1.65 lakh ton lentil import from Australia to India during May-July

09-Sep-2024 06:24 PM

Mumbai. A total of about 3.93 lakh ton lentil exports were made from Australia during the May-July quarter, which included shipments of 1.30 lakh ton in May, 1.34 lakh ton in June and 1.28 lakh ton in July. Out of this, India alone imported the maximum of 1.65 lakh ton.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 60 thousand ton lentil exports were made to India from Australia in May, 53 thousand ton in June and about 53 thousand ton in July.

Apart from this, during the quarter under review (May-July), about 1.17 lakh ton lentil shipments were made from Australia to Bangladesh, 16 thousand ton to Nepal, 13 thousand ton to Pakistan and a little more than 42 thousand to Sri Lanka.

Other buyer countries of Australian lentils include Bahrain, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon, Mauritius, New Zealand and United Arab Emirates (UAE) etc.

The African country Egypt imported about 35 thousand tonnes of lentils from Australia during this period and remained the fourth largest buyer of Australian lentils after India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Old stock of lentils is still present in Australia, so more than one lakh tonnes of pulses are being exported from there every month.

This trend is likely to continue in August-September as well. Harvesting of new crop from October is likely to continue in September as well.

Preparation for harvesting of new crop will start there from October. During the 2024-25 season, lentil production in Australia is likely to be around the same as in the 2023-24 season, due to which its huge import in India can happen by March 2025.