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French Pea Exports Start Slow

VANCOUVER - Sep 14/11 - SNS -- Field pea exports from France opened that country's 1011-12 marketing campaign on a relatively slow start, with total shipments basically unchanged from last year, according to data compiled by the Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes Riches en Proteines (UNIP).

Exports during July totalled 16,830 metric tons (MT), down from the 29,815 MT shipped in June and up from the 16,720 MT of field peas exported the same month the previous year.

Nearly all peas exported in July were to the European destinations, where they will be mainly used as livestock feed.

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