On August 23, 2017 Tunisiawill hold a tender for the purchase of 50,000 tonnes of feed barley most probably from the Black Sea region, for shipment October 1 – 25.
Egypt's GASC announced a tender for the purchase of 10,000 tonnes of sunflower oil for October 1st-15th shipment and 30,000 tonnes of soybean oil for October 15th – 30th shipment.
On 16.08.2017 the state owned Egyptian company GASC purchased 355,000 tonnes Russian (295,000) and Ukrainian (60,000) wheat with delivery 20th – 30th September 2017.