MV Sealuck-2 carrying 52 thousand 845 tonnes of wheat from Russia imported reached Chittagong port and the unloading began on Thursday. Russia sent his wheat as part of a deal to supply half a million tonnes under a government-to-government deal.
The ship carrying the wheat from the Russian left the Port of Novorossiysk on 17 September and docked at Chattogram port’s outer anchorage last Saturday. Abdul Quader, a transport and conservation controller of the Directorate General of Food, said on Friday the process to bring the rest of the wheat under the deal was under way.
The cabinet committee on government purchase approved a proposal on 1 September to procure the wheat from Russia at $25 million, or around $430 per tonne. Out of the total wheat, 31,707 tonnes will be unloaded at Chittagong port while 21,138 tonnes at Mongla port.
Bangladesh received no wheat from Russia or Ukraine, major suppliers of the grain, since the war began. The last shipment of 10 thousand tonnes of wheat was imported by Akij Essential Limited on 27 January. Import from Russia was shut down since the war beagn.
Russia has recently allowed Ukrainian wheat to be transported through the Black Sea under a UN-brokered deal.
