If India extends its exemption on pea import duties past the current Oct. 31, 2024, expiry date it will spark another round of demand from that country, Rav Kapoor, chief executive officer of ETG Commodities Inc., said during a recent Global Pulse Confederation (GPC) webinar. | File photo

Producers await India’s decision on pea import duty

Prices are expected to remain stable if an exemption is extended this fall but drop if the government re-instates the duty

SASKATOON — The yellow pea market hinges on a looming policy decision in India, says an industry official. If India extends its exemption on pea import duties past the current Oct. 31, 2024, expiry date, it will spark another round of demand from that country, Rav Kapoor, chief executive officer of ETG Commodities Inc., said […] Read more

Russia’s Union of Grain Exporters said the country shipped 1.13 million tonnes of peas to China in 2023-24, according to a Reuters story. | File photo

Russia now sells more peas to China than Canada

Canada once had a 95 to 97 per cent market share but has dropped to 44.6 per cent, compared to Russia’s 49.1 per cent

SASKATOON — Russia has officially displaced Canada as the top exporter of peas to China. Russia’s Union of Grain Exporters said the country shipped 1.13 million tonnes of the crop to that market in 2023-24, according to a Reuters story. That gave it a 49.1 per cent market share compared to Canada’s 44.6 per cent. […] Read more


Russia gained access to the Chinese pea market in March 2023 and immediately usurped a 30 percent share of the business that calendar year. | File photo

Pea exporters fight for market share in China

Russia gained access to the Asian country last year, and now Ukraine has negotiated a similar phytosanitary agreement

SASKATOON — Pulse Canada is in a dog fight in its top pea market. “We are not sitting by idly and watching increased competition erode Canada’s market share,” said president Greg Cherewyk. Related stories: AAFC announces $11 million in funding for Pulse Canada Canadian peas hold their own despite Russian sales Russia gained access to […] Read more

China imported 427,600 tonnes of Russian peas during the first four months of the 2023-24 crop year (July to October). Russia is swiftly moving into a market that used to be completely dominated by Canada. | File photo

Canadian peas hold their own despite Russian sales

Trade data confirms what analysts had been forecasting: China is buying a lot of Russian peas. The country imported 427,600 tonnes of Russian product during the first four months of the 2023-24 crop year (July to October). That is just slightly less than the 465,940 tonnes bought from Canada. Russia is swiftly moving into a […] Read more


Canadian growers produced 2.27 million tonnes of peas this year, which is 33 percent less than last year.  |  Michael Robin photo

Canadian pea exports start crop year strong

Pea sales have been solid in the first two months of 2023-24, but lentil exports are down so far from last year

Canadian pea exports are running at a solid pace through the first two months of the 2023-24 marketing year, despite the smaller production, as exports of newly harvested supplies in September nearly quadrupled what moved the previous month. Canada exported 440,085 tonnes of peas in September, which was up from only 99,645 tonnes the previous […] Read more