Japan: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture reinstates barley tenders

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture will hold a tender for wheat and barley imports totalling 57,200 tonnes on October, 10, Reuters informed this week.

The tender will be reinstated after calling a halt last month in the wake of a scandal in which tainted rice from abroad was used illegally in food products.

The ministry is seeking to buy 26,200 tonnes of food barley and 5,500 tonnes of malting barley via a simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) tender with a minimum lot of 1,000 tonnes. The SBS system allows users and trading firms can negotiate the grain's origin, price and quantity in advance, and then place a joint bid.

All shipments are due between when contracts are made and the end of December.

10 October, 2008