A ship carrying 61,000 more tonnes of wheat from the United States has arrived in Chittagong Port.
The vessel, MP ULTRAMAX2, reached the outer anchorage of the port, said the Ministry of Food in a press release on Wednesday, April 1.
Sample testing of the wheat has already begun, and necessary measures have been taken to unload the wheat.
Of them, 29,450 tonnes of wheat would be unloaded in Chattogram Port and the remaining 31,550 tonnes in Mongla Port.
According to the release, the wheat consignment is the third under a government-to-government (G2G) purchase arrangement.
Earlier, the first shipment of 58,457 tonnes and the second consignment of 62,150 tonnes of US wheat under the deal arrived in the country.
NH/MSU