Tunisia pays less for wheat, more for barley at tender

Tunisia’s state grain buyer Office de Cereales has bought milling wheat, durum wheat and barley at tender, market sources said Friday.

It bought 50,000 mt of 11.5% protein milling wheat from Ameropa at $226.99/mt CIF in two cargoes for shipment during May, with OdC apparently passing on a third position of 17,000 mt which they had tendered for.

The price is just below $227.49/mt that Tunisia paid at its previous tender on March 2.

OdC bought 25,000 mt of feed barley from Soufflet at $246.24/mt CIF Friday, up from the $240.19/mt it paid at the start of the month.

There was also 50,000 mt of durum wheat bought, including 25,000 mt of durum wheat from Glencore at $288.29/mt CIF for September shipment and 25,000 mt from Casillo $289.68/mt CIF for October shipment.