TOKYO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 125,713 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender that will close late on Friday.
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
17,870*
Hard Red Winter (semi hard)
16,675*
Dark Northern Spring
32,578**
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
Canada
Western Red Spring
29,000*
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Western Red Spring
29,590*
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Shipments:
* Loading between Oct. 21 and Nov. 20
** Arriving by Dec. 31
Source: Ministry of Agriculture