved three proposals of the Ministry of Industries and four proposals of the Ministry of Agriculture over the purchase of different fertilisers.
Of them, 30,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser will be purchased from Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited for Tk 120.3 crore and another 30,000 tonnes from SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company of Saudi Arabia for Tk 106.25 crore.
For Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation, around 40,000 tonnes of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser will be bought from Maaden in Saudi Arabia for Tk 229.33 crore, 50,000 tonnes of muriate of potash fertiliser from Canadian Commercial Corporation for Tk 225.23 crore and 30,000 tonnes of triple superphosphate fertiliser from OCP of Morocco for Tk 126.57 crore.
Another 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertiliser will be bought from the same Moroccan company for Tk 233.42 crores while for TSP Complex Limited Chittagong, 10,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid will be purchased from United Arab Emirates for Tk 60.90 crore.
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