CAIRO  - Egypt's state grains buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), has bought 240,000 tonnes of wheat in an international purchase tender for shipment over July 25 to Aug. 5, it said on Thursday.

GASC said the purchase comprised 120,000 tonnes of Russian wheat, 60,000 tonnes of Romanian wheat and 60,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat and will be paid for at sight.

Traders gave the following breakdown of the purchase in dollars per tonne on a free-on-board (FOB) basis: Supplier Quantity Origin Price Freight Carrier Total Ameropa 60,000 Romanian $205.50 $10.73 Aston $216.23 LDC 60,000 Ukrainian $206.68 $12.35 Aston $219.03 ADM 60,000 Russian $207.90 $11.23 NNC $219.13 Hakan 60,000 Russian $206.80 $12.40 NNC $219.20

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla in Cairo, Maha El Dahan in Dubai and Michael Hogan in Hamburg Editing by David Goodman) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))