date:Sep 16, 2013
Japan's Ministry of Agriculturebought a total of 113,572 tonnes of food wheat from the UnitedStates, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that closed on
Thursday, a ministry official said.
Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps atight grip on imports of the country's second most importantstaple after rice and buys the majority of the grain for millingvia tenders typically issued three times a month.
Details are as follows (in tonnes):