TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture sought to buy 122,844 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 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
11,325
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter (Semi Hard)
13,390
* U.S.
Western White
14,875
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter (Semi Hard)
15,600
* U.S.
Nothern Spring(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
35,004
* Canada
Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
32,650
*
Shipments:
* Loading between July 1 and July 31, 2019
Source: Ministry of Agriculture