Representatives of Pulse Canada are in India this week following news last week that shocked the industry that it's imposing a 50 per cent tariff on peas.

Pulse Canada Chair and Sask Pulse Producer Lee Moats are in India with Pulse Canada's CEO Gordon Bacon.

Carl Potts is the Executive Director for Sask Pulse said India's decision follows better crops in the country.

"The situation is the India after some successive year of droughts, and very poor crops had produced better crops and prices are at lower levels there," he said. "It seems that the Indian government is wanting to provide price support to farmers in the country."

Canada is India’s largest supplier of pulses with India accounting for more than 40% of our pea exports.

Potts added that markets like India are very price sensitive and will likely impact the demand for our product:

"We have other markets like China, Bangladesh, and other smaller markets, that may be able to absorb some of that increased supply that's available."

There’s no word on any changes to India’s import duties on lentils or chickpeas.