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Algeria launches tender for 50,000 tonnes of wheat

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Algeria’s Interprofessional Office for Cereals has issued an international tender to buy milling wheat, with a nominal volume of 50,000 tonnes and bids due to close on 13 October. Market participants are watching its potential impact on European prices and the possible exclusion of French wheat, Reuters reports.

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