Govt to procure 90,000 MTs of fertiliser, 20,000 MTs of lentil
The government has approved separate proposals for procuring some 90,000 metric tons (MTs) of fertiliser and 20,000 MTs of lentil to meet the growing demand of the country.
The approvals came from the maiden meeting of the purchase committee of the interim government with Adviser on Ministries of Finance and Commerce Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.
The meeting was held at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat today (28 August) morning.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, the finance adviser said that a total of four proposals for procuring fertiliser and lentil have been approved during the meeting.
“We won’t allow the decline of the supply of fertiliser in the country,” he said.
Dr Salehuddin also informed that the consignments of fertiliser and lentil would be brought to the country as early as possible.
Cabinet Division officials said following three separate proposals from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure some 30,000 MTs of bulk granular urea fertiliser from UAE-based company Fertiglobe Distribution Limited, UAE following a state-level agreement under the 11th lot in FY24 spending around Taka 121.95 crore with per ton fertiliser costing US$344.50.
The BCIC will purchase 30,000 MTs of bagged granular urea fertiliser from KAFCO, Bangladesh with around Taka 117.79 crore for the current fiscal year (FY25) with per ton fertiliser to cost $332.75.
The BCIC would procure another consignment of 30,000 MTs of bulk granular urea fertiliser from Qatar-based company Muntajat under the first lot of state-level agreement for the current fiscal year (FY25) with around Taka 120.06 crore with per ton fertiliser costing $339.17.
In response to another proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 20,000 MTs of lentil from Dhaka-based Nabil Naba Food Products Ltd. under local Open Tender Method (OTM) with around Taka 203.72 crore with per kilogram of lentil costing Taka 101.86.
