USDA Buys 5,790 MT Pulses
KANSAS CITY - Mar 20/14 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office here confirmed the purchase of 5,790 metric tons (MT) of pulses for shipment as food aid.
Under terms of USDA PL-480 food aid tender invitation 200002398 the USDA is buying pulses packed in 50 kg bags.
Purchases are for shipment from interior plants between April 16 to May 7 and between May 8 to May 29 for plants located at port.
In releasing details of the tender result, the USDA said all offers on the request for 340 MT of pinto beans were rejected "due to a change in program requirements."
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