TOKYO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 123,354 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
11,980**
Hard Red Winter (semi hard)
20,970**
Dark Northern Spring
34,830**
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
Canada
Western Red Spring
31,314*
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Western Red Spring
24,260**
(protein minimum 13.5 pct)
Shipments:
* Arrival by March 5, 2017
** Loading between Jan. 16 and Feb. 15, 2017
Source: Ministry of Agriculture