TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 134,352 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 three times a month.
Details are as follows (in tonnes):
COUNTRY
TYPE
QUANTITY
U.S.
Western White
31,800*
Hard Red Winter
31,180*
(semi hard)
Dark Northern Spring
36,460*
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
Canada
Western Red Spring
34,912**
(protein minimum 12.5 pct)
Shipments: *Loading between Nov. 21 and Dec. 20
**Arrival by Jan. 31
Source: Ministry of Agriculture