The origin of the wheat is optional but traders said the wheat was likely to come from Baltic countries due to concerns on the quality of the crop in France, Algeria's main supplier, and a better competitiveness of Baltic wheat, they said.
In its latest tender for shipment in August OAIC paid between $190 and $191 a tonne.
Algeria, one of the world's biggest grain importers, does not publish details of its tenders and results reported by traders are estimates.