TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 141,275 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 three times a month.
Details are as follows (in tonnes):
COUNTRY
TYPE
QUANTITY
U.S.
Western White
16,483*
Hard Red Winter
16,525*
(semi hard)
Dark Northern Spring
38,531*
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
Canada
Western Red Spring
35,276*
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Australia
Standard White
34,460**
(West Australia)
Shipments: *Loading between March 21 and April 20
**Loading between April 1 and April 30
Source: Ministry of Agriculture