The tender deadline is April 19.

Shipment is two months after contract award, traders said. Four consignments of 100,000 tonnes were sought.

Ethiopia continues to feel the impact of a drought that has devastated farms in some regions.

The country has a large wheat import programme to cool domestic prices, but has struggled to get some purchases completed because of contractual disagreements.

Ethiopia's last reported wheat purchase was 400,000 tonnes in February.