JAMAICA BUYS U.S. PL-480 CORN, WHEAT AND RICE Jamaica bought U.S. corn, wheat and rice at its tender earlier this week using PL-480 funds, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said. The purchase consisted of the following cargoes - - Cargill sold 1,503.5 tonnes of number two soft red winter (SRW) wheat for May 5/30 shipment at 117.44 dlrs per tonne FOB Gulf ports. - Continental Grain 8,250 tonnes of number two northern spring/dark northern spring (NS/DNS) wheat (14.5 pct protein) for April 15/May 10 at 123.97 dlrs FOB Gulf, excluding Brownsville. - Nichemen 10,000 tonnes number two SRW wheat for June 12/July 7 at 103.43 dlrs FOB Gulf. - Nichemen 10,000 tonnes number two NS/DNS wheat (14.0 pct protein) for May 25/June 20 at 121.89 dlrs FOB Gulf. - Cargill 10,000 tonnes number two SRW wheat for April 10/May 5 at 120.88 dlrs FOB Gulf. - Cargill 8,469.5 tonnes number two SRW wheat for May 5/30 at 117.44 dlrs FOB Gulf. - Louis Dreyfus 4,500 tonnes number three yellow corn (15.0 pct maximum moisture) for April 10/May 5 at 76.09 dlrs FOB Gulf. - Louis Dreyfus 5,300 tonnes same corn April 20/May 15 at 75.89 dlrs FOB Gulf. - Louis Dreyfus 5,300 tonnes same corn May 10/June 5 at 75.49 dlrs FOB Gulf. - Louis Dreyfus 5,300 tonnes same corn June 1/25 at 75.49 dlrs FOB Gulf. - Loius Dreyfus 3,700 tonnes number two yellow corn (14.5 pct maximum moisture) for Apirl 10/May 5 at 76.29 dlrs FOB Gulf. - Louis Dreyfus 3,700 tonnes same corn for May 10/June 5 at 75.68 dlrs FOB Gulf. Exporters have not received final PL-480 approval on their sale of a total of 9,500 tonnes of U.S. number five or better long grain brown rice (10 pct maximum broken) for April 10/May 25 shipments. But the USDA official said he saw no hold-up in obtaining that approval.