Japan buys 114,242 tonnes food wheat via tender

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture bought 114,242 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States in a regular tender that closed 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 majority of the grain for milling via tenders typically issued thrice a month.

Details are as follows (in tonnes):

 COUNTRY       TYPE                                              QUANTITY           
 U.S.          Western White                                     12,532        *
 U.S.          Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)                        20,660        *
 U.S.          Western White                                     23,195        *
 U.S.          Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)                        23,200        *
 U.S.          Dark Northern Spring(protein minimum 14.0 pct)    34,655        *

Shipments: * Loading between Sept. 1 and Sept. 30
Source: Ministry of Agriculture

Source: Reuters (Reporting by Fumika Inoue; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)