TOKYO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is...

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    TOKYO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 117,605 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender that will close late on Thursday.

    Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps a tight grip on imports of the country's second-most important staple after rice, and buys the majority of the grain for milling via tenders typically issued thrice a month.

    Details are as follows (in tonnes):

     COUNTRY		TYPE							 Quantity  
     U.S.		   Western White					14,160*  
    				Hard Red Winter (semi hard)	  19,505*  
    				Dark Northern Spring			 34,390*  
    				(protein minimum 14.0 pct)		 
     Canada		 Western Red Spring			   25,190*  
    				(protein minimum 13.5 pct)				  
    				Western Red Spring			   24,360**  
    				(protein minimum 13.5 pct)		 
    	Shipment * Loading between Feb. 21 and March 20  
    
    			  **Loading between March 21 and April 20	   
    	Source: Ministry of Agriculture  
    
 
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