TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 91,660 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States 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
13,657*
Hard Red Winter (semi hard)
18,965*
Western White
24,280**
Dark Nothern Spring
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
34,758**
Shipments:
* Loading between Aug. 21 and Sept. 20
**Loading between Aug. 21 and Sept. 20
Source: Ministry of Agriculture