African Pulses import - export market as presented by Ketan Patel at India Pulses & Grains Association (IPGA)'s Global Pulses Conclave (GPC) 2012.

1. MUMBAI PULSES CONCLAVE
February 2012

2. ETG - Export Trading Group
42+ COUNTRIES • 45 YEARS OPERATIONS
7,000+ STAFF
• 1.2 MILLION TONS TRADED IN 2011

3.  AFRICAN ORIGIN
PULSES

4. PRODUCTION - VARITIES
PRODUCTION – VARIETIES
 TOOR – PIGEON PEAS
 YELLOW GRAM ( DESI CHICKPEAS)
 GREEN MUNG BEANS
 URAD ( SMALL QUANTITIES )
•
ALL ABOVE, PRIMARILY FOR EXPORT. PREDOMINANTLY TO THE
INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
.

EDIBLE BEANS AND COW PEAS
•
PRIMARILY FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION

5. TANZANIA – CROP PRODUCTION – 2011
•
TOOR - 70,000 MT
•
YELLOW GRAM – 40,000 MT
•
MOONG – 40,000 MT
•
COW PEAS & EDIBLE BEANS 150,000 MT (PREDOMINANTLY
LOCAL CONSUMPTION. )
PROCESSING CAPACITY.
TOOR – 30,000 MTS
YELLOW GRAM – 20,000 MTS.
( 90% OF THIS PROCESSING
OWNED BY ETG)

6. KENYA PRODUCTION - 2011
 TOOR – 15,000 MT
 MOONG – 15,000 MT
 CHANA – 5,000 MT
 (CROP YEAR 2011 PRODUCTION
WAS LOW OWING TO DROUGHT.
TYPICAL PRODUCTION ABOUT
TWICE THIS )
 COW PEAS & EDIBLE BEANS –
120,000MT.
(PREDOMINANTLY
FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION )
PROCESSING
•
SMALL SCALE PROCESSING
FOR INDIAN EX-PAT
POPULATION.

7. MOZAMBIQUE PRODUCTION 2011
 TOOR – PRODUCTION 60,000 MT
 MOONG - PRODUCTION 30,000
MT
 COW PEAS & EDIBLE BEANS –
PRODUCTION 70,000 M/TONS
(PRIMARILY
FOR
LOCAL
CONSUMPTION )
PROCESSING CAPACITY
25,000 M/TONS (ETG OWNED)

8. MALAWI PRODUCTION 2011
 TOOR – 90,000 MT
 COW PEAS & EDIBLE BEANS –
PRODUCTION –
120,000 MT
(PRIMARILY
FOR
LOCAL
CONSUMPTION )
PROCESSING CAPACITY
– 50,000 M/TONS ( ETG OWNS
80% )

9. ETHIOPIA CROP YEAR 2011
 CHICKPEAS – 300,000 MT
(ABOUT
60,000MT EXPORTED
BALANCE CONSUMED LOCALLY)
•
LENTILS – 80,000 MT
(ABOUT 30,000 MT EXPORTED
TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES)
PROCESSING
ETG HAS JUST SET UP A
10,000MT LENTIL
PROCESSING PLANT.

10. ETHIOPIA CROP YEAR 2011
PROCESSING
PROCESSING CAPACITY IS RAPIDILY INCREASING
 BY 2013, THE PROCESSING CAPACITY OF ETG IN
EAST AFRICA WILL EXCEED 200,000 MT.
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11. EXPORTS OF PULSES FROM AFRICA
300000
250000
200000
2009
150000
2010
2011
100000
50000
0
Toor
Moong
Chana
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12. PRODUCTION
IS
GROWING
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13.  EAST AFRICA NOW A VERY IMPORTANT IMPORT ORIGIN FOR INDIA
•
CROP IS AVAILABLE IN JULY – AUGUST WHEN INDIA NEEDS IT MOST.
•
CLOSE PROXIMITY AN ADVANTAGE, SHORT TRANSIT TIMES.
•
QUALITY IS WIDELY ACCEPTED WITH MILLERS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT OUTTURNS ARE
VERY ATTRACTIVE.
•
QUANTITIES AVAILABLE ARE INCREASING AND DEPENDABLE
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14. LOOKING AHEAD
 CONSUMPTION OF PULSES INCREASING RAPIDLY



POPULATION IS GROWING
AS PEOPLE BECOME MORE AFFLUENT, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
INCREASES.
A CHANGE IN DIETARY HABITS WITH PEOPLE INCREASINGLY FAVOURING
HEALTHIER VEGETARIAN DIETS.
 THERE IS HARDLY ANY FARMING LAND LEFT IN EUROPE & THE
AMERICAS, IN THE EAST INDUSTRIALISATION IS FAST DISPLACING
FARM LAND.
WHO THEN WILL CATER FOR THE WORLDS GROWING FOOD NEEDS ?
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15. AFRICA CAN MEET THESE NEEDS
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16. AFRICA ABUNDANT ARABLE LAND
 25% of the worlds’ arable rain fed land located in Sub Sahara Africa
 60% of this land yet to be developed

17. • HUGE INVESTMENT IS GOING INTO EMPOWERING AFRICA’S
SMALL HOLD FARMERS
• AFRICA PULSES EXPORTS WILL DOUBLE IN THIS DECADE
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18. THANK YOU