24/09/2009 (Reuters), Cairo - Egypt's Meditrade said on Thursday it was seeking 30,000 tonnes of soyoil and sunflower oil for arrival in November.

Meditrade is looking to buy 15,000 tonnes of soyoil and 15,000 tonnes of sunflower oil, vice chairman Hisham Amin told Reuters.

The deadline for bids is September 30, he said.

Meditrade last bought oil September 8 when it purchased 10,000 tonnes of soyoil and 30,000 tonnes of sunflower oil for arrival in October.

The privately-owned company tenders on average once a month to buy vegetable oil on behalf of the state-owned General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC).