TOKYO, April 10 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 128,543 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia 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.
Hard Red Winter(semi hard)
35,630
* U.S.
Dark Northern Spring(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
32,430
* Canada
Western Red Spring（protein minimum 13.5 pct)
34,883
* Australia
Standard White(West Australia)
25,600 ** Shipments: *Loading between May 21 and June 20, 2018
**Loading between June 1 and June 30, 2018
Source: Ministry of Agriculture