TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought 60,715 tonnes of food-quality wheat from Australia 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
Australia
Standard White(West Australia)
29,925
* Australia
Standard White(West Australia)
30,790
* Shipments:
* Loading between April 1 and April 30, 2021
Source: Ministry of Agriculture