Taiwan buys Australian wheat

The Taiwan FlourMills Association has sealed a deal with Australia's AWB Ltd for 31,080 tonnes of hard wheat said an official at the association on Friday. The order, which will include Australian prime hard wheat (APH) and Australian hard wheat (AH), was settled this month and is slated for shipment between May 10-31, said the official.
Taiwan, which is wholly reliant on imports to meet its milling needs, bought 1.09 million tonnes of wheat last year, down 10.9 percent from 2003, according to government data.
Over 85 percent of the wheat was bought from the United States, though Taiwan makes some smaller purchases from Australia and India every year, when US prices are considered too high.