TOKYO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought 100,952 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender.
Japan, the world's sixth-largest wheat importer, keeps a tight grip on imports of the country's second-most important staple after rice and buys the majority of it for milling via tenders typically issued three times a month.
Details are as follows (in tonnes): COUNTRY
TYPE
QUANTITY
U.S.
Western White
15,830
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
19,360
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
10,460
* U.S.
Dark Nothern Spring(protein minimum 14.0%)
17,501
* Canada
Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5%)
37,801
*
Shipments:
* Loading between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31
Source: Ministry of Agriculture