Export Summary -Japan buys milling wheat, Tunisia buys durum

LX International

19/03/2014 21:36

March 19 (Reuters) - Snapshot of the global export markets for grains, 
oilseeds and edible oils as reported by government and private sources: 
     
    DURUM SALE: Tunisia's state grains agency purchased 34,000 tonnes of 
optional-origin durum wheat in a tender on Wednesday for up to 42,000 tonnes, 
European traders said.  ID:nL6N0MG48A  
     
    WHEAT SALE: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 118,795 tonnes 
of food quality wheat from the United States and Australia in a tender that 
closed late on Wednesday.  ID:nL3N0MG1QO  
     
    WHEAT TENDER: A Libyan state-backed buyer in Benghazi is tendering to 
purchase 50,000 tonnes of milling wheat, European traders said. It is for April 
shipment. Tender deadline is March 23.  ID:nL6N0MG42N  
     
    FAILED WHEAT TENDER: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture said it received no 
bids for the import of feed wheat or feed barley in a weekly tender under the 
simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) auction that closed late on Wednesday. 
 ID:nL3N0MG2O6  
     
    FAILED CORN TENDER: Taiwan's MFIG corn purchasing group has rejected all 
offers and made no purchase in a tender to buy 60,000 tonnes of corn which 
closed on Tuesday, European traders said on Wednesday.  ID:nL6N0MG1GI  
     
    PENDING TENDERS: 
     
    SOYOIL TENDER: Bangladesh's state purchasing agency Trading Corporation of 
Bangladesh has issued an international tender to purchase 2,000 tonnes of 
refined soyoil, traders said. Tender deadline is March 19.  ID:nL6N0LM11S  
     
    RICE TENDER: Iraq has issued a tender to buy a minimum of 30,000 tonnes of 
rice, with long-grain supplies coming from the United States, Uruguay, 
Argentina, or Brazil, a trade ministry statement said on Monday. The closing 
date for the tender is March 16 and offers must be valid until March 20. 
 ID:nL6N0M00LP  
     
    CORN, SOYBEAN TENDER: Taiwan Sugar Corp issued a tender to buy 20,000 tonnes 
of U.S. corn and 15,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans, U.S. traders said. The tender 
deadline was March 20.  ID:nL2N0MF1F3  
     
    DURUM TENDER: Algeria's state grains agency issued on Tuesday a tender to 
buy 50,000 tonnes of optional-origin durum wheat for shipment between April 1 
and 15, European traders said. The deadline for bids is on March 20, they said. 
 ID:nL6N0MF437  
     
    BARLEY TENDER: Jordan's Ministry of Trade and Industry issued a new 
international tender to buy 100,000 tonnes of feed barley, a source at the 
ministry said on Thursday. The barley is for shipment dates including June 1-15, 
July 1-15 and July 1-31, the source said. The closing date for the tender is 
March 26.  ID:nL6N0M329U  
     
    SUNOIL TENDER: Iraq issued a tender on Tuesday to purchase a minimum of 
10,000 tonnes of sunflower oil, the trade ministry said in a statement. Tender 
deadline is March 23 and offers must remain valid until March 27. The oil can be 
sourced from any origin apart from China, the statement said.  ID:nL6N0M8112  
     
    TOP STORIES: 
     
    * A record-shattering Canadian harvest, combined with one of the most frigid 
winters in decades, has created a grain-handling backlog that will not be 
cleared until next year, the head of Canadian National Railway Co  CNR.TO  said 
on Wednesday.  ID:nL2N0MG1CX  
     
    * Ukraine maintained a high level of grain exports in March, the agriculture 
ministry said on Wednesday, shipping abroad 1.7 million tonnes this month 
despite political turmoil.  ID:nL6N0MG3CN  
     
    * China's environmental authorities have passed a plan to tackle soil 
pollution as the government becomes increasingly concerned about the risk to 
food posed by widespread contamination of farmland.  ID:nL3N0MG0V6  
 
 (Compiled by Karl Plume in Chicago) 
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