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Japan to import 64,525 tonnes feed wheat and barley via tender

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The ministry had sought 120,000 tonnes of feed wheat and 200,000 tonnes of feed barley to be loaded by Nov. 30 and arrive in Japan by Jan. 31, 2019 in the tender that is usually conducted weekly.

It is seeking the same amounts for each grain to be loaded and shipped during the same period in a similar tender that will be held on Aug. 8.

Japan buys and sells its feed wheat and barley via so-called SBS auctions, in which end-users and importers specify the origin, price and quantity of grain, allowing millers to meet their varied needs for the feed grain.

MAFF said in July 20 it had resumed purchases of Canadian wheat after testing showed no imports that reached the country included grain containing a genetically modified trait discovered in Alberta province last summer.

Copyright Reuters, 2018