European traders reported on Monday that the'state grain board TMO of Turkey has issued an international tender for the 'purchase and import 280,000 metric tons?of animal feed.

The deadline for submitting price offers to the tender is March 16th, they added.

Corn is needed for shipment in batches of between 20,000 to 25,000 tons between March 25 and April 10. Corn already imported to Turkey and stocked in bonded customs warehouses may also be offered. However, local supplies will not qualify for the tender.

The Turkish ports of Izmir (Bandirma),?Samsun (Karasu), or Derince are the only ones that accept shipments.

The disappointing harvest of barley in Turkey last year has led to a number of?international import bids. TMO bought animal 'feed corn on February 26 and issued a separate international tender to purchase and import 175,000 tons of 'animal feed barley that closes on March 13 (Reporting and editing by Jonathan Ananda in Hamburg)

(source: Reuters)