TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought 167,787 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that closed 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
12,710
* U.S.
Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)
15,005 *
U.S.
Western White
24,575 *
U.S.
Dark Northern Spring(14.0%)
24,971
Canada
Western Red Spring(13.5%)
25,340
* Canada
Western Red Spring(13.5%)
32,061
* Australia
Standard White(West Australia)
33,125 *
Shipments:
* Loading between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31, 2018
Source: Ministry of Agriculture