HAMBURG- Jordan's state grain buyer has purchased about 120,000 tonnes of animal feed barley to be sourced from optional origins in an international tender which closed on Tuesday, traders said.

Some 60,000 tonnes was bought at an estimated $258.90 a tonne, cost and freight (c&f) included, from trading house GTCS for shipment in the second half of June, while another 60,000 tonnes was bought at $259 a tonne c&f from Viterra for shipment in the second half of July, they said.

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