TOKYO, May 19 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture sought 110,573 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender.
Japan, the world's sixth-largest wheat importer, keeps a tight grip on imports of the country's second-most important staple after rice and buys the majority of the grain for milling via tenders typically issued three times a month.
Details are as follows (in tonnes): COUNTRY
TYPE
QUANTITY
U.S.
Western White
20,465
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
22,710
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
17,950
* U.S.
Dark Northern Spring(protein minimum 14.0%)
6,316
* Canada
Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5%)
20,032
* Australia
Standard White(West Australia)
23,100
*
Shipments:
* Loading between July 1 and July 31
Source: Ministry of Agriculture