PARIS- Tunisia's state grains agency has issued an international tender to purchase 50,000 tonnes of soft milling wheat and 50,000 tonnes of animal feed barley, traders said on Monday.

The tender deadline is Nov. 3, they said.

The tender called for the grain to be shipped on various dates in December depending on the origin chosen, they said.

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