PM allows rice export resumption from May 1
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 28 agreed with the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s proposal to resume rice export
from May 1, in accordance with Decree 107/2018/ND-CP on rice export
business.
During a Hanoi meeting with leaders of ministries,
departments, localities in the Mekong Delta and major food companies, PM Phuc asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to
ensure food security and more effective food export.
The MoF was assigned to
purchase rice for national reserves while the General Department of Customs must
create favourable conditions for the export of the grain.
Meanwhile, the MoIT was
required to coordinate with the MoF and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on rice harvest, consumption and export.
The MoIT and localities must ask rice exporters to seriously
follow the Government’s Decree 107 on the maintenance of the minimum rice
circulation reserve and sign a deal with at least one supermarket to supply the grain when
requested.
It must amend and supplement Decree 107, including
paying attention to the role of the People’s Committees of major rice production
localities, especially those in the Mekong Delta and the Red River Delta.
According to the MoIT, the country is projected to have 43.5 million
tonnes of rice this year, nearly 30 million tonnes of which is expected to be
used for domestic consumption, and the rest for export./.