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Govt expects 5.76 million tonnes of rice for export

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The information minister also announced that one million tonnes of sugar would be imported this year. A man cleans rice kernels while sitting beside stacks of rice bags at a fruit and vegetable market in Rawalpindi —Photo by Reuters

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will have a surplus of 5.76 million tonnes of rice for export this year, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday.
 
‘We have had a very good rice crop last year and we are expecting a very good crop this year as well,’ Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira told a news conference after a cabinet meeting.

Sugar import

The country will import 500,000 tonnes of raw sugar and 500,000 tonnes of refined sugar this year to meet domestic needs, Kaira added.
 
He said the government would also try to maintain a strategic reserve of 500,000 tonnes to meet shortages. —Reuters


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