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Peas Unaffected by India's Estimate

PANAMA - Jun 3/19 - SNS -- International field pea markets were not overly surprised by the latest crop production estimates from India.

Production of all classes of pulses across the 2018-19 production cycle was pegged at 23.22 million metric tons (MT), down sharply from 25.42 million the previous season.

Gram or desi chickpea output is expected to total 10.09 million MT, down from 11.38 million last year but well above the recent five year average of 8.94 million MT.

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