Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Sri Lanka to import cement and rice from Pakistan

Colombo: Sri Lanka plans to import cement from Pakistan through the recently set up State Trading Co-operative Wholesale Company Ltd (CWC) to counter the shortage of created by traders, authorities said.

A spokesman for the Trade Ministry said that Pakistan will supply cement and rice to Sri Lanka and agreements would be signed shortly to this effect.

Meanwhile, Pakistan media reports said that the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has agreed to export 500 tonnes of basmati rice to Sri Lanka to bridge its demand-supply gap.

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