TOKYO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 144,385 tonnes 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 tonnes):
COUNTRY
TYPE
Quantity U.S.
Western White
25,290*
Western White
32,560*
Dark Northern Spring
33,005**
(protein 14.0 pct)
Canada
Western Red Spring
28,498**
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Western Red Spring
25,032**
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Shipments:
* Loading between Oct. 1 and 31
**Loading between Oct. 21 and Nov. 20
Source: Ministry of Agriculture