TOKYO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 122,847 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 the 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
15,462**
Hard Red Winter (semi hard)
19,200**
Dark Northern Spring
34,390**
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
Canada
Western Red Spring
25,000**
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Western Red Spring
28,795**
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Shipments: ** Loading between Jan. 16 and Feb. 15, 2017
Source: Ministry of Agriculture