Japan offers to buy 126,893 tons of food wheat via tender
TOKYO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is seeking to buy a total of 126,893 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the U.S., Canada and Australia in a regular tender that will close late on Thursday.
Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, maintains a tight grip on imports of the country's second-most important staple after rice, and buys a majority of the grain for milling through tenders typically issued three times a month.
Details are as follows (in metric tons):
COUNTRY | TYPE | QUANTITY | |
U.S. | Western White | 15,663 | * |
U.S. | Hard Red Winter (Semi Hard) | 15,130 | * |
Canada | Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 29,420 | * |
Canada | Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 31,470 | * |
Australia | Standard White (West Australia) | 35,210 | ** |
Shipments: * Loading between Feb. 21 and Mar. 20
** Loading between Apr. 1 and Apr. 30
Source: MAFF
(Reporting by Fumika Inoue; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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