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.

CHICKPEASOct-DecJan-MarAprMayJunTONNES
Bangladesh010437625046620631125724
Belgium00132132198462
Canada2218288914017229338162
China0000500500
Egypt548025100800
Fiji170220039
France242400048
Germany7200066138
Greece48000048
India0001240124
Indonesia110002435
Israel24000024
Italy4795291457201224
Japan46049024119
Jordan50175000225
Lebanon050004999
Malaysia88465274741481831
Mauritius4881222575147857
Nepal10014714321865115311827575
Netherlands14424500125343
New Zealand19036911111849838
Pakistan10692257117869953166122350*348253
Portugal244800072
Saudi Arabia0019800198
Singapore435263744824844
South Africa72960960264
South Korea356120494948621
Spain142169000311
Sri Lanka1204175004451824
Switzerland000022
Syria0990000990
Thailand6162552315052119
Turkiye1122294251102658
UAE150702010231914573598948926
UK38503698699112177510142
US106216336536312517639
Vietnam2472247348241
Yemen01500048198
TOTAL1445892179881795966610157371604518

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.

LENTILSOct-DecJan-MarAprMayJunTONNES
Bahrain015190001519
Bangladesh41205125629775019077605194267
China0503000503
Egypt141703461402633936575488
Fiji02200022
India122707160684101660108291127620620963
Indonesia3201712
Japan9600024120
Lebanon961440500290
Malaysia51374402532501761
Mauritius1922490500491
Nepal1369216194531327562249865259
Netherlands212100042
New Zealand34572431111437
Pakistan610242004732672037122126
Papua New Guinea130004
Singapore00480250
South Africa14433831200794
South Korea68120048144380
Sri Lanka2318742769178242081727046131643
Suriname7777000153
Taiwan04700047
Thailand07900079
Switzerland000022
Taiwan00002424
Turkiye63538159051166089960
UAE2359055131145390093260
Zimbabwe02300023
TOTAL2465334813281522012606861589711299719

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