Ethiopia to Purchase 400,000T of Wheat for Humanitarian AssistanceOctober 19, 2017 - Ethiopia recently announced a tender for 400,000 tonnes of milling wheat for use in humanitarian assistance programs throughout the country. The tendered amount will be divided into three tranches, totaling 200,000 tonnes, 125,000 tonnes and 75,000 tonnes. As of early September, Ethiopia had imported nearly 630,000 tonnes of milling wheat in 2017, the USDA said. The total included approximately 120,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat food aid, valued at about $23 million. In August, the government of Ethiopia tendered for 70,000 tonnes of wheat to be used in the country’s productive safety net project.

Source: Ethiopian News October 19, 2017 17:48 UTC