Australia exports 675,516t chickpeas, 1.7Mt lentils in year to September

Source:  Grain Central
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Australia exported 675,516 tonnes of chickpeas and a record 1,745,433t of lentils in the year to September, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

On chickpeas, Pakistan on 372,858t was the market for 55 percent of the annual shipments, indicating its transition from a containerised to a bulk market.

Bangladesh on 128,833t was the second-biggest market for 2022-23 chickpea shipments, followed by the United Arab Emirates on 63,230t.

On lentils, India was the destination for 47pc of 2022-23 shipments, taking 47pc of the volume, followed by Bangladesh on 261,259t, and the United Arab Emirates on 178,199t.

CHICKPEAS Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jly Aug Sep TONNES
Bangladesh 0 104376 21348 0 302 2808 128833
Belgium 0 0 330 66 132 110 638
Canada 2218 2889 2635 1285 1036 1572 11634
China 0 0 500 0 0 0 500
Egypt 548 0 251 0 0 0 800
Fiji 17 0 22 22 0 24 85
France 24 24 0 0 0 0 48
Germany 72 0 66 0 44 0 182
Greece 48 0 0 0 0 24 72
India 0 0 124 299 370 1050 1843
Indonesia 11 0 12 0 0 0 23
Israel 24 0 0 0 0 48 72
Italy 479 529 217 123 0 96 1443
Japan 46 0 73 0 0 0 119
Jordan 50 175 0 0 0 24 249
Lebanon 0 50 49 0 0 0 99
Malaysia 884 652 296 0 97 71 1999
Mauritius 488 122 224 75 100 150 1159
Nepal 10014 7143 10054 1704 4282 8539 41735
Netherlands 144 24 175 0 197 0 540
New Zealand 190 369 278 43 110 125 1115
Pakistan 106922 57117 88712 22415 62263 35429 372858
Portugal 24 48 0 0 0 0 72
Samoa 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia 0 0 198 0 0 0 198
Singapore 435 263 146 0 96 23 963
South Africa 72 96 96 0 48 0 312
South Korea 356 120 146 49 119 44 834
Spain 142 169 0 0 24 0 335
Sri Lanka 1204 175 200 0 276 376 2231
Switzerland 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Syria 0 990 0 0 0 0 990
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 18 18
Thailand 61 6 1812 1582 1494 49 5005
Turkiye 112 2294 252 0 0 0 2658
UAE 15070 20102 12753 3579 2796 8929 63230
UK 3850 3698 2546 1143 1580 1088 13905
US 1062 16336 241 138 103 104 17983
Vietnam 24 72 145 25 0 0 266
Yemen 0 150 48 75 98 96 467
TOTAL 144589 217988 143952 32623 75568 60797 675516

Table 1: Australian chickpea exports for the year to 30 September 2023. Source: ABS

LENTILS Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jly Aug Sep TONNES
Bahrain 0 1519 0 496 0 0 2015
Bangladesh 41205 125629 26952 17018 28558 21907 261269
China 0 503 0 0 0 0 503
Egypt 14170 34614 26704 160 0 26940 102588
Fiji 0 22 0 0 0 0 22
India 122707 160684 336605 60006 85955 55521 821479
Indonesia 3 2 6 0 0 0 11
Japan 96 0 24 24 0 0 144
Lebanon 96 144 50 0 0 0 290
Malaysia 513 744 503 249 0 0 2009
Mauritius 192 249 50 221 24 75 811
Nepal 13692 16194 34871 2243 7369 9864 84234
Netherlands 21 21 0 0 0 0 42
New Zealand 34 57 322 54 28 48 544
Pakistan 6102 4200 11824 452 2117 5550 30246
Papua New Guinea 1 3 0 0 1 0 5
Singapore 0 0 50 0 0 2 52
South Africa 144 338 312 48 0 44 886
South Korea 68 120 192 0 71 0 451
Sri Lanka 23187 42769 64049 15583 11709 11856 169153
Suriname 77 77 0 0 0 0 154
Switzerland 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Taiwan 0 47 24 0 0 0 71
Thailand 0 79 0 0 0 24 103
Turkiye 635 38159 51166 0 0 0 89960
UAE 23590 55131 14539 26769 1252 56918 178199
Yemen 0 0 0 0 120 48 168
Zimbabwe 0 23 0 0 0 0 23
TOTAL 246533 481328 568246 123324 137204 188797 1745433

Table 2: Australian lentil exports for the year to 30 September 2023. Source: ABS

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