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Pulses production and planting area in Turkey have been declining for many years, especially in the last decade.

FAS/Moscow increased its forecast of Russia’s total grain crop in MY 2015/16 by 1 million metric tons (MMT) to 103 MMT.

China’s market year 2014/15 kidney bean production is forecast to increase by 20 percent to 950,000 tons based on increased acreage and higher yield.

Myanmar exported 196,760 metric tons (MT) of beans and pulses in March 2014, up by 90 percent from a level in February and 58 percent as compared to a level in March 2013.

Myanmar exported 81,408 metric tons (MT) of beans and pulses in August 2014, down 26 percent from last month’s level following a sharp reduction in border shipments to China and India.

Combined efforts by the Foreign Agricultural Service office in Manila, the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, and the North Dakota Trade Office have helped to build a new market for dried legumes.

Myanmar exported 66,282 metric tons (MT) of beans and pulses in September 2014, down 19 percent from August’s level reportedly because of lower import demand from India.

Myanmar exported 110,239 metric tons (MT) of beans and pulses in July 2014, up 13 percent from last month.

Myanmar exported 97,785 metric tons (MT) of beans and pulses in June 2014, down 42 percent from last month following a sharp decline in shipments to India and Indonesia.

In recent years, India’s exports have demonstrated phenomenal growth – especially to developing countries, which now account for nearly 80 percent of Indian exports.

Croatia imports more than half of its dried bean consumption. In 2013, Croatia imported 5,782 MT of dried beans valued at $9.8 million, mostly from China and Canada.

The agricultural minister of Lower Saxony has introduced a new protein feed initiative on July 29. The goal of the initiative is to promote the cultivation of peas, beans and lupins.