Govt approves 750,000 tonnes wheat import as TCP invites bids

The government has signed off on bringing in 750,000 metric tonnes of wheat, and the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has issued an international tender to buy it, The Express Tribune reported. Offers from overseas suppliers must cover at least 50,000 tonnes, so smaller bids carrying the ±10% MOLSO term will be turned away. The grain must come from the 2026 crop and be delivered in bulk on a cost and freight basis through Karachi and/or Gwadar.

Bids close at 11:30am on September 16, 2026, and technical bids are set to be opened at noon that day, in the TCP boardroom. Bidders can attend the opening in person or join remotely via Zoom. Each sealed offer needs separate technical and financial envelopes, placed in the tender box located at the TCP reception in the Finance & Trade Centre on Shahrahe-Faisal, Karachi.

Once in the country, the wheat will be divided among provinces according to their demand, with Sindh getting 300,000 tonnes, Punjab 250,000 tonnes and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 200,000 tonnes. Context from the Economic Survey 2025-26 puts wheat output at 29.61 million tonnes, against annual consumption of roughly 31.3 million tonnes. Experts also noted that PASSCO's inventory reached 1.783 million tonnes by the opening week of July.