The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has indefinitely postponed selecting a winning bid in its international tender for rice due to high prices, a government source tells Al Masry Al Youm. With prices for Chinese and Vietnamese rice ranging from USD 419.7-444 per tonne, the government is now looking into supplying rice from local suppliers instead. GASC was expected to settle the tender on 20 November.

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