CAIRO- Egypt's state grains buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC,) said on Thursday that it bought 55,000 tonnes of Russian wheat in an international purchase tender for shipment Nov. 5-15.

Traders said the cargo purchased was from Cargill at $225.00 dollars per tonne on a free-on-board (FOB) basis and $15.50 freight equating to $240.50.

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla in Cairo, Maha El Dahan in Dubai and Michael Hogan in Hamburg Editing by Susan Fenton) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))