HAMBURG - Bangladesh's state grains buyer has issued an international tender to purchase 50,000 tonnes of rice, traders said on Monday.

The deadline for submission of price offers is March 18.

Bangladesh, traditionally the world's third-biggest rice producer, has issued a series of rice tenders in recent months due to depleted stocks and record prices after repeated flooding damaged its crop.

The tender seeks price offers for non-basmati parboiled rice in CIF liner out terms, including ship unloading costs, for shipment to the ports of Chattogram and Mongla.

The rice can come from worldwide origins and shipment is required 40 days after contract award.

(Reporting by Michael Hogan in Hamburg and Ruma Paul in Dhaka; Editing by Aditya Soni) ((michael.j.hogan@thomsonreuters.com; +49 172 671 36 54; Reuters Messaging: michael.hogan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))