TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 125,611 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia 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 tonnes): COUNTRY
TYPE
QUANTITY
U.S.
Western White
8,650
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
25,505
* U.S.
Western White
31,375
* Canada
Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
35,181
* Australia
Standard White(west Australia)
24,900 **
Shipments: *Loading between Dec 21 and Jan 20, 2018
**Loading between Jan 1, 2018 and Jan 31, 2018
Source: Ministry of Agriculture