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No rice imports in 2013: Bulog
The National Logistics Agency (Bulog) says that there will be no need to import rice in 2013
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The National Logistics Agency (Bulog) says that there will be no need to import rice in 2013.
Bulog president director Sutarto Alimoeso said as quoted by Antara on Tuesday that the current rice supply stood at 2.5 million tons and after the disbursement of the rice for the poor (Raskin) program, the supply would stand at 1.87 million tons by the end of 2013.
'If we do not carry out the 13th, 14th and 15th disbursement of Raskin, then we will have more than enough supply by the end of this year,' Sutarto said.
Sutarto said that the current supply was enough to meet 9.3 months of demand for rice.
