農水省、輸入小麦１７％値上げ　過去２番目の高値―ウクライナ情勢でさらに高騰も

　農林水産省は９日、政府が買い付けて国内の製粉業者に売り渡す輸入小麦の価格を４月１日から１７．３％引き上げると発表した。１トン当たり７万２５３０円で、現在の算定方式となった２００７年以降では、０８年１０月の７万６０３０円に次ぐ過去２番目の高値水準。ただ、深刻化するウクライナ情勢や対ロシア制裁の影響は一部しか織り込んでおらず、次の価格改定が行われる１０月以降はさらに高騰する可能性が強まっている。
　売り渡し価格の大幅上昇は、干ばつによる北米産の不作などを背景とした穀物相場の高止まりが主因。既に値上げが相次いでいるパンや麺類の小売価格を、夏ごろから一段と押し上げる要因となる。（2022/03/09-17:13）

Japan's agriculture ministry said Wednesday that it will raise the prices of the imported wheat it sells to the private sector by 17.3 pct on April 1.
   The weighted average of the prices of five wheat products will rise to 72,530 yen per ton, its second-highest level since comparable data became available in 2007, next only to 76,030 yen in October 2008.
   The sharp increase comes as grain prices remain at a high level on the global market due partly to a drought-caused bad harvest in North America.
   The higher wholesale prices will add to upward pressure on the already increasing retail prices of many bread and noodles products from around this summer.
   Wheat prices are increasingly likely to rise further following the next price revision set for October, as the impact from the Russia-Ukraine crisis and global sanctions against Russia has only partially been taken into account.