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The government on Wednesday decided to procure three cargoes of liquefied natural gas and fertiliser to meet the demand of energy items and agricultural ingredients.
The decisions were taken at meeting of the cabinet committee on government purchase presided over by finance and planning minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury at secretariat.
Under a proposal from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, the committee cleared the procurement of the LNG cargoes representing 29th, 30th and 31st of the current calendar year from spot market at the cost of Tk 2,112.60 crore.
The cargoes are scheduled to arrive between July 8 and July 15.
Vitol Asia Pte Ltd of Singapore, Aramco Trading Singapore Pte Ltd, and TotalEnergies Gas and Power Ltd of the United Kingdom, will supply one cargo each.
The committee also approved the import of 25,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser from SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company at Tk 185.13 crore, with each tonne costing $630.83.
A proposal for the direct procurement of urea fertiliser at Tk 348.55 crore to be supplied by Delta Star Trading FZ-LLC, UAE through its local agent Ibedita Trading of Dhaka, was also approved.
In another decision, the cabinet committee approved the import of 15,000 tonnes of Bright Yellow Rock Sulphur for the Triple Super Phosphate Complex Limited.
Fabs Co Construction Ltd will supply the item at a cost of Tk 171.01 crore, with each tonne costing $800.