Well STC is back at TOP...3 continues UC's something is cooking..''
By the way there is an article in economic times commodities section which says govt may cancel wheat tender.
NEW DELHI: The government is still to take a decision on importing more than three lakh tons of wheat on account of high price quoted by global trading firms, an official source said today.
"We are yet to decide on the STC wheat import tender," the source said.
The decision on cancelling or importing the grain may be taken tomorrow, the source added.
STC had floated the tender on December 10 and bids were valid till December 22.
State Trading Corporation had on December 17 received offers from three multinational firms for importing wheat at a maximum price of 579.6 dollars a ton, a jump of almost 45 per cent over the price decided by two other government agencies for buying the grain barely weeks ago.
Swiss firm Glencore, US trading company Cargill and Germany's Toepfer submitted bids in a range of 459.9 dollars to a record of 579.6 dollars per ton for supply of about 3.15 lakh tons, trade sources had said.
An official of a Mumbai-based multinational agri-trading company said it was unlikely that STC will import the wheat at such a high price.
The Commerce Ministry had earlier this month allowed PEC Ltd to import 1.5 lakh tons of wheat at USD 396.9 per ton. Earlier, on November 23, MMTC Ltd decided to buy 3.425 lakh tons at an average price of USD 400.19 a ton.
Australia-based JK International would supply wheat to PEC, while Cargill and Glencore would supply to MMTC.
The government has decided to import 23 lakh tons of the grain during 2007-08. Before this STC contract, orders had already been placed for import of 17.985 lakh tons by STC, MMTC and PEC. Out of these, STC has already imported 13.06 lakh tons.
May be bonus record date announcement is expected....