Egypt's state buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC,) bought 64,500 tonnes of local soyoil from seven companies in a tender on Sunday, the supply ministry said in a statement.

The vegetable oil is for Oct. 1-25 delivery.

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