Some 400 tonnes of chickpeas reached Benapole Port on Sunday imported by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).

This is the first consignment of the 4,000 tonnes the TCB is planning to bring in from abroad for 2024's Ramadan.

The chickpeas were released from the port on Monday after the completion of the quality checks, said Rabindra Singh, deputy commissioner of Benapole Custom House.

Each kilogramme of chickpea was imported at Tk 85, he said.

The TCB in a press release issued on February 14 said it will sell chickpeas at Tk 55 a kg.

Along with chickpeas, every TCB family cardholder will be able to purchase two litres of soybean oil or rice bran oil at Tk 100 a litre, 2 kgs of pulse at Tk 60 a kg and 5 kgs of rice at Tk 30 a kg, the statement read.