HAMBURG- Qatar’s state purchasing agency has issued a tender to buy about 4,000 tonnes of rice to be sourced from Pakistan, European traders said on Tuesday.

Tender deadline is July 21. Basmati rice was sought, traders said.

Some 100,000 bags of rice of 40 kilos each were sought.

(Reporting by Michael Hogan) ((michael.j.hogan@thomsonreuters.com; +49 172 671 36 54; Reuters Messaging: michael.hogan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))