Australia exports 92 thousand tonnes of lentils in September

08-Nov-2024 03:34 PM

Brisbane. Data from the government body - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that lentil exports from Australia increased to about 92 thousand tonnes in September, which was much higher than the August shipment of 65 thousand tonnes. In September, Bangladesh was the biggest buyer of Australian lentils, importing about 36 thousand tonnes. After this, India was at number two and Sri Lanka was at third place. Since September, Australia exported 32,282 tonnes of lentils to India and 10,148 tonnes to Sri Lanka.

But despite the better performance of September, in the 2023-24 marketing season till September 2024, a total of about 13.86 lakh tonnes of lentils could be exported from Australia, which was 17 percent less than the shipment of the same period of the 2022-23 season. On this basis, reviewers have believed that lentil production in Australia decreased during the 2023-24 season as compared to 2022-23. Not only this, but there is a possibility of a huge decline in lentil production during the current marketing season of 2024-25 as there are indications of tremendous damage to the crop due to adverse weather conditions in major producing states.

The federal agency - ABARES in its previous report had estimated the production of 16.90 lakh tonnes of lentils in Australia during the 2024-25 season, while industry - trade organizations say that the actual production may be 5-6 lakh tonnes less than this. According to reviewers, the next report of ABARES is going to be released on December 3 and only then the real situation will be revealed.