January Bulk Pea Movement Slows
WINNIPEG - Mar 1/17 - SNS -- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports 137,800 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 January.
The CGC data does not include exports in containers or from non-reporting terminals. It is important to recall that the CGC data may not match official export data. The CGC counts product when it is loaded to ships, while Statistics Canada bases its calculations on the bill of lading date.
The CGC reports exports are down 45% from the 250,900 MT shipped the same month last year and down 37% from the 217,700 MT loaded for export the previous month.
Movement so far this marketing year is up from the previous season, at a record 2.022 million MT for the current six month period, compared to 1.608 for gthe same period during the previous marketing year.
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