TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture seeks to buy 100,517 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 thrice a month. Details are as follows (in tonnes):
COUNTRY
TYPE
QUANTITY
U.S.
Western White
17,160
* U.S.
Dark Northern Spring (protein minimum 14.0 pct)
16,282
* Canada
Western Red Springprotein minimum 13.5 pct)
32,101
* Australia
Standard White (West Australia)
34,974 ** Shipments: *Loading between March 21 and April 20, 2018
** Loading between April 1 and April 30, 2018 Source: Ministry of Agriculture