TOKYO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture sought to buy 120,226 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 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
11,409
* U.S.
Dark Northern Spring(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
13,868
* U.S.
Western White
25,050
* Canada
Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
35,549
* Australia
Standard White(West Australia)
34,350
** Shipments:
* Loading between Dec. 21, 2018 and Jan. 20, 2019 ** Loading between Jan. 1, 2019 and Jan. 31, 2019
Source: Ministry of Agriculture