DJ Iraq Buys 400,000 Ton Canadian Wheat - Grain Board Chief

Posted on: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:04:39 EST


Symbols: MLAN
AMMAN, Feb 08, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) --
By Hassan Hafidh

   Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

Iraq's state-run Grain Board has purchased 400,000 metric tons of Canadian wheat for delivery in April and May, the first Iraqi wheat purchase this year, head of the board told Dow Jones Newswires by telephone from Baghdad.

Hassan Ismael Ibrahim said Iraq bought the wheat from three suppliers, Louis Dreyfus, Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) and Nidera, at prices hovering around $215 per ton on free on board basis.

-By Hassan Hafidh; Dow Jones Newswires; +962 799 831 831; hassan.hafidh@dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

02-08-10 0304ET

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