輸入小麦、１９％値上げ　１３年半ぶり水準、相次ぐ気象災害で―農水省

　農林水産省は８日、製粉業者に売り渡す輸入小麦の価格を１０月１日に１９．０％引き上げ、１トン当たり９８９０円高の６万１８２０円にすると発表した。上げ幅は２００８年４月の改定以来１３年半ぶりの水準。中国の旺盛な穀物需要に加え、干ばつなど相次ぐ気象災害による主要生産国の大幅な減産が国際価格の上昇を招き、輸入価格を押し上げた。
　改定後の売り渡し価格は、直近１０年平均の５万３６９０円を大きく上回り、０９年４月の改定に次ぐ１２年半ぶりの高値水準となる。（2021/09/08-16:13）

Japan's agriculture ministry said Wednesday that the prices of imported wheat it sells to private milling companies will be raised by 19.0 pct, effective Oct. 1.
   The hike will be the sharpest since the increase of about 30 pct in April 2008. The move comes as international market prices are on the rise reflecting robust demand from China and very poor harvests in major wheat-producing countries hit by weather disasters such as drought.
   The weighted average price of five imported wheat brands will rise 9,890 yen from the current level to 61,820 yen per ton, the ministry said. The new selling price will be much higher than the average of 53,690 yen in the past 10 years and the highest since the 64,750 yen set at the time of the April 2009 revision.
   The hike in the state-set prices is expected to push up retail prices of bread by 2.3 yen per loaf and those of household-use flour by 14.1 yen per kilogram, according to the ministry. The retail price increases will likely be made three months after the state selling price hike.
   The ministry believes that the coming hike will have an effect of raising the country's consumer price index by 0.016 percentage point. "The impact will not be that big," a ministry official said.