Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture sought 81,853 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender.
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.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Fumika Inoue; editing by Kirsten Donovan)