{"id":277036,"date":"2019-05-25T03:14:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T07:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiaWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZXJlcG9ydGVyZXRoaW9waWEuY29tL2FydGljbGUvbmV3YmllLWV0aGlvcGlhbi1tYXJrZXQtc2VjdXJlcy1iaWdnZXN0LXdoZWF0LXN1cHBseS1jb250cmFjdNIBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:54:46","slug":"a-newcomer-firm-won-a-major-share-of-ethiopias-largest-wheat-supply-tender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277036","title":{"rendered":"A newcomer firm won a major share of Ethiopia\u2019s largest wheat supply tender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 The Reporter said the Public Procurement and Property Disposal Service awarded two companies, including relative newcomer GEM CORP Commodities Trading SA along with AGRO CORP, a large wheat supply contract for the Ethiopian market.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-434588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ethiopia-to-export-wheat-while-there-is-domestic-shortage-Fowg4A1aIAE9vyk.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A newcomer firm won a major share of Ethiopia\u2019s largest wheat supply tender\" \/>\n<p>Winning a big staple tender matters because wheat imports soak scarce foreign exchange, and because food security agencies and millers depend on who can deliver tonnage on time.<\/p>\n<p>The newbie-winner angle sat beside the same season\u2019s larger 600,000-tonne purchase stories and showed how tender lists shift even when the underlying FX crunch stays the same.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as food and trade archive, the wheat-contract award is a dated procurement marker for Ethiopia\u2019s import dependence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereporterethiopia.com\/article\/newbie-ethiopian-market-secures-biggest-wheat-supply-contract\">The Reporter Ethiopia<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newbie to Ethiopian market secures biggest wheat supply contract&nbsp;&nbsp;The Reporter EthiopiaThe Public Procurement and Property Disposal *Service* (PPPDS) has awarded two companies, GEM CORP Commodities Trading SA and AGRO CORP &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":434588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ethiopia-to-export-wheat-while-there-is-domestic-shortage-Fowg4A1aIAE9vyk.jpg?fit=1080%2C809&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1a4k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754914,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277036\/revisions\/754914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}