SRI LANKA: Rice from Myanmar to help offset high local prices
By Maryanne
Sri Lanka expects a shipment of rice this week from cyclone-battered Myanmar will help offset the high retail price of the island’s staple food.
Some 8,000MT will be sold to consumers immediately through government-run stores, the Sri Lankan secretary of trade and consumer affairs, RMK Ratnayake, said.
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