Australia exports 16,345t chickpeas, 43,945t lentils in August

Source:  Grain Central

Australia exported 16,345 tonnes of chickpeas and 43,945t of lentils in August, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The chickpea figure is down 29 percent from the July figure of 23,176t, while the lentil figure has dropped 44pc over the month.

Pakistan on 8643t followed by Nepal on 1905t and the United Arab Emirates on 1889t were the biggest market for chickpeas as stocks dwindled ahead of the shipping year which started October 1.

In sharp contrast to last year, when new-crop exports moved at record pace to catch India’s tariff-free window which closed March 31, October and November bulk shipments are looking decidedly thin.

First bulk cargoes out of the Central Queensland ports of Mackay and Gladstone are scheduled to load later this month, with Brisbane bulk exports due to start in November.

The chickpea harvest is advancing in fine weather in CQ, but is yet to gain any momentum in southern Qld, and is still some weeks away for northern New South Wales crops, which have had a soft finish.

Harvest of lentils will not gather pace until next month, although crops are turning quickly as most South Australian and Victorian crops deal with a dry finish to their growing season.

Against heady competition from Canada, lentils are not appearing on stems in the front months of the shipping year, and cash selling by growers is expected to be thin unless values pick up from current levels.

CHICKPEAS June July Aug Tonnes
Bangladesh 0 248 924 1172
Canada 1512 1487 973 3971
Fiji 0 46 0 46
India 0 0 547 547
Indonesia 0 6 0 6
Israel 0 23 0 23
Japan 22 22 0 43
Malaysia 23 0 47 70
Mauritius 24 48 120 192
Nepal 246 133 1905 2284
New Zealand 98 122 59 279
Pakistan 39534 20335 8643 68512
Singapore 0 20 0 20
South Korea 0 24 39 63
Thailand 0 6 49 55
UAE 325 50 1889 2264
UK 615 533 1021 2168
US 232 73 129 433
TOTAL 42629 23176 16345 82149

Table 1: Australian chickpea exports in June, July and August 2025. Source: ABS

LENTILS June July August Tonnes
Bahrain 0 97 0 97
Bangladesh 18308 22651 600 41559
Egypt 701 703 3000 4404
India 3766 34095 30868 68730
Indonesia 1 2 0 3
Malaysia 0 0 250 250
Mauritius 49 69 118 236
Nepal 987 1375 1882 4243
New Zealand 35 43 87 165
Pakistan 18283 746 224 19253
Singapore 1 0 0 1
South Korea 0 0 9 9
Sri Lanka 7892 18005 6722 32619
US 10 0 0 10
Taiwan 0 0 48 48
Thailand 0 0 126 126
UAE 0 0 13 13
TOTAL 50032 77787 43945 171765

Table 2: Australian lentil exports in June, July and August 2025. Source: ABS

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