October 20, 2004

Japanese Ministry To Seek 151,000 MT Wheat In Tender Thursday

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will seek a total of 151,000 metric tons of milling wheat from the US, Canada and Australia in its weekly tender to be held Thursday, an official at the ministry said Tuesday.

The ministry will buy 90,000 tons of US wheat, 20,000 tons of Canadian wheat and 41,000 tons of Australian wheat, the official said.

The wheat cargoes are to be shipped between Dec. 1 - Jan. 10 from the three countries, according to the official.

Below are the details of the ministry's buy tender Thursday:

Quantity           Variety                                              Origin
(tons)
25,000             Western White                                       US
45,000             Semi-hard
 8,000             Hard Red Winter 13%
12,000             Dark Northern Spring
20,000             Red Spring Wheat                              Canada
41,000             Australian Standard White                  Australia