TOKYO, July 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 137,847 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
10,925*
Hard Red Winter
12,895*
(Semi Hard)
Western White
24,200*
Dark Northern Spring
27,635*
(protein minimum 14.0 pct)
Canada
Western Red Spring
35,272*
(protein minimum 12.5 pct)
Australia
Standard White
26,920**
(West Australia)
Shipments:
* Loading between Aug 21 and Sep 20
** Loading between Sep 1 and Sep 30
Source: Ministry of Agriculture