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Global tenders for export of 2.4 lakh tonnes of wheat floated

16 Jul 2012 Evaluate

The global tenders for export of 2.4 lakh tonnes of wheat from government godowns has been floated by STC, PEC and MMTC. This step taken by public sector trading firms will ease storage crunch during the monsoon season. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has recently given approval to allow two million tonnes of wheat export from the godowns of Food Corporation of India (FCI) after which the trading firms have floated separate tenders for the same.

About 1.8 million tonnes of the grain has been shipped since wheat exports through private trade were allowed in September 2011. Out of 2.4 lakh tonnes of wheat tenders, STC has invited bids for export of 100,000 tonnes, while PEC and MMTC has invited bids for 90,000 tonnes and for 50,000 tonnes of wheat respectively.  The bids will close on August 13 and shipments would be in August-September.

As per the tender documents the grain is of 2011-12 and 2012-13 crop years, and STC is offering wheat from FCI stocks at Mundra port, while MMTC from Pipavav port and PEC from Kandla port. Besides, for deciding on quantity, timing of tenders and the price at which exports would be undertaken CCEA had directed to form a committee, headed by Commerce Secretary.  It had also fixed a base price of $228 per tonne for wheat exports.

Further, the Food Minister K V Thomas had stated that in view of rising global prices, the government would not sell the entire 2 million tonnes of wheat at one stretch and trading firms would float multiple tenders for the same.

For 2011-12 crop year (July-June), India has produced a record 90.23 million tonnes of wheat, which has led to an all-time high procurement of about 38 million tonnes this year. Due to this the government is facing a storage crisis because of record 82 million tonnes of foodgrains in its stocks against storing capacity of 64 million tonnes.

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