Taiwan’s TFC awards MOP buy tender for 4Q shipment
Producer Taiwan Fertilizer (TFC) has awarded its 27 August buy tender for the fourth-quarter shipment of 30,000t of standard MOP within a range of $290-300/t cfr.
The cargo will be shipped to Taichung port, and suppliers' offers were in the $295-320/t cfr range.
The tender was issued in the week to 21 August.
The producer last bought standard MOP in early April, paying around $300/t cfr for an end-June delivery of 30,000t.
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