Japan Buys 69,315 Tons Food Wheat, 26,976 Tons Barley in Tender

Japan bought 69,315 metric tons of food wheat and 26,976 tons of food barley today through a tender system introduced to loosen government grain-import controls. The shipments must be made by May 31, said Masafumi Otsuka at the grain-trade division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Of the total wheat, 39,780 tons were fromCanada and 29,000 tons were from Australia and the http://bit.ly/fw9BAj