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Canada's Lentil Exports Open On Strong Tone

PANAMA - Mar 27/19 - SNS -- Movement of lentils from Canada posted huge improvement, leaping relative to the previous month in January, official trade data from Statistics Canada reports.

The latest statistics showed export sales for the month totalled 239,828 metric tons (MT), up 73% from 138,776 the previous month. Compared to the same month last year, exports are up 30% from 743,159 MT.

Exports so far during the marketing year are up relative to the same six month period for the previous five years. Since the season began, 966,786 MT were moved, up -22% from the recent average of 1,244,861.

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