January chickpea exports from Australia at 62,781 tonnes dropped 22 per cent from the revised December total of 80,161t, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The reduction reflects the impact of the import tariff imposed by India in December, which saw January exports to that market total 675t, down from 21,000t in December and 185,672t in November.
While India is Australia’s biggest chickpea import customer, Bangladesh and Pakistan are significant secondary import markets. Both destinations increased their import tonnage in January from December.