Japan Turns to U.S. Wheat Amid Canadian Shipment Delays
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Japan, Asia’s second-largest wheat buyer, will increase imports from the U.S. after shipments from Canada arrived late for a second month.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo bought 46,849 metric tons of U.S. hard wheat in a tender today as an alternative to Canadian supply, Sunao Orihara, a director of grain trading, said in an interview.