ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) - Turkey's state grain board TMO said on Thursday it envisages no tender this year to import wheat as it expects the country's wheat output to rise to 20 million tonnes from the previous year's 17.8 million tonnes.
TMO Chairman Mesut Kose told Reuters in an interview that the board may consider export tenders for surplus wheat and barley, and it may also import up to 49,000 tonnes of rice this year. (Reporting by Selcuk Gokoluk and Zerin Elci, editing by Anthony Barker)