Pakistan to export 100,000 Tonnes of rice to Bangladesh amid strengthened trade ties

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan is set to export 100,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh, signaling a notable improvement in trade relations between the two nations since the removal of former Bangladeshi Premier Sheikh Hasina.

The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) issued a tender for this shipment last week.

The first batch, consisting of 50,000 tonnes, was exported earlier this year following the resumption of government-level rice trade between the two countries in February.

Pakistan is set to export 100,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh, signaling a notable improvement in trade relations between the two nations since the removal of former Bangladeshi Premier Sheikh Hasina last August.

The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) issued a tender for this shipment last week, according to a TCP official. This will be the largest rice consignment ever sent from Pakistan to Bangladesh.

The first batch, consisting of 50,000 tonnes, was exported earlier this year following the resumption of government-level rice trade between the two countries in February.

Waqar Ahmed, a leading rice exporter from Punjab, noted that stronger trade with Bangladesh could boost Pakistan’s rice industry, which has faced a 28 percent decline in exports during the first quarter of fiscal year 2025-26. “It is because of the many barriers we face from the government, which complicates the entire process,” he explained.