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USDA May Tenders Reach 11,900 MT Pulses

KANSAS CITY - Mar 23/11 - STAT -- The latest USDA PL-480 tenders bring actual and potential purchases of pulses for shipment as food aid during the Sep-May shipping season to 129,170 MT.

This represents a decrease of 5,110 MT from last season. The biggest change is in yellow peas with shipments down 11,680 MT over the same period last year.

This season's volume leader is yellow peas, with 101,200 MT bought or under tender so far this season.

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