TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 102,631 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender that will close 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 a majority of the grain for milling via tenders typically issued thrice a month.
Details are as follows (in tonnes):
COUNTRY
TYPE
Quantity U.S.
Dark Northern Spring
31,969*
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
Canada
Western Red Spring
35,056*
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Western Red Spring
35,606*
(protein minimum 13.5%)
Shipments:
* Loading between Aug. 21 and Sep. 20
Source: Ministry of Agriculture