Japan offers to buy 97,175 tonnes of food wheat via tender
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture sought to buy 97,175 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 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 10,685 * U.S. Hard Red Winter (Semi Hard) 24,365 * Canada Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) 34,995 * Australia Standard White (West Australia) 27,130 *
Shipments: * Loading between June 1 and June 30, 2019
Source: Ministry of Agriculture
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Fumika Inoue)