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USDA Tenders for 100 MT Beans

KANSAS CITY - Sep 10/12 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here is seeking offers of 100 metric tons (MT) of pinto bean for shipment as food aid.

Under terms of USDA PL-480 food aid tender invitation 200001312 the USDA is buying pulses packed in 50 kg bags. In releasing the tender invitation, the USDA said, "Commodities purchased by FSA on or after June 15, 2012, may be stored or handled only by facilities licensed under the United States Warehouse Act (USWA)."

Purchases are for shipment from interior plants between November 1 to November 22 and between November 23 to December 13 for plants located at port.

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