Japan offers to buy 122,456 tons of food wheat via tender
TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is seeking to buy a total of 122,456 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the U.S., Canada and Australia in a regular tender that will close late on Wednesday.
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 | 12,790 | * |
U.S. | Dark Northern Spring (protein minimum 14 pct) | 23,376 | * |
U.S. | Western White | 13,170 | * |
U.S. | Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard) | 21,340 | * |
Canada | Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 26,340 | * |
Australia | Standard White(West Australia) | 25,440 |
Shipments: Loading between April 21 and May 20
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Source: MAFF
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