AUSTRALIA exported 71,469 tonnes of chickpeas and 67,800t of lentils in September, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Pakistan was the biggest market by far for chickpeas, taking 57,928t for September, well ahead of Nepal on 6039t in second place.

The Pakistan volume indicates a switch to bulk business from containers, which remain expensive and unreliable.

On lentils, Bangladesh on 20,155t was the biggest market, followed by India on 16,367t.

September chickpea exports more than doubled from the August total of 33,220t, and represent the release of old-crop stocks ahead of the new-crop harvest in Central Queensland which is now well advanced.

The total volume of lentils exported in September was up slightly from the August total, despite running into stiff competition from Canada which is shipping its new crop in volume after last year’s drought-reduced harvest.

CHICKPEASAprilMayJunJlyAugSepTotal
Bangladesh14486162991547122969264636276
Canada23411228145684013637667995
Egypt99950149783603813214
Fiji2402439022109
France2400002448
Greece0240024048
India228469236000932
Indonesia008823040
Israel00242402472
Italy0002407296
Japan0024024048
Jordan200000020
Malaysia9672012019297577
Mauritius974826612024241796
Nepal36693802213721611745603919553
Netherlands002400024
New Zealand63110697064109485
Pakistan109948748921293212691557928129058
Romania000004444
Saudi Arabia07211564500002786
Singapore144731447696120653
South Africa16748470480310
South Korea23072244724190
Sri Lanka47483691241265831298
Taiwan00096660162
Thailand04815262371183
Turkey05067520001258
UAE201811861572112256911047571
UK15997301009167615619937567
US771174521071171351005
Vietnam00001240124
Yemen0046004692
TONNES272203090321276385443322071469222633

Table 1: Australian chickpea exports for April to September 2022. Source: ABS

LENTILSAprMayJunJlyAugSepTonnes
Bahrain00010085057512263
Bangladesh48143468142350475381114320155176143
Egypt384202163906130101832629
France000010010
India27428321642761287182280816367130246
Indonesia0350008
Japan00244824096
Lebanon007200072
Malaysia15200000152
Mauritius12529325019425662
Nepal12562503174613846446396917304
New Zealand776253392351306
Pakistan6321023807616578151889128717
Singapore000002727
South Africa960240050170
South Korea00720072144
Sri Lanka10557847186127892134631091059905
Taiwan000046046
Thailand000002424
Turkey022508000530
UAE0027500001348840988
 TOTAL9230891355734661032056230967800490442

Table 2: Australian lentil exports for April to September 2022. Source: ABS

Fuente: Grain Central