The Taiwan Flour Millers' Association has purchased 110,000 tonnes of milling wheat to be sourced from the United States in an international tender that closed on Friday, European traders said. The purchase involved a range of different wheat types.
The wheat was bought in two consignments, all of which was sold by trading house Cargill, they said. The first consignment included 27,910 tonnes of US dark northern spring wheat of 14.5 percent protein content bought at $254.13 a tonne FOB US Pacific Northwest coast, traders said. It also included 19,665 tonnes of hard red winter wheat of 12.5 percent protein content bought at $244.88 a tonne FOB and 7,425 tonnes of western white wheat with 9 percent protein bought at $222.30 a tonne FOB.
The first consignment is for shipment between May 10-24 and has an additional freight charge of $28.48 a tonne for ocean shipping from the US Pacific Northwest coast to Taiwan. The second consignment included 28,015 tonnes of US dark northern spring wheat of 14.5 percent protein content, also bought at $254.13 a tonne FOB US Pacific Northwest coast, traders said.
It also included 19,745 tonnes of hard red winter wheat of 12.5 percent protein content bought at $246.36 a tonne FOB and 7,240 tonnes of western white wheat with 9 percent protein bought at $222.30 a tonne FOB. The second consignment was for shipment between May 24 and June 7 and has an additional freight charge of $28.47 a tonne for ocean shipping from the US Pacific Northwest coast to Taiwan, they said.