According to the latest data, in January-April 2024, exports of grain legumes from the Russian Federation increased 2.2 times compared to the same period last year.
Experts note that in 2024, the export of grain legumes continues to grow.
In total, 1.2 million tons of various crops were sent abroad over 4 months. This is 2.2 times more than last year’s values for the same period of time. This data is provided by the Agroexport center.
At the same time, supplies of peas increased the most, almost tripling and reaching 1.1 million tons.
It is noted that countries such as India and China have become the main buyers of this crop.
The most active supplies of peas to India began last December, and in January-March they exceeded 355 thousand tons.
In 4 months of 2024, 270 thousand tons of peas were sent to China, which is 15 times more than in the same period last year. This was due to the fact that over the past year, India and China have fully opened their markets to peas from Russia.
Türkiye is in third place in terms of purchase volumes of Russian peas.
The volume of supplies of Russian chickpeas does not show growth, but a drop of about 10%. In the first 4 months of this year it amounted to 130 thousand tons.
The countries that purchase Russian chickpeas today are the same as last year. These are, first of all, Türkiye, Pakistan and Egypt.
The volume of supplies of lentils abroad is also falling at present; they have decreased by almost 15% when compared with the first months of 2023.
The top three countries in terms of volumes of purchases of Russian lentils are Türkiye, Pakistan and India.
However, in general, exports of grain legumes show positive dynamics.
2023 was a record year in this regard, since during it 3.6 million tons of various crops were sent abroad. This is an increase of 2.4 times compared to 2022.
All this allows Russian producers of grain legumes to look into the future with optimism.
“Over the past few years, Russia has become an important player in the global pea market and has already established itself as a reliable and stable supplier.
We were able to replace the abandoned volumes of Canada, preventing a likely exponential increase in world prices in a situation where, in addition to China, India, the largest consumer of legumes in the world, appeared on the import market,” notes Sergei Pluzhnikov, head of the analytical agency Russian Pulses Analytics.
According to him, if India extends the duty-free import of peas, then the Russian Federation will certainly be able to further increase the production of this product.
