Japan offers to buy 119,847 tons food wheat via tender
TOKYO, March 25 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is seeking to buy a total of 119,847 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender that will close late on Thursday.
Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps a tight grip on imports of the country's second most important staple after rice and buys the majority of the grain for milling via tenders typically issued three times a month.
Details are as follows (in metric tons):
COUNTRY | TYPE | QUANTITY | |
U.S. | Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard) | 34,490 | * |
U.S. | Dark Northern Spring(protein minimum 14.0 pct) | 24,761 | * |
Canada | Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 33,696 | * |
Canada | Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 26,900 | * |
Shipments: *Loading between April 21 and May 20
Source: Ministry of Agriculture
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