February 23, 2006

Japan buys 125,000 tonnes wheat in tender
 

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) bought 125,000 tonnes of milling wheat in a buy tender held Thursday, said a Tokyo-based trader.

MAFF bought 60,000 tonnes of US wheat, 40,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat and 25,000 tonnes of Australian wheat, all for Apr 11 to May 10 shipment, the trader said.

Below are details of the buy tender:                        

Quantity                        Variety                        Origin
(tonnes)
 20,000                   Western White                      US 
 20,000                  Hard Red Winter                    US 

                                Semi-hard             
   6,000                  Hard Red Winter                    US 

                               High Protein          

 14,000              Dark Northern Spring                 US 
 40,000                Western Red Spring              Canada 
 25,000                   Standard White                 Australia