Exports of gram from Australia jumped 87 percent to 29 thousand tonnes in September

08-Nov-2024 04:43 PM

Adelaide. Usually the off season for the supply of Desi gram starts in Australia from July-August and continues till October. From November, the arrival of new crop starts gaining momentum and then the pace of export shipments increases. According to the data of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), an institution under the Central Government, the export of gram from Australia had declined to 15,533 tonnes in August, which jumped 87 percent to 29,026 tonnes in September. Despite this, during the 2023-24 season, the total export of gram from the country till September could reach only 4,21,347 tonnes, which was much less than the shipment of 6,15,456 tonnes in the same period of the 2023-24 season. Desi gram is mainly exported from Australia. In September, Australia exported the highest 13,089 tonnes of gram to India, followed by shipment of 9,050 tonnes to Pakistan and 2,351 tonnes to Bangladesh. Harvesting of the new gram crop has started in Australia. On the other hand, there was a good improvement in the export of Kabuli gram from Canada. Its export from there jumped 59 percent from 7,819 tonnes in August to 12.405 tonnes in September. Out of this, Turkey imported the maximum 2,427 tonnes, Italy 1,967 tonnes and India 1,717 tonnes. In the two months of August-September 2024, a total of 20,224 tonnes of Kabuli gram was exported from Canada, which was much less than the shipment of 27,832 tonnes in the same period of the year 2023. Meanwhile, sowing of gram has started in India.