Japan offers to buy 121,485 tons food wheat via tender
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is seeking to buy a total of 121,485 metric tons 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 metric tons):
| COUNTRY | TYPE | QUANTITY | |
| U.S. | Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard) | 27,470 | * |
| Canada | Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 33,700 | * |
| Canada | Western Red Spring(protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 25,225 | * |
| Australia | Standard White(West Australia) | 35,090 | ** |
Shipments: *Loading between June 21 and June 30
**Loading between July 1 and July 31
Source: MAFF
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