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Field Peas Ease in Quieter Trade
VANCOUVER - Jun 16/06 - SNS -- Field pea markets displayed an easier tone against slowing export sales activity during the past week.
The number of vessels nominated to lift peas from Canadian ports has dropped off sharply in recent weeks, partly in response to worries about clearing peas into China.
That country is now enforcing maximum selenium tolerances in field peas which were established in 1991. Analysis by the Canadian Grain Commission suggests there is a chance the average content of selenium in Canadian peas may be 427 micrograms per kilogram, versus China's tolerance 300.
Selenium is recognized as a dietary concern in China. Not because there is too much. But, because there is too little. Pulse Canada believes China is simply erecting a non-tariff trade barrier because of a bigger local mung bean harvest.
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