Japan seek to buy 200,000 tonnes barley via tender.

Japan Ministry of Agriculture said it would buy 200,000 tonnes of feed barley to be loaded by July31 and arrive in Japan by Sept. 29, via a simultaneous buy and sell auction that will be held on April5. The tender is usually conducted weekly, but the ministry skipped the tender this week due to an adjustment at the end of the fiscal year that will end on March31. Japan buys and sells its barley via simultaneous buy and sell auction, 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.