June 27, 2013 5:05 PM

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State-run FCI exports 4.19 mn tonnes of wheat during past one year

State-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) exported 4.19 million tonnes of wheat worth over 7,000 crore rupees during the past one year. The government had permitted FCI to export 4.5 million tonnes of wheat due to surplus in the country. A senior FCI official said maximum one million tonnes wheat was exported to South Korea while small quantities of wheat were shipped to Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines and West Asia. An FCI official said Indian wheat fetched good price in line with Australian soft wheat, considered as the best in the world.

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