date:Mar 05, 2014
Japan's Ministry of Agricultureis seeking to buy a total of 111,779 tonnes of food qualitywheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender thatcloses late on Thursday.
Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps atight grip on imports of the country's second most importantstaple after rice and buys the majority of the grain for millingvia tenders typically issued three times a month.
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