TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 149,586 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
10,239
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
14,840 *
U.S.
Western White
24,120 *
U.S.
Dark Northern Spring(14.0%)
29,511 ***
Canada
Western Red Spring(13.5%)
34,756
* Australia
Standard White(West Australia)
36,120 **
Shipments:
* Loading between Oct. 21 and Nov. 20, 2018
** Loading between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30, 2018
*** Arriving by Dec. 31, 2018
Source: Ministry of Agriculture