TOKYO, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture has bought 57,331 tonnes of food-quality wheat from Australia in a regular tender.
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 LOADING DATE Australia
Standard White(west Australia)
26,180
May 1-May 31
Australia
Standard White(west Australia)
31,151
May 1-May 31
Source: Ministry of Agriculture (Editing by Jason Neely and Jan Harvey)