European traders reported on Friday that the state grain board of Turkey, TMO, has issued a tender to purchase and import 350,000 metric tonnes of animal feed corn.

They said that the deadline for submitting?price bids in the tender was February 26. The corn will be shipped between March 9 and 6th in a series of 25,000 ton consignments. The traders said that corn already imported into Turkey and stored in warehouses with customs bonds could also be offered, but no domestic supplies. The ports of Izmir (Izmir), Adana (Adana), Mersin (Mersin), Tekirdag (Bandirma), Samsun and Tekirdag in Turkey are the best places to ship. Turkey's disappointing barley harvest and other grains last year prompted a series of international import bids in the past few months. Turkey also bought animal 'feed barley at an international tender held on February 11, 2009. Reporting by Michael Hogan, Hamburg. Editing by Tomasz Janovowski

(source: Reuters)