Govt approves import of fertilisers, LNG cargoes, other goods

The government on Wednesday approved several major procurement proposals involving the import of fertilisers, LNG cargoes, wheat, and lentils worth Tk 28.10 billion to meet the country’s growing domestic demands.

It approved separate proposals for procuring some 1.40 lakh MTs of fertiliser, 2 cargoes of LNG, and 2.20 lakh tonnes of wheat to meet the growing demand for the country.

The approvals came from the 28th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase this year held on Wednesday with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair at Cabinet Division at Bangladesh Secretariat.

Of the approved eight proposals, four were from the Ministry of Agriculture, two were from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, and one each from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Food.

Following four separate proposals from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) will procure some 30,000 tonnes of MOP fertilizer from JSC Foreign Economic Corporation (Prodintorg), Russia with TK 1.30 billion.

The BADC will procure 30,000 tonnes of TSP fertilizer from OCP, NUTRICROPS, Morocco with around Tk 2.12 billion, the BADC will import 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertilizer from OCP, NUTRICROPS, Morocco with around Tk 3.78 billion while the BADC would import 40,000 tonnes of MOP fertilizer from Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) with around Tk 1.73 million.

Following two separate proposals from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, the Petrobangla would procure one cargo LNG from the spot market through following international quotation method from M/S Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore with around Tk 5.13 billion while the Petrobangla would import one cargo LNG from Vitol Asia Pte Ltd Singapore with around Tk 5.22 billion.

Following a proposal from the Ministry of Food, the government would procure 2.20 lakh tonnes  of wheat the USA on G2G basis from Agrocorp International Pte Limited as authorized by the US Wheat Associates with around Tk 8.17 billion.

The day’s purchase committee meeting approved another proposal from the Ministry of Commerce under which the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 7,000 tonnes of lentil through following local Open Tender Method (OTM) from KBC Agro Products Private Limited, Dhaka with around Tk 643.2 million.