April 5, 2005

South Korea Flour Milling Co. to seek 18,000 tonnes US wheat Wednesday

Seoul-based Korea Flour Milling Co. will seek 18,000 tonnes of US No. 1 wheat in a buy tender to be held at 0500 GMT Wednesday, a company official said Monday.

Korea Flour will buy one cargo of milling wheat to be shipped May 1-31, the official said.

Below are details of Korea Flour's buy tender Wednesday:

Quantity          Variety

(tonnes)           (percent of protein)

3,000             Soft White 10.5 percent

4,000             Soft White 9.5 percent

7,000             Hard Red Winter 11.5 percent

4,000             Dark Northern Spring 14 percent