March 17, 2005

Japan Agriculture ministry seeks 100,000 million tonnes wheat in tender

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will seek 100,000 tonnes of milling wheat in a buy tender to be held Thursday, a Tokyo-based trader said.

This will be MAFF's last weekly tender for the fiscal year ending March 31, the trader said.

MAFF will buy 80,000 tons of US wheat, 20,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat in addition to 20,000 tonnes of Australian food barley, all for shipments in May, the trader said.

Below are details of MAFF's buy tender Thursday:

Quantity       Variety                                Origin

(tonnes)       (% of protein)

40,000        Hard Red Winter 11.7%           US

10,000        Hard Red Winter 13%

30,000        Dark Northern Spring 14%

20,000        Canadian CWRS 12.5%         Canada

20,000        Barley                                 Australia