Ukraine reduced the exports of chickpeas

According to the official statistics data, in July-April of 2015/16 MY Ukraine exported 6.2 thsd tonnes of chickpeas, a decrease of 3 times compared with the same period of last MY (19 thsd tonnes). Since the beginning of the current MY, the export volumes of Ukrainian chickpeas to Turkey showed the most significant decline indices - to 1.2 thsd tonnes, against 7.3 thsd tonnes.

The list of major countries-importers of Ukrainian chickpeas remained the same, but their share of purchases somewhat changed: India (23% of the pulse exports in 2015/16 MY; and 15% - in the same period of 2014/15 MY), Turkey (19%; 38%), Israel (16%; 14%), Egypt (12%; 9%), and Pakistan (9%; 16%).