USDA Buys 15,760 MT Pulses
KANSAS CITY - Feb 9/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 15,760 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid.
Under terms of USDA PL-480 food aid tender invitation 021, the USDA is buying pulses packed in 50 kg bags. Purchases are for shipment from interior plants between March 1 to March 22 and between March 23 to April 13 for plants located at port.
In releasing details of purchases made under the tender, the USDA said, "There were no offers for the following: 110 metric tons Yellow Split Peas under consolidation 425151-4, 840 metric tons Yellow Split Peas under consolidation 42515-2, 2,000 metric tons Yellow Split Peas under consolidation 425151-1, and 30 metric tons Great Northern Beans under consolidation 422651-2."
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