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The deadline for offers is Jan 8, and the wheat is to be shipped within 40 days of signing the deal, said the officials at the Directorate General of Food, the country’s state grains purchasing agency.
Meanwhile, trading house Aston has secured a tender to supply 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh after submitting the lowest offer of $284.05 a tonne, including C&F liner out.
The South Asian country has turned to the Black Sea region for wheat as supply from India has dwindled to meet growing demand there while the country’s output has stagnated at around 1 million tonnes.
Bangladesh also buys smaller quantities of high-quality Australian and Canadian cargoes for blending.