Japan buys 114,305 metric tons of food-quality wheat via tender
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) bought a total of 114,305 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the U.S., Canada and Australia in a regular tender that closed on Thursday. Japan, the world’s sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps a tight grip on imports of its second-most important staple after rice, buying a majority of the grain for milling via tenders typically issued three times a month. Source: Reuters (Reporting by Fumika Inoue; Editing by Sonia Cheema)
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