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ABU DHABI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Egypt's state grain buyer GASC received offers from seven suppliers at its international wheat purchasing tender on Tuesday.
The lowest offer was $182.74 a tonne free-on-board (FOB) for 60,000 tonnes of Russian wheat and was presented by Louis Dreyfus, traders said.
"It looks like a gradual return to normality in Egypt after this year's ergot disruption with two more participants than in the last tender," one European trader said.
Egypt reversed a controversial ergot fungus specification in August, ending a saga that reduced trader interest in supplying the country with wheat. The reversal has helped GASC resume its purchases.
GASC is seeking the wheat for shipment Dec. 1-10.
Results for the tender are due later on Tuesday.
Traders said the following offers were made in dollars per tonne FOB:
*Louis Dreyfus: 60,000 tonnes Russian at $182.74
*Cargill: 60,000 tonnes Romanian at $183.50
*Cargill: 55,000 tonnes Russian at $184.90
*Alegrow: 60,000 tonnes Russian at $184.92
*Cargill: 55,000 tonnes U.S. soft red or hard red at $185
*Aston: 60,000 tonnes Russian at $185.75
*ADM: 60,000 tonnes Romanian at $185.77
*Ameropa: 60,000 tonnes Romanian at $186.23
*Cargill: 60,000 tonnes Russian at $186.90
*Olam: 60,000 tonnes Russian at $189
*ADM: 60,000 tonnes Russian at $189.50
Traders also said the following were the cost and freight (C&F) offers in dollars per tonne:
*Louis Dreyfus: 60,000 tonnes Russian at $182.74 FOB and $9.42 freight equating to $192.16 C&F
*Cargill: 60,000 tonnes Romanian at $183.50 FOB and $8.67 freight equating to $192.17 C&F
*Ameropa: 60,000 tonnes Romanian at $186.23 FOB and $6.25 freight equating to $192.48 C&F
*Alegrow: 60,000 tonnes Russian at $184.92 FOB and $9.42 freight equating to $194.34 C&F
*Cargill: 55,000 tonnes Russian at $184.90 FOB and $9.78 freight equating to $194.68 C&F
*ADM: 60,000 tonnes Romanian at $185.77 FOB and $9.52 freight equating to $195.29 C&F