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Why Are Indian Buyers Turning to Canadian Yellow Peas?

Trent Klarenbach

October 12, 2026

October 12, 2026

Russian yellow pea shipments to India have stopped for about two months after attacks on Black Sea ports, and Indian pea prices have climbed. India's pulse trade association named Canada as the key alternative supplier. That comes just as the Saskatchewan harvest wraps up and new-crop peas look for a home.

By Trent Klarenbach, BSA AgEc, PAg, founder and lead analyst, Klarenbach Research

Russian peas have stopped moving to India

Russia is the world's largest producer of yellow peas, and India has sourced its yellow peas mainly from Canada and Russia. That Russian flow has stopped. Attacks on Black Sea ports have shut the door, and Indian importers told The Economic Times they have not received a Russian shipment in about two months.

Russia has shifted much of its grain export activity to its northern Baltic ports. Importers say those ports are giving priority to wheat, which leaves little room for pea cargoes.

Indian pea prices have jumped

With Russian supply missing, yellow pea prices in India have risen by more than 10% in the last two months, from about ₹40 to ₹46 per kilogram, according to the Indian Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA). Yellow peas are still the cheapest pulse in India, so the demand hasn't gone away. Buyers just need to find the peas somewhere else.

Canada is the key alternative supplier

India's pulse trade association has named Canada as the key alternative supplier. Alberta Pulse Growers' October market note says Indian pea imports were 525,000 tonnes in the first four months of India's 2026/27 marketing year (April to March), almost double last year's pace.

China is in the market for Canadian peas this fall as well. That gives Canadian yellow peas two large buyers at the same time, which hasn't been the case in the last few years, when trade restrictions kept one of them out.

Why the timing matters for Prairie growers

The timing lines up with the Saskatchewan harvest wrapping up and new-crop peas looking for a home. When a major competing origin is shut out of a big importing market, the export picture changes for the suppliers that are left.

That doesn't mean prices only go one way. Shipping routes can reopen, India can change its import policy, and competing Chinese demand and freight costs can limit how much Canada ships to India. The chart, not the headline, shows whether the market is actually responding.

What to watch

Whether Russian pea cargoes resume through Black Sea or northern ports
Indian yellow pea prices and any change to India's import policy
Chinese buying of Canadian peas
Saskatchewan new-crop yellow pea bids and the Klarenbach Price Index for yellow peas

The Special Crops Report tracks yellow pea prices with charts. You can follow the outlook on the Special Crops Report yellow peas page.

Klarenbach Research is independent, takes no commissions and does not tell readers what percentage of their crop to sell.

Originally posted on X: Trent Klarenbach's post on Russian yellow peas and India