Panel to revise quota proposals for food imports from India

Business Report :
The commerce ministry yesterday formed a five-member committee to assess the actual demand for wheat, rice and sugar with a view to sending a revised quota proposal to India to import them from the neighbouring nation.
The committee headed by Noor Md Mahbubul Haque, additional secretary of the ministry, has been tasked with submitting a report within 10 days, said Tapan Kanti Ghosh, senior secretary of the commerce ministry.
Other members of the committee comprise senior representatives from the ministries of foreign affairs, food and agriculture, and the Bangladesh Trade & Tariff Commission.
The senior secretary made the comments after a meeting with the senior officials of various ministries, departments and agencies.