USDA Buys 15,150 MT Pulses
KANSAS CITY - Mar 17/11 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 15,150 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid.
Under terms of USDA PL-480 food aid tender invitation 031, the USDA is buying pulses packed in 50 kg bags.
Purchases are for shipment from interior plants between April 1 to April 22 and between April 23 to May 14 for plants located at port.
In releasing details of the purchases, the USDA said, "There were no offers for 70 metric tons of Small Red Beans under consolidation number 421251-2."
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