TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 104,968 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
12,547 ** U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
10,890 ** U.S.
Dark Northern Spring(protein minimum 14.0%)
23,741 ** Canada
Western Red Spring(13.5%)
24,910
* Canada
Western Red Spring(13.5%)
35,755
* Australia
Standard White(West Australia)
33,125 **
Shipments:
* Loading between Sept. 1 and Sept. 30, 2018
** Loading between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31
Source: Ministry of Agriculture