Tender Update 07.09.2026

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia cancels 535,000-tonne wheat tender

Saudi Arabia cancelled a tender to purchase 535,000 tonnes of hard milling wheat after submitted offers were deemed unsuitable, according to the country’s General Food Security Authority (GFSA).

📌 Key details:

• Buyer: General Food Security Authority, Saudi Arabia
• Commodity: hard milling wheat
• Volume: 535,000 tonnes
• Result: tender cancelled
• Reason: submitted offers were unsuitable
• Delivery period: November–December
• Planned vessels: 9

🚢 Planned destinations:

• Jeddah: 4 vessels
• Yanbu: 4 vessels
• Jazan: 1 vessel

Shipments were sought exclusively to Red Sea ports in order to avoid potential disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

📈 Traders said high wheat prices linked to Black Sea disruptions were likely behind the cancellation.