USDA REJECTS SRI LANKA'S 80 U.S. DLR WHEAT PRICE

  Sri Lankan Food Department officials
  said the U.S. Department of Agriculture rejected a U.S. Firm's
  offer of 80 U.S. Dlrs per tonne CAF to supply 52,500 tonnes of
  soft wheat to Colombo from the Pacific Northwest.
      They said Sri Lanka's Food Department subsequently made a
  counter-offer to five U.S. Firms to buy wheat at 85 U.S. Dlrs
  CAF for April 8-16 delivery.
      The company which obtains USDA approval for the proposed
  price must inform the Department before 1330 gmt, they said.
  

