CCC ACCEPTS BONUS ON POULTRY TO EGYPT -- USDA
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
has accepted a bid for two bonus offers to cover the sale of
10,000 tonnes of frozen poultry to Egypt, the U.S. Agriculture
Department said.
    The poultry is for shipment November, 1987, through August,
1988, and the bonus was 473.99 dlrs per tonne for the frozen
fryer legs. The bonuses were made to Gress Foods, Inc (5,000
tonnes), and Serva International Ltd (5,000 tonnes).
    The subsidies will be paid to the exporters in the form of
commodities from CCC stocks.
    An additional 8,500 tonnes of frozen poultry remain
available to Egypt under the Export Enhancement Program
initiative announced Dec 19, 1986, and Feb 27, 1987, the
department said.
 Reuter
