date:Jul 18, 2013
apanese team will be in the United States until Saturday, USDA said, adding that it does not plan to provide further details.
U.S. merchants said a pickup in Asian demand helped the western white wheat market to gain this week, with prices higher at the Chicago Board of Trade. South Korea lifted its ban on U.S. imports this month, and Indonesia was a buyer, leaving Japan as the major holdout.
Japan, one of the world's largest and most consistent importers of wheat, has shunned the western whit