TOKYO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 115,685 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 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
34,350
* U.S.
Dark Northern Spring(14.0%)
28,743 **
Canada
Western Red Spring(13.5%)
25,230
* Canada
Western Red Spring(13.5%)
27,362 *
Shipments:
* Loading between Nov. 21 and Dec. 20, 2018
** Arriving by Jan. 31, 2019
Source: Ministry of Agriculture