Project ID: 64977

Chinese Government donates 5,404 tons of rice in 2018

Commitment amount

$ 2393834.569228233

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 2393834.57

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Syria

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2018-01-01

Actual start

2018-10-01

Actual complete

2018-10-01

Description

In 2017, the Chinese Government agreed to donate a total of 5,504 tons of rice to Syria. The estimated monetary value of the donation is $2,196,481.28. The rice was to be delivered in batches of 1,000 to 1,200 tons. The first batch of 1,000 tons of rice was delivered to the city of Latakia on November 20, 2017. The last batch of rice was delivered on February 27, 2018. The food came as a form of aid in response to poor conditions in the country due to the ongoing war.

Additional details

1. To estimate the monetary value of the rice donation ($2,196,481.28), AidData takes the international price of a ton of rice in 2017 ($399.07) and multiplies it by 5,504 tons. 2. The Arabic project title is 5504 أطنان من مادة الأرز.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

11

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Syria [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]