Essential Services - Food Security
Public Distribution System (PDS) and MOT-Awarded Contracts:
- Embassy officials are in receipt of 94 contracts under MOT II, that include pulses, infant formula, vegetable oil/ghee, tea, infant cereals and adult milk, which have been compiled and will be used to track those shipments.
- The MOT has concluded contracts for 8,000 MT of infant formula from France and Switzerland, scheduled for delivery between Sept – Nov, 2004 which will meet PDS infant formula requirements through the end of the year.
- The MOT awarded contracts under MOT-2 for 127,000 MT of vegetable oil/ghee, however, financing is pending. Delivery is expected to occur in tranches through the end of 2004, which will meet PDS requirements for the next three months.
- MOT-1 rice procurements will meet PDS needs through the end of October. The MOT has awarded 175,000 MT in rice contracts to Thailand under MOT-2, which will meet PDS needs through the end of the year. Contracts for an additional 175,000 MT, which would meet its 3-month buffer stock requirements, are pending.
- Under MOT-2, the Embassy confirmed contracts for pulses have been awarded. These include a contract for 15,000 MT of lentils for immediate delivery, and an additional 64,000 MT of lentils and 36,000 MT in chickpeas and red beans, delivered monthly through the end of 2004.