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Pea Shipments Slip in March

WINNIPEG - Apr 29/16 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports 135,700 metric tons (MT) field pea were loaded for export through licensed terminal and primary elevators which are required to report to it all grain movement in March.

The CGC data does not include exports in containers or from non-reporting terminals.

The CGC reports exports are down 3% from the 139,300 MT shipped the same month last year and down by 4% from the 141,700 MT loaded for export the previous month.

Movement for the first eight months of the marketing year is up from the previous season, setting a record for the period. Shipments to date total 1.89 million MT, compared to 1.72 million during the same period last season.

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