date:Apr 09, 2014
Japan's Ministry of Agricultureis seeking to buy 119,718 tonnes of food quality wheat from theUnited States and Canada in a regular tender that will closelate on Thursday.
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):