Japan buys 89,134 tons of food wheat via tender
TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) bought a total of 89,134 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the U.S. and Canada in a regular tender that closed 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 | 17,510 | * |
U.S. | Dark Northern Spring (protein minimum 14 pct) | 11,560 | * |
Canada | Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 32,180 | * |
Canada | Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 27,884 | * |
Shipments: Loading between Feb. 21 and March 20
Source: MAFF
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