CAIRO - Egypt's strategic reserves of vegetable oils were sufficient to cover the country's needs for six months following latest tender by state buyer GASC, the supply ministry said on Wednesday.

GASC bought 86,000 tonnes of vegetable oils in an international purchasing tender on Tuesday for arrival Nov. 25-Dec. 15. 

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla, editing by Louise Heavens) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))