TOKYO, April 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 119,902 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 most important staple after rice, and buys most 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
19,270
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter (Semi hard)
15,820
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter (Semi hard)
24,700
* U.S.
Dark Northern Spring(protein minimum 14.0%)
24,464
* Canada
Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
35,648
*
Shipments: *Loading between June 1 and June 30, 2019
Source: Ministry of Agriculture