Good export of pulses is happening regularly from Myanmar

02-Jul-2024 04:41 PM

Yangon. Good quantity of pulses is being exported regularly from India's northeastern neighbor Myanmar. The latest data of a leading organization -

Overseas Agro Traders Association (OATA) shows that during the first half of the current year i.e. January-June 2024, about 4.61 lakh tonnes of urad, 1.90 lakh tonnes of tur (tuvar) and 3.88 lakh tonnes of moong were exported from Myanmar (Burma). Most of the urad and tuvar were sent to India while moong was exported to many other countries including China. Import of moong is banned in India.

According to the data of the association, during the current year, about 74 thousand tonnes of urad was exported from Myanmar in January, 52 thousand tonnes in February, 80 thousand tonnes in March, 88 thousand tonnes in April, 1.03 lakh tonnes in May and 65 thousand tonnes in June.

As far as Tuvar is concerned, its export quantity was recorded at 31 thousand tonnes in January, 33 thousand tonnes in February, 30 thousand tonnes in March, 28 thousand tonnes in April, 41 thousand tonnes in May and 27 thousand tonnes in June.

The export of moong from Myanmar was 34 thousand tonnes in January 2024, which increased to 64 thousand tonnes in February and after jumping to 95 thousand tonnes in March, it decreased to 71 thousand tonnes in April, fell to 65 thousand tonnes in May and slipped to 59 thousand tonnes in June.

Pulses are exported from Myanmar through both border road and sea route. India is its biggest buyer. There is a huge import of urad and tuvar from Myanmar here.

This time the crop has been good in Myanmar, so there is a good exportable stock of pulses. By the way, Tuvar is imported on a large scale from Myanmar as well as African countries in India, which also includes Mozambique and Malawi.