MYANMAR conveyed over 1.5 million tonnes of various pulses between April and De­cember of the current finan­cial year 2024-2025, including 700,000 tonnes of black gram, 200,000 tonnes of pigeon pea and 400,000 tonnes of green gram, Myanmar Pulses, Beans, Maize and Sesame Seeds Mer­chants Association said.

Myanmar mainly exports black gram, green gram and pigeon peas to foreign mar­kets. Of them, black gram and pigeon peas are primarily shipped to India, while green gram is exported to China and Europe.

India has growing demand and consumption require­ments for black grams and pigeon peas. According to a Memorandum of Understand­ing between Myanmar and In­dia signed on 18 June 2021, In­dia will import 250,000 tonnes of black grams and 100,000 tonnes of pigeon peas (tur) from Myan­mar for five consecutive years from 2021-2022 financial year to 2025-2026 FY. This G-to-G pact will not affect the puls­es’ annual quota set by India. Myanmar’s exporters are also entitled to deliver the pulses to India under that yearly quota.

The Myanmar Pulses, Beans, Maize and Sesame Seeds Merchants Association stated that black grams, which India primarily purchases, are commonly found only in My­anmar, whereas pigeon peas, green gram and chickpeas are grown in African countries and Australia. — NN/KK