May 19, 2005

Japan's Agriculture Ministry 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 concluded Thursday, an official at MAFF said.

MAFF bought 100,000 tonnes of US wheat and 25,000 tonnes of Australian wheat for shipment in January 2006, the official said.

MAFF did not buy Canadian wheat Thursday, the official said.

Below are details of MAFF's buy tender Thursday:

Quantity      Variety                        Origin

(tonnes)        (% of protein)

20,000        Western White                 U.S.

36,000        Hard Red Winter 11.5%    U.S.

38,000        Dark Northern Spring       U.S.

 6,000        Hard Red Winter 13%       U.S.

25,000        Standard White             Australia