State-run trading company PEC today said it has shortlisted 12 firms, including India's largest privately-owned rice firm Amira Foods, for exporting non-basmati paraboiled rice to Bangladesh.
According to information available on PEC's website, Usher Agro and Sirius Overseas also figure among the companies allowed to ship rice to Bangladesh.
Earlier, the state trading firm had invited expressions of interest, which closed on July 9, 2010, for the purpose.
