CAIRO- Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, has bought 3.27 million tonnes of local wheat this harvest season, a supply ministry spokesman said on Monday.
The supply minister said last week that the local wheat supply season would close on Monday, July 15.
The minister also said that 400,000 tonnes of local wheat were also purchased for pasta and confectioneries.
(Reporting by Momen Saeed Atallah; Writing by Yousef Saba, editing by Deepa Babington) ((Yousef.Saba@thomsonreuters.com; +201222184730))
