Trading Corporation of Pakistan buys 80,000 tonnes of sugar
State-run Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) issued a tender to purchase 100,000 tonnes of white refined sugar and is believed to have bought 80,000 tonnes in a tender that closed last week, European traders said on Monday. The deadline for price offers in the new international tender is Oct 6, with sugar arrival in Pakistan sought around Nov 15. Traders said that following continued price negotiations in its previous tender reported on Sept 23, the TCP bought about 50,000 tonnes of fine grade sugar at and estimated $530 a tonne cost and freight included (C&F) from ED&F Man and about 30,000 tonnes of medium grade from Al Khaleej Sugar at an estimated $568 a tonne C&F.