Thursday.
Japan is the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, and the agriculture ministry keeps a tight grip on imports. Local production accounts for about 10 percent of domestic
wheat demand.
The ministry buys about 5 million tonnes of foreign wheat for milling annually.
Details are as follows (in tonnes):
| COUNTRY | TYPE | QUANTITY |
| U.S. | *Western White (protein maximum 10.5 pct | 21,009 |
| **Hard Red Winter (protein minimum 11.5 pct) | 23,064 | |
| **Dark Northern Spring (protein minimum 14.0 pct) | 20,940 | |
| Canada | *Western Red Spring (protein minimum 13.5 pct) | 33,740 |
| Australia | ***Standard White | 31,780 |
Shipments: * loading between April 21 and May 20 **Arrival by June 30 *** Loading between May 1 and May 31
