Govt to procure 27m litres of soybean oil, 30,000 tonnes of fertiliser

The government on Wednesday approved the procurement of 27.15 million litres of refined soybean oil and 30,000 tonnes of fertiliser, along with the construction of fertiliser warehouses.
The approvals came at a meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on Government Purchase, chaired by Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, at the Cabinet Division conference room of the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital, officials said.
Under the decisions, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) was authorised to procure 27.15 million litres of refined soybean oil from NSRIC Green Supplies of Canada at a total cost of Tk 3.57 billion, with each litre priced at Tk 131.49.
The committee also approved the import of 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea fertiliser from Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Ltd (KAFCO) at a total cost of Tk 1.49 billion, with the price fixed at $405.25 per tonne.
To enhance fertiliser storage and distribution capacity, the meeting approved the construction of a fertiliser godown in Faridpur with a storage capacity of 10,000 tonnes, at a cost of Tk 484.5 million, under the project titled "Construction of 34 Buffer Warehouses at Different Locations across the Country for Fertiliser Storage and Distribution".
A similar proposal was approved for the construction of another 10,000-tonne capacity fertiliser godown in Gaibandha, at a cost of Tk 473.5 million, under the same project.
In addition, the committee approved the procurement of two large high-speed boats for the Bangladesh Coast Guard at a cost of Tk 895 million.

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