Australian chickpea exports surge in June, lentils drop

Australia exported 157,371 tonnes of chickpeas and 158,971t of lentils in June, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Pakistan was the biggest market for chickpeas on 122,350t followed by Bangladesh on 20,631t and the United Arab Emirates on 5989t.

On lentils, India was the volume destination for 127,620t, ahead of Sri Lanka on 27,046t and Nepal on 2498t.

As Pakistan consolidates as a bulk rather than a containerised destination, its buying has lifted Australia’s total June chickpea exports to more than six times the level seen in June last year of 25,892t.

For the shipping year which started October 1, Australia has shipped 604,518t of chickpeas to June 30, up 21pc from the 499,132t shipped in the comparable 2021-22 period.

On lentils, the 2022-23 (Oct-Jun) figure of 1,299,719t is up 84pc from the 707,581t shipped in the corresponding 2021-22 period.

Table 1: Australian chickpea exports from 1 October 2022 to 30 June 2023. Source: ABS * Industry estimate due to stated ABS figure being unfeasibly large. A clarified figure is expected to be released by ABS in early September.

Table 1: Australian lentil exports from 1 October 2022 to 30 June 2023. Source: ABS

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