KUALA LUMPUR: The government will carry out four intervention measures to tackle issues related to the supply of rice, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.
The Agriculture and Food Security Minister said that among the measures were increasing local white rice supplies to rural areas and subsidising the cost of imported white rice in Sabah and Sarawak beginning Oct 5.
“Since the profit margin for local white rice is only at 50 cents per 10kg pack, the government will allocate transportation costs to FAMA for distribution purposes,” he told a press conference here on Monday . “The government agrees to give a subsidy of as much as RM950 per metric tonne of imported white rice beginning Oct 5 where the price of imported white rice in both states will then cost RM31 per 10kg pack,” said Mohamad.Other measures include enabling white rice suppliers contracted by the government to obtain imported white rice at wholesale prices, which will allow suppliers to get imported white rice at RM3,200 per 50kg.
It will involve the ministry’s Padi and Rice Regulatory Division , the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry’s enforcement division, the Royal Malaysia Police, the Customs Department and the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services .
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