Malaysia seeks to import wheat from India
NEW DELHI: Malaysia has sought to import wheat from India on a long-term basis through the diplomatic channel, The Hindu paper
reported.
Malaysian Agriculture Minister Noh Bin Omar explored the possibility of the wheat import with Indian Food Ministe…
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NEW DELHI: Malaysia has sought to import wheat from India on a long-term basis through the diplomatic channel, The Hindu paper
reported.
Malaysian Agriculture Minister Noh Bin Omar explored the possibility of the wheat import with Indian Food Minister K.V. Thomas on Thursday, it said.
Malaysia has been importing wheat from India, but in small quantities and mainly through the private trade.
“They are keen to import wheat on a long-term basis. We have asked them to send a technical team to check the quality. Once they decide, we can take it forward,” Thomas told reporters.
The Food Minister said such exports would be from the central pool stocks.
Wheat exports from India have picked up on rising demand and amid a squeeze in global supplies.
Thomas said so far, the total exports under open general licence have touched 6.3 million tonnes.
India produced an all-time high of 93.9 metric tonnes of wheat last year. — BERNAMA
