CAIRO- The lowest offer at an Egyptian state purchase tender for wheat was $199.87 a tonne for 60,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain, traders said on Thursday.
The offer was presented by Louis Dreyfus.
Egypt, the world's largest wheat buyer, said on Wednesday it was seeking an unspecified quantity of wheat for shipment on Sept. 15-30.
The results of the tender, carried out by state buyer the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), are expected on Thursday.
Traders gave the following breakdown of the offers presented in dollars per tonne on a free-on-board (FOB) basis:
* Louis Dreyfus: 60,000 tonnes of Ukranian wheat at $199.87
* Glencore: 55,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $205.25
* Glencore: 60,000 tonnes of French wheat at $199.98
* Olam: 60,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $206.00
* ADM: 55,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $203.00
* ADM: 55,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $204.00
* Cofco: 55,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $206.43
* Hakan: 60,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $203.30
* Hakan: 60,000 tonnes of Ukranian wheat at $202.30
* Ameropa:60,000 tonnes of Romanian wheat at $206.47
* Posco International: 55,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $205.40
* Posco International: 55,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $206.40
* Argo Ast: 60,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $205.50
* Solaris: 60,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $202.48
* GTCS: 60,000 tonnes of Russian wheat at $211.00
(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla in Cairo, Maha El Dahan in Dubai and Michael Hogan in Hamburg Writing by Nadine Awadalla and Eman Kharoshah Editing by David Goodman) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))
