Japan offers to buy 119,718 tonnes food wheat via tender
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 119,718 tonnes of food quality wheat from the Unit…Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 119,718 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States and Canada 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 tonnes):
