The Government Has Raised the Selling Price of Imported Wheat by 12% Due to the Weak Yen and Rising Transportation Costs: Asahi Shimbun
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on the 9th that it will raise the "government selling price" for imported wheat by 12% starting in October. According to the ministry, the impact on retail prices will be minimal because the raw material cost accounts for a small proportion of the final product price. The background to the increase is the US…
The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan will increase the average resale price of imported wheat to milling companies by 12% to 70 020 yen/ton between October 2026 and March 2027. The price will exceed 70 thousand yen/t for the first time from April-September 2023 and will increase for the second consecutive period. The main factor of the increase was the increase in world prices for wheat. Additional pressure [...] The post Japan raised the price …
The government will raise the selling price of wheat for the second consecutive quarter, reaching the fifth highest level since 2007. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will raise the average selling price of imported wheat to domestic milling companies and other suppliers to 70,020 yen per ton starting in October, a 12% increase from the previous quarter. This is the second consecutive quarter of increases and the fifth highest…
On the 9th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced that it will raise the average price of wheat (5 major varieties) imported by the government and sold to flour mills and other companies for the October 2026 period (October to March 2027) by 12.0% compared to the April 2026 period (April to September), bringing it to 70,020 yen per ton. The price will reach over 70,000 yen for...
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