Japan retenders to buy 28,655 tonnes of Canadian wheat

    TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Japan is seeking to buy 28,655 
tonnes of late June-arrival Canadian Western Red Spring wheat, 
in an atypical tender issued on Friday, after failing to pick up 
that amount of the grade in a regular tender, a farm ministry 
official said on Friday. 
    On Thursday, Japan bought a total of 284,161 tonnes of food 
quality wheat from the U.S., Canada and Australia in its regular 
tender, or all of the 312,816 tonnes it tendered for except for 
the one Canadian lot in the reissue.    
    Japan typically buys about 20,000-30,000 tonnes each of the 
five grades of food quality wheat from the three countries in 
tenders typically issued three times a month that close on 
Thursdays. 
    But the country ramped up its purchases of U.S. grains and 
June-arrival Canadian wheat used for making bread and noodles, 
this week in a move to offset the possibility of extended 
shipping delays from Canada. 
    The tender for the reissued lot will close next Wednesday. 
    Details are as follows (in tonnes): 
    COUNTRY           TYPE                         QUANTITY 
    Canada            Western Red Spring            28,655* 
                      (protein minimum 12.5 pct) 
    Shipments: *Arrival by June 30 
 
 (Reporting by James Topham; Editing by Sunil Nair) 
 ((james.topham@thomsonreuters.com)(+813 6441 1858)(Reuters 
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Keywords: JAPAN WHEAT/TENDER