GASC begins buying rice from traders at EGP 6,300 per tonne

The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has begun buying rice from traders at EGP 6,300 per tonne for a four-month period, the Supply Ministry said yesterday, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The ministry will put the subsidized rice on offer at EGP 6.5 per kg next month.