Govt to procure 1.50 lakh MTs of MOP fertilizer

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday recommended the procurement of 1.50 lakh tonnes of Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer from Canada and Russia under government-to-government (G2G) and state-level agreements.

The committee made the recommendations at its 52nd meeting of the CCGP in 2026 held today virtually with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.

The meeting considered four proposals from the Ministry of Agriculture.

Under the first proposal, Bangladesh will import 40,000 tonnes of MOP fertilizer in the seventh lot from Canada's Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) under an agreement with the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC).

The proposed procurement cost stands at Taka 188,89,57,200, with a price of US$382.38 per metric tonne.

The committee also recommended importing another 40,000 tonnes of MOP fertilizer from CCC in the eighth lot under the same G2G agreement, at the same proposed cost of Taka 188,89,57,200 and the same unit price of US$382.38 per metric tonne.

Under the third proposal, Bangladesh will import 35,000 tonnes, with a possible variation of 10 percent, of MOP fertilizer in the ninth lot from Russia's JSC Foreign Economic Corporation (Prodintorg).

The proposed cost is Taka 165,41,75,880, with a quoted price of US$382.38 per metric tonne. The committee recommended all four proposals for approval. The four proposals cover two lots of 40,000 tonnes each from Canada and two lots of 35,000 tonnes each from Russia.�" BSS