Ottawa has been far too silent about India suddenly slapping a 50 percent duty on pea imports, says a pulse crop analyst. Marlene Boersch, managing partner with Mercantile Consulting Venture, said federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay has been conspicuously quiet about Canada being blocked out of its top yellow pea market. “Where the hell is […] Read more
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India nixes Canada’s exemption on pulse fumigation fee
Pulse shipments to Canada’s top customer suddenly got more expensive, at least temporarily. Canada and other exporters have received a fumigation derogation from India allowing them to ship pulses without fumigating them with methyl bromide until Dec. 31, 2017. That derogation came with a stipulation they would have to pay five times the regular inspection […] Read more
Canada’s exemption on pulse fumigation fee expires
Pulse shipments to Canada’s top customer suddenly got more expensive, at least temporarily. Canada and other exporters have received a fumigation derogation from India allowing them to ship pulses without fumigating them with methyl bromide until Dec. 31, 2017. That derogation came with a stipulation they would have to pay five times the regular inspection […] Read more
India’s pulse fumigation exemption avoids penalties
Canadian pulse exports to India won’t incur higher fumigation charges. The Asian country had extended its fumigation exemption last week, saying exports leaving Canada on or before Sept.30 would not require fumigation. However, the June 29 announcement sparked concerns over possible added fees that Canadian exporters might incur because it had said pulses that were […] Read more
India may move on fumigation issue
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers says there has been a positive development in an ongoing market access issue with India. India has posted draft amendments to a plant quarantine order that had previously threatened to derail exports to Canada’s top pulse market. The document suggests India is willing to recognize and accept Canada’s systems approach to dealing […] Read more
India’s subsidy program doesn’t include pulses
Pulses too costly | Pulse Canada is working with the Indian government to help get pulses to poor citizens
India’s lower house of Parliament has approved a large food subsidy bill designed to address rampant starvation and malnutrition in that country. The National Food Security Bill, 2013, will provide heavily subsidized food to two-thirds of the country’s 1.2 billion citizens. Beneficiaries of the program will receive five kilograms of subsidized rice, wheat and coarse […] Read more
India’s harvest rain damage questioned
Good production outlook | Warm temperatures will offset wet conditions, says analyst
One of the world’s leading pulse processors thinks harvest rain could be damaging India’s rabi (winter) crop. “From market reports we receive, as well as the media, conditions look, in our estimation, to be impaired in the current rabi season, as they were in the kharif season when the monsoon rains were deemed deficient,” said […] Read morePoor Indian pea crop may boost lentils
India’s pigeon pea crop appears to be in trouble, which is good news for Canadian green lentil growers, say pulse crop analysts. Seeding as of July 20 was 16 percent behind last year’s pace and 13 percent behind the long-term average, according to India’s ministry of agriculture. Monsoon rains are rated normal in the eastern […] Read more
