For more than 30 years, STC has been importing Long Grain White Rice also known as ‘ration rice’ by Mauritians.
Initially, STC used to import Long Grain White Rice with 35% broken (‘brisure’). Over the years, Government through STC has shown its willingness to continuously improve the quality of imported Long Grain White Rice for the benefit of the population. The high percentage of broken in the rice imported was gradually brought down to 25%, then 15% and since 2011, STC is importing a very clean long grain white rice with up to 5% broken packed in 25kg bags. The annual imports of long grain rice turn around 20,000 Metric Tons. All the rice consignments are tested at the Mauritius Standards Bureau and at times the percentage of broken in the rice is lower than 5%( nearly 2-3 %), showing a finer quality of long grain rice.
The stocks of Long Grain White Rice are stored in STC’s dedicated warehouse under strict hygienic conditions. Moreover, as from the 2011, STC has started purchasing rice in small lots through Request for Quotation (RFQ) at an interval of three to four months with a view to take advantage of the fluctuation in prices on the world market, thus benefitting both in terms of price and quality of the rice.
In 2014, STC introduced the Long Grain White Rice (ration rice) in smaller packaging of 2.5kg in order to make it more accessible to the consumers.
Recap on Importation of Rice by STC
|
Name of Supplier |
Quantity (MT) |
Period |
|
Sukhbir Agro Energy |
1,500 |
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017 |
|
Meskay & Femtee Ltd |
1,500 |
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017 |
|
K.K Rice Mills Ltd |
3,000 |
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017 |
|
IRFAN NOMAN BENAS PVT LTD |
1,000 |
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017 |
|
K.K Rice Mills Ltd |
1,000 |
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017 |
|
MAC IMPEX |
2,000 |
June 2017 - Sept 2017 |
|
GMTC Commodities DMCC |
2,000 |
June 2017 - Sept 2017 |
|
Sukhbir Agro Energy |
2,000 |
June 2017 - Sept 2017 |
|
Meskay & Femtee Ltd |
2,000 |
Mar 2017 - June 2017 |
|
Meskay & Femtee Trading Co. (Pvt) Ltd |
4,000 |
Mar 2017 - June 2017 |
|
Sukhbir Agro Energy |
1,375 |
Jan 2017 - Mar 2017 |
|
Sukhbir Agro Energy |
1,500 |
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017 |
|
Irfan Noman Bernas Pvt Ltd |
1,500 |
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017 |
|
Meskay & Femtee Traidng Company (Pvt) Ltd |
3,000 |
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017 |
|
K.K Rice Mills Ltd |
3,000 |
August 2016 - Oct 2016 |
|
Sukhbir Agro Energy |
3,000 |
August 2016 - Sept 2016 |
|
LMJ International |
1,500 |
June 2016 - August 2016 |
|
Meskey & Femtee |
2,000 |
March 2016 - June 2016 |
|
Meskey & Femtee |
2,000 |
Feb 2016 - April 2016 |
|
Abdul Rauf Traders |
4,000 |
Feb 2016 - Mar 2016 |
|
LMJ International |
2000 |
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016 |
|
K.K. Rice Mills Ltd |
4,000 |
Oct 2015 - Jan 2016 |
|
LMJ International |
4,500 |
July 2015 - Oct 2015 |
|
KLA India |
1,500 |
July 2015 - Sep 2015 |
|
Abdul Rauf Traders |
1,500 |
Apr 2015 - May 2015 |
|
K.K Rice Mills Ltd |
3,000 |
April 2015 |
|
Amira foods India Ltd |
5,000 |
Dec 2014 - Feb 2015 |
|
Shri Lal Mahal |
2,000 |
Dec 2014 |
|
LMJ International |
3,500 |
Sept 2014 - Dec 2014 |
|
Shri Lal Mahal |
3,000 |
Sept 2014 - Nov 2014 |
|
KLA India |
1,000 |
June 2014 - July 2014 |
|
Amira Foods India Ltd |
4,000 |
June 2014 - Aug 2014 |
|
Amira Foods India Ltd |
1,500 |
Apr 2014 - Oct 2014 |
|
Shri Lal Mahal |
3,000 |
Feb 2014 - Apr 2014 |
|
Chappal Traders |
1,000 |
Mar 2014 |
|
LMJ International |
1,000 |
Dec 2013 - Mar 2014 |
|
Amira Foods India Ltd |
1,500 |
Nov 2013 - Jan 2014 |
|
Shri Lal Mahal |
2,000 |
Nov 2013 - Dec 2013 |
|
Amira Foods India Ltd |
3,000 |
Sep 2013 |
|
Shri Lal Mahal |
3,000 |
Aug 2013 |
|
Shri Lal Mahal |
2,000 |
Jun 2013 - July 2013 |
|
Shri Lal Mahal |
2,000 |
Mar 2013 |
|
Amira Foods India Ltd |
2,000 |
Mar 2013 - Apr 2013 |
|
Shri Lal Mahal |
2,000 |
Mar 2013 |
|
Amira Foods India Ltd |
2,000 |
Jan 2013 - Feb 2013 |
|
Amira Foods India Ltd |
2,000 |
Dec 2012 - Jan 2013 |