Iraq issues new wheat tender
Iraq's grain board has issued a new tender to buy 50,000 tonnes of hard wheat from any origin, its fourth tender this year, the Iraqi Trade Ministry says.
The bidding deadline is March 15 and must stay valid until March 20. No shipment times were specified.
Iraq regularly buys more wheat and rice than originally sought in tenders.
Political wrangling over budget allocations for further commodities purchases had halted grain tenders since over one million tonnes of mostly North American wheat was bought in September and October.
Iraq lawmakers passed the nation's $US48 billion ($A52 billion) budget for 2008 last month after weeks of delays.