Mauritius buys 6,000 tonnes white rice in tender from Pakistan

HAMBURG: Mauritius' state purchasing agency has purchased 6,000 tonnes of long grain white rice to be sourced from Pakistan in an international tender which closed on Aug. 24, European traders said on Friday.

It was purchased at $380 a tonne C&F Mauritius.

The rice was sought for delivery between Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 in shipping containers.

The purchase marked another return of Pakistani rice to export markets following the purchase of 30,000 tonnes of rice from Pakistan by Iraq on Thursday.