The western producer october 6, 2016

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

VOL. 94 | NO. 40 | $4.25

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Pulses get waiver extension Barley revival

Exporters relieved India won’t use fumigation policy to back out of contracts

P. 3 The rise of craft breweries is a shot in the arm for barley growers.

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Pulse exporters are breathing a sigh of relief after India granted a last-minute extension to a phytosanitary policy waiver. India has a blanket requirement that all pulse imports must be fumigated to ensure there is no presence of certain quarantine pests. The policy states that fumigation has to occur at origin. However, India has provided a waiver to certain countries, including Canada, allowing exporters to fumigate shipments at destination in India. “It’s too cold for methyl bromide fumigation to be done effectively (in Canada),” said Gord Kurbis, director of market access and trade with Pulse Canada. The waiver has been in place since 2004. Canada has been regularly receiving six-month extensions to the waiver since that time. Canada typically receives notification three to four weeks ahead of time that the waiver is going to be extended. That didn’t happen with the latest Sept. 30 deadline: Kurbis still hadn’t heard anything when he went to bed Sept. 28. Exporters were extremely nervous because some of them had shipments of peas and lentils on the way to India, which could be rejected because they hadn’t been fumigated in Canada. Exporters feared Indian importers were going to use the phytosanitary policy to back out of unfavourable contracts. Many Indian importers signed contracts in the winter when pulse prices were sky-high. They have since fallen precipitously. Pulse Canada was aware that might happen and took steps to ensure it wouldn’t. “This year, because of the price inverse, we were especially thorough in working with the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi and with the CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) to make sure all the i’s were dotted and t’s crossed,” said Kurbis. SEE WAIVER EXTENSION, PAGE 4

P. 14 Railways make the case against interswitching.

Rural crime P. 65 The RCMP says it is doing the best it can with stretched resources.

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Grain transportation

Jerry Eliason dumps lentils into his super B south of Glenside, Sask., Sept. 14. |

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