Australia details year to September chickpea, lentil exports
Australia exported 2.1 million tonnes (Mt) of chickpeas and 1.05Mt of lentils in the year to September 30, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The chickpea figure eclipses the previous record of 2Mt set in 2016-17, and is more than double the 789,065t shipped in 2023-24.
However, the lentil figure for 2024-25 is well down on the record 1.75Mt shipped in 2023-24, and 1.48Mt exported in 2023-24, with reduced exports reflecting South Australia’s drough-affected season last year.
India on 1.41Mt was by far the biggest market for chickpeas shipped in 2024-25, with all but 9750t of new-crop chickpeas shipped in the six months to March 31, when India’s tariff-free period ended.
Pakistan on 322,972t and Bangladesh on 241,611t were Australia’s second and third-biggest markets respectively for chickpeas shipped in 2024-25.
India on 374,760t and Bangladesh on 371,927t were Australia’s two biggest markets for lentils shipped in 2024-25, with Sri Lanka on 151,561t in third place.
| CHICKPEAS | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jly | Aug | Sep | Tonnes |
| Bangladesh | 153705 | 69521 | 991 | 248 | 799 | 16347 | 241611 |
| Belgium | 844 | 240 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1444 |
| Canada | 3352 | 1604 | 4191 | 1487 | 973 | 1316 | 12923 |
| Fiji | 46 | 24 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 122 |
| France | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Germany | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| Greece | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| India | 934583 | 468796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9750 | 1413129 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Israel | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Italy | 1356 | 732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2088 |
| Japan | 177 | 150 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 64 | 434 |
| Jordan | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Lebanon | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Malaysia | 1349 | 965 | 46 | 0 | 47 | 98 | 2505 |
| Mauritius | 511 | 480 | 144 | 48 | 120 | 216 | 1519 |
| Nepal | 7205 | 7976 | 610 | 258 | 2029 | 2017 | 20095 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| New Zealand | 151 | 375 | 216 | 122 | 59 | 48 | 971 |
| Pakistan | 101904 | 124585 | 54671 | 20210 | 7765 | 13836 | 322972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| Singapore | 249 | 217 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 486 |
| South Africa | 148 | 72 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 |
| South Korea | 264 | 311 | 161 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 784 |
| Sri Lanka | 974 | 990 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2041 |
| Thailand | 50 | 128 | 68 | 6 | 49 | 26 | 327 |
| UAE | 24034 | 13778 | 2876 | 50 | 1889 | 12736 | 55363 |
| UK | 3457 | 3255 | 1799 | 533 | 1021 | 1308 | 11373 |
| US | 472 | 213 | 466 | 73 | 129 | 126 | 1479 |
| Vietnam | 48 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Yemen | 50 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 250 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 1235037 | 694889 | 66779 | 23176 | 14903 | 57996 | 2092779 |
Table 1: Australian chickpea exports for the year to 30 September 2025. Source: ABS
| LENTILS | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jly | Aug | Sep | Tonnes |
| Bahrain | 251 | 2062 | 249 | 97 | 0 | 1400 | 4059 |
| Bangladesh | 131492 | 131544 | 69118 | 22651 | 600 | 16522 | 371927 |
| Egypt | 851 | 9490 | 701 | 703 | 3000 | 329 | 15074 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| India | 126658 | 166410 | 7526 | 34095 | 5001 | 35070 | 374760 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Italy | 75 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225 |
| Japan | 48 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Lebanon | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 248 |
| Mauritius | 100 | 100 | 198 | 69 | 118 | 24 | 609 |
| Nepal | 5996 | 9903 | 4026 | 1375 | 1870 | 4527 | 27697 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| New Zealand | 48 | 98 | 110 | 43 | 88 | 48 | 434 |
| Pakistan | 3461 | 38548 | 21382 | 746 | 98 | 3799 | 68034 |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| South Korea | 120 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 |
| Sri Lanka | 27777 | 50351 | 33392 | 18005 | 6347 | 15689 | 151561 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 108 |
| Thailand | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 251 |
| UAE | 25727 | 13355 | 251 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 39345 |
| US | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| TOTAL | 322618 | 422383 | 137016 | 77787 | 17295 | 77672 | 1054771 |
Table 2: Australian lentil exports for the year to 30 September 2025. Source: ABS
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