January 25, 2006

Taiwan's BSPA buys 57,000 tonnes of US soybean

The Kaohsiung division of the Breakfast Soybean Procurement Association (BSPA), has purchased 57,000 tonnes of US no. 2 soybeans from trading house Marubeni in a tender concluded Tuesday, said a BSPA official.

The shipment is expected to arrive in the February-March period, though the specific dates and port of arrival were not immediately available.

Marubeni will supply the soybeans at US$126.30/tonne, cost and freight, the official said.