Japan offers to buy 123,012 tons of food wheat via tender

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is seeking to buy a total of 123,012 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 behind 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):

Shipments: * Loading between Oct 21, 2024 and Nov 20, 2024

** Loading between Dec 1, 2024 and Jan 15, 2025

Source: MAFF

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