Jordan buys about 60,000 tons feed barley in tender

HAMBURG: Jordan’s state grain buyer purchased about 60,000 metric tons of animal feed barley in an international tender on Wednesday, European traders said.

The barley was bought from trading house Olam at an estimated USD252 a ton cost and freight (c&f) included to be shipped in the first half of September.

Traders said these other trading houses participated in Wednesday’s tender with their estimated price offers per ton c&f: Bunge USD264 and USD271, CHS USD255.68, Ameropa USD259.95, Cofco USD257.50 and Solaris USD264.14.

Shipment in the tender was sought in a series of possible combinations in consignments of 50,000 to 60,000 tons between September 1 and 15, September 16 and 30, October 1 and 15 and October 16 and 31.