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Project narrative
A handover ceremony was held in Damascus on June 11, 2023 for 3516 tonnes of food ,aid donated to Syria by the Chinese government. The food donated included 2,336 tons of wheat and 1,180 tons of rice. The food was delivered in 5 shipments. The shipment of 1,180 tons of rice had already been delivered in April 2023. The price of the food shipments was approximately USD 565,810 for the rice and USD 659,406 for the wheat, for a total value of USD 1,225,216.
Staff comments
1. This project includes record ID #104339, the rice shipment which was received in April 2023. The handover ceremony for the entirety of the food donation, including both rice and wheat, was held on June 11th and is the subject of this record. I have not found any information about the wheat shipments specifically, or else I would have split this record into separate records for wheat and rice instead of having an umbrella record for both and a separate record for the rice donation only. The date of the rice shipment is listed for the commitment date and implementation date for this project because it is the earliest datable shipment. 2. The value was estimated assuming a price of USD $479.5 per metric tonne of rice (in April 2023, when the rice was delivered) and USD $282.28 per metric tonne of wheat (in June 2023, when the wheat was delivered by) according to Fred economic data: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/categories/32217