TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture sought 82,937 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender.
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 the 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
13,610
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
13,560
* U.S.
Western White
14,390
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
13,400
* Canada
Western Red Spring(13.5%)
27,977
* Shipments:
* Loading between April 21 and May 20, 2021
Source: Ministry of Agriculture