Jordan buys 120,000 tonnes wheat in tender

• Cerealcom Dolj offered June shipment at $248.99 a tonne c&f and August shipment at $228.50 a tonne c&f.

HAMBURG: Jordan's state grains buyer purchased 120,000 tonnes of hard milling wheat to be sourced from optional origins in a tender that closed on Monday, traders said.

It was all bought from trading house Ameropa, with 60,000 tonnes purchased at $233.50 a tonne c&f for shipment in the second half of June and 60,000 tonnes at $226.50 a tonne c&f for shipment in the first half of July.

Three other companies took part in the tender:

Cerealcom Dolj offered June shipment at $248.99 a tonne c&f and August shipment at $228.50 a tonne c&f.

CHS offered August shipment at $227.48 a tonne c&f.

Nibulon offered August shipment at $240 a tonne c&f.

The tender had sought wheat in a series of possible combinations between June 1 and Aug. 31.

In Jordan's last wheat tender on March 17, no trading houses participated.

On March 10, Jordan bought 60,000 tonnes of wheat at $219 a tonne c&f.