Singapore's Export Trading Commodities has secured a tender to supply 1,500 tonnes of chickpeas to Trading Corporation of Bangladesh after submitting the lowest offer of $557.80 a tonne, a state agency official said on Monday. The tender closed on February 10 and the source of the chickpeas would be Tanzania, the official said.
The state buyer has moved to import essential items in an effort to secure supplies for the Muslim fasting month Ramadan starts late June, when higher demand for those items traditionally pushes up prices. However, the state buyer has scrapped another tender to buy 3,000 tonnes of refined soy oil, citing high prices. It has issues a fresh tender to import 2,000 tonnes of soyoil, with offers due by March 19.
