Dhaka, June 24 -- The country's food grain import cost is set to be considerably higher than the growth of its import volume in the outgoing this fiscal, available data revealed.

According to the Ministry of Food, imports of food grain both by private traders and the government are expected to reach nearly 7.0 million tonnes in the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25.

A total of 6.65 million tonnes of wheat were imported in the FY24 while the rice import remained almost nil.

In FY25, rice imports help maintain the country's overall food grain import growth, even though wheat imports declined by 1.0 million tonnes, according to Food Ministry and Bangladesh Bank data.

Market observers noted that despite having good supply of food grains -- both ri...