India Apr-Aug 2018-19 Pulses Import Slips Over 70% Y/Y At 8.36 LT

MUMBAI (Commoditiescontrol) – India's pulses import during the first five months of current fiscal year 2018-19 starting from April dropped 70.72% year-on-year at 8.36 lakh tonnes, according to the commerce ministry.

The country had imported 28.54 lakh tonnes of pulses during the same period in 2017-18.

In terms of percentage, chana was the major loser with import falling as much as 93% followed by masoor at 93.38%, matar at nearly 71%, tur and urad around 39% each.

The fall in pulses imports was mainly due to various measures taken by the government in a bid to restrict import to support falling domestic pulses price due to record proiduction in recent years.

India produced record pulses production at 23.13 million tonnes in 2016-17, and even better in 2017-18 at 25.23 million tonnes, resulting in a fall in domestic pulses prices to below MSP fixed by the government.

Myanmar was the major supplier of pulses during Apr-Aug 2018-19 followed by Canada, Russia, Ukraine and Mozambique.



Restriction On Pulses
Urad/Mung: Annual Import Restriction Limit: 3 Lakh Tonnes
Tur: Annual Import Restriction Limit: 2 Lakh Tonnes
Matar: Quantitative Restriction Of 1 Lakh Tonnes Till Dec 31 & Import Duty Of 50%
Masoor: Import Duty Of 30%
Kabuli Chana: Import Duty At 60%
Chana: Import Duty At 30%

(By Commoditiescontrol Bureau; +91-22-40015533)