Egypt ... An international tender for the purchase of wheat for shipment from 1 to 15 February

The General Authority for Supply Commodities, the government buyer of grains in Egypt, issued a tender today, Monday, to purchase an unspecified quantity of wheat from international suppliers for shipment from February 1 to 15.

The agency’s vice president, Ahmed Youssef, said that the authority is seeking to purchase shipments of soft wheat or wheat flour from the United States, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Poland, Argentina, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Paraguay and Serbia.

The wheat bids should reach the authority by 1200 local time (1000 GMT) on Tuesday. The results of the tender are expected to be announced after 1530 hours (1330 GMT) on the same day.

Source: Reuters