Glacier FarmMedia | Marketsfarm – Canadian lentil, chickpea and dry pea exports were lower in June compared to the previous month, but crop year-to-date movement was solid for the pulse crops with one month left in the 2024-25 marketing year.
Statistics Canada reported 79,179 tonnes of lentils were exported in June, down from 108,281 in May. This raised the 2024-25 marketing year total from August 2024 to June 2025 to 1.772 million tonnes, up from 1.541 million one year earlier.
India was the top destination through 11 months at 546,435 tonnes, followed by Turkey at 247,266 and United Arab Emirates at 204,955 tonnes. Compared to the previous year, 9.6 per cent more lentils were shipped to India and 88.9 per cent more were shipped to Turkey. Shipments to the UAE were relatively steady.
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is projecting 2024-25 lentil exports to be 2.0 million tonnes.
Canadian chickpea exports in June totaled 21,183 tonnes, down from the May total of 26,207. The marketing year total was at 200,602 tonnes, higher than the 183,185 tonnes reported the year before.
Pakistan was the top destination through June at 49,790 tonnes, eclipsing the 3,343 tonnes shipped by the same time in 2023-24. The United States showed a small decline from the year before at 31,106 tonnes in second place, while Italy’s shipments increased 26.8 per cent at 20,206 tonnes in third. Turkey’s shipments fell 62.3 per cent, going from being the top destination last year to becoming fourth at 18,392 tonnes.
AAFC forecasts 2024-25 chickpea exports at 190,000 tonnes.
Dry pea exports were down 48 per cent month-by-month in June at 52,490 tonnes, which made the August to June total 2.148 million tonnes. One year earlier, the total dry pea exports during the same period were 2.383 million.
While shipments to India were similar to last year at 820,620 tonnes to be the top destination, China dropped to second with a 28 per cent decline at 720,326 tonnes. The total sent to Bangladesh rose by 50.7 per cent at 209,647 tonnes. United States exports were cut by 36.2 per cent at 97,597 tonnes.
The 2024-25 marketing year-to-date total compares with AAFC’s estimate of 2.3 million tonnes for the entire year.
