Syria issues new tender to buy 200,000 tonnes milling wheat

DUBAI/HAMBURG- A Syrian state grains agency has issued an international tender to purchase 200,000 tonnes of soft wheat for bread making, traders said on Thursday.

It should be sourced from Russia only.

Deadline for offer submissions in the tender from Syria's General Establishment for Cereal Processing, Storage and Trade (Hoboob) is July 28, they said.

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