50,000 metric tons of rice from Myanmar

By L. S. A. Wedaarachchi

Sri Lanka will receive 50,000 metric tons of rice from Myanmar shortly.

Minister of Trade, Marketing Development, Cooperative and Consumer Affairs, Bandula Gunawardena who is now in Myanmar entered into an agreement with the Myanmar government yesterday to provide 50,000 MT of rice to Sri Lanka immediately. Director of Information Anusa Palpita said that Myanmar had agreed to provide rice at the very favourable price of US$ 400 per MT.

Sri Lanka will also receive two shipments totalling 32,000 MT of rice from India and Pakistan shortly.