CAIRO  - Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), has received 22 offers so far in its first international rice purchasing tender of 2018, the supply ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

GASC will continue accepting offers and samples of short or medium grain milled white rice of any origin with 10-12 percent broken parts until Nov 12.

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla and Maha El Dahan; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))