Destinations
Destination Markets
Buyers in each destination assess the same commodity differently. These guides set out what matters commercially in each market, what to state in an enquiry, and what to confirm with your own broker before contracting.
A dal mill in western India, a repacker in Jebel Ali and a canner in the Netherlands can all be quoted the same lot of East African pulses and reach three different conclusions about it. The mill prices on milling recovery, the repacker on appearance and shipment reliability, the canner on how the product behaves in a fixed cooking process. Matching the specification to the buyer is the difference between an offer that converts and one that is ignored.
These pages describe those differences. What they deliberately do not do is state current import duty, quota, licensing or phytosanitary requirements for any route. Those are set by the importing country, change over time and must be confirmed with your own customs broker and the competent authority. The content is structured so that regulatory guidance can be updated independently of the commercial copy.
Markets
Guides by destination
India
South AsiaThe largest consuming market for pigeon peas and a major destination for mung beans, served by dal mills and processors.
Products Pigeon Peas · Mung Beans (Green Gram) · Cowpeas · Chickpeas
Ports Nhava Sheva (JNPT) · Mundra · Chennai · Tuticorin · Kolkata
United Arab Emirates
Middle EastA re-export and distribution hub for pulses moving into the wider Gulf, South Asia and East Africa.
Products Pigeon Peas · Mung Beans (Green Gram) · Chickpeas · Cowpeas
Ports Jebel Ali
Pakistan
South AsiaA consuming market for mung beans, chickpeas and pigeon peas, served through Karachi and Port Qasim.
Products Mung Beans (Green Gram) · Chickpeas · Pigeon Peas · Cowpeas
Ports Karachi · Port Qasim
Bangladesh
South AsiaA consistent pulse-importing market clearing through Chattogram, buying on delivered cost.
Products Chickpeas · Mung Beans (Green Gram) · Pigeon Peas
Ports Chattogram · Mongla
Türkiye
Europe / Middle EastA processing and re-export market with a developed pulse packing industry, principally interested in chickpeas and beans.
Products Chickpeas · Red Kidney Beans · White Kidney Beans · Navy Beans
Ports Mersin · İzmir (Alsancak) · İstanbul (Ambarlı)
Europe
EuropeCanning, food processing and ethnic retail demand, with the tightest documentation and residue expectations of any destination.
Products Navy Beans · White Kidney Beans · Red Kidney Beans · Small White Beans
Ports Rotterdam · Antwerp · Hamburg · Genoa · Valencia
South Africa
Southern AfricaA substantial buyer of speckled and red kidney beans, with established regional trade routes.
Products Light Speckled Kidney Beans · Red Kidney Beans · Small White Beans · Cowpeas
Ports Durban · Cape Town
Shipping to a market not listed here?
The guides cover the destinations where East African pulses move in commercial volume. If your destination is not among them, send the details anyway — routing, documentation and specification can be worked out per shipment.
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