Lowest offer in GASC rice tender at $419.7 for 25,000 T of Chinese rice

CAIRO: The lowest offer in the Egyptian state grain buyer's international purchase tender for rice was $419.7 per tonne for 25,000 tonnes of Chinese rice, trade sources said on Sunday.

Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) is seeking short or medium grain milled white rice of any origin in the tender and has asked traders to submit 2 kg samples of their grains for a cooking test.