February 9, 2012

Japan buys 3,000 tonnes feed wheat in tender

Japan has purchased 3,000 tonnes of feed wheat and 48,245 tonnes of feed barley through a tender system started to loosen government grain-import limits, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.

Shipment must be made by May 31, Masafumi Otsuka at the ministry's grain-trade division said. A breakdown of the countries of origin wasn't available, he said.

The ministry, which holds feed-grain import tenders every Wednesday, plans to hold its next tender on February 15 for a maximum of 100,000 tonnes of wheat and 200,000 tonnes of barley. The tender is held under the so-called simultaneous buy-and-sell system.