HAMBURG- A Syrian state agency has issued an international tender to purchase and import about 85,000 tonnes of refined white sugar, European traders said on Wednesday.

The deadline in the tender from the General Foreign Trade Organisation is Nov. 3.

Shipment is sought three months after a letter of credit being opened on the purchase.

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