TWENTY-ONE Asian trading companies on Tuesday vied to supply the National Food Authority (NFA) with rice to boost its stock of the staple for the coming lean months.
Those that complied with the state-run food agency’s terms of reference (TOR) for the open tender rice bidding for 250,000 metric tons (MT) of 25-percent broken long and well-milled white rice grains, or “brokens,” in Quezon City included Thailand’s Asia Golden Rice, Capital Cereals Co. Ltd., CP Intertrade, Gentraco Corp., Ponglarp Co. Ltd., Thai Capital Corps Co. Ltd., and Thai Hua Co. Ltd.; and Vietnam’s Gia International Corp., Hiep Loi Joint Stock Co., Khiem Thanh Co. Ltd., Phan Minh Investment Production Trading Services, Tan Long Group Joint Stock Co., Vietnam Northern Food Corp. (Vinafood 1), and Vietnam Southern Food Corp. (Vinafood 2).
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