Iraq’s trade ministry said it had bought 90,000 MT of US rice in a direct deal outside of the tender process. The deal was signed with ADM at the price of $648 a tonne, Mohammed Hanoun. The deal was for long grain milled rice for November 2017-February 2018 shipment. Iraq on Nov. 6 also confirmed it had purchased 500,000 tonnes of wheat in a direct purchase, from Cargill, ADM and a third unnamed firm.