Area
Japan
Commodity Group
Grains
Commodity
Wheat
Date
01/03/2017
Policy Category
Consumption and marketing
Policy Instrument
Procurement price
Description
Raised prices of imported wheat sold to the private sector by 4.6 percentage, effective from 1 April 2017. This increase is the first in two years and the weighted average price of five imported wheat brands will go up to JPY 50 690 (USD 444.8) per tonne from the current JPY 48 470 (USD 425.3).
