PARIS - * Algeria's state grains agency OAIC has issued a tender to buy optional-origin durum wheat for shipment in May, European traders said on Tuesday.

* The deadline for bids is on Thursday, March 22, they said.

* OAIC, one of the world's biggest grain importers, does not disclose details of its grain tenders.

(Reporting by Valerie Parent, writing by Gus Trompiz Editing by Sybille de La Hamaide) ((gus.trompiz@thomsonreuters.com; +33 1 49 49 52 18; Reuters Messaging: gus.trompiz.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))