Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 168,353 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
13,500*
Hard Red Winter
22,399*
(semi hard)
Dark Northern Spring
23,680*
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
Dark Northern Spring
22,580*
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
Canada
Western Red Spring
24,804*
(protein minimum 12.5 pct
Western Red Spring
27,750*
(protein minimum 12.5 pct)
Australia
Standard White
33,640**
(West Australia)
Shipments: *Loading between Sep 21 and Oct 20
**Loading between Oct 1 and Oct 31
Source: Ministry of Agriculture