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BSS, Dhaka

The government has reached an agreement with Tunisia and Morocco to import two lakh tonnes of non-urea fertilizers under the state-level deals.

If required, the import volume of fertilisers could be increased to three lakh tonnes, said an Agriculture Ministry press release. The fertilisers will begin arriving in the country in October this year and continue through 2009. There is scope in the deals for ensuring import of fertilisers from those countries for the next three years as per the demand.

Besides, talks are going on with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to import PMO and urea fertilisers. The government has a plan to send high-level delegations to those countries soon, the press release said.

Recently, a six-member high-level delegation, led by Agriculture Secretary M Abdul Aziz, visited Morocco and Tunisia to sign deals on import of non-urea fertilisers.

Other members of the delegation were BCSIC Chairman M Mokhlesur Rahman, BADC Chairman Abdur Razzak, Additional Secretary of Finance Ministry Fazle Kabir, Foreign Ministry Director General (MEA) Dr M Hamidur Rashid and IMED Director General (CPTU) Amulya Kumar Debnath, the press release said.