GASC to decide on 20 November the winning company for Egypt’s first int’l rice tender

The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) will announce on Tuesday, 20 November the results of its tender for 25k tonnes of short or medium grain milled white rice, a source from the Supply Ministry said. Eleven companies submitted offers to supply a combined 546k tonnes of rice from China, India, and Vietnam. The bidding window for the tender, which GASC issued last month, closed yesterday, with delivery dates in January and February.