The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has issued a new international tender to purchase 100,000 tonnes of white refined sugar, European traders said on Monday.

The quantity is double the earlier procurement target of 50,000 tonnes. The deadline for submission of price offers is August 11.

The announcement is believed to indicate that Pakistan will make no purchase in its previous tender for 100,000 tonnes of sugar on July 31, traders said.

On July 8, Pakistan’s government had

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