Origin
Burundi Beans Origin
A common bean origin with high domestic consumption and export through the Central Corridor.
- Commodities
- 3 sourced from Burundi
- Export gateways
- Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
- Producing regions
- 2 zones covered
Commodities
What Burundi supplies
Red Kidney Beans
Grown in Northern and central provinces · Imbo plain and eastern depressions
HS 0713.33
Light Speckled Kidney Beans
Highland production at more modest export volumes.
Grown in Northern and central provinces
View specifications for Light Speckled Kidney BeansRequest quote for Light Speckled Kidney Beans from BurundiHS 0713.33
Small White Beans
Small white haricot types traded alongside navy beans, with the distinction agreed on sample.
Grown in Imbo plain and eastern depressions
HS 0713.33
Sourcing
Production regions
Northern and central provinces
Highland bean districts
Red Kidney Beans · Light Speckled Kidney Beans
Imbo plain and eastern depressions
Lower-altitude districts
Small White Beans · Red Kidney Beans
Sourcing in Burundi
Burundi produces common beans across most of the country on a two-season cropping pattern, in bush and climbing types. As in Rwanda, beans are a dietary staple, so domestic demand takes the larger share of the crop and the exportable surplus is season-dependent.
ISO country code BI
Seasonality
Burundi crop calendar
Red Kidney Beans
- Planting
- February to March and September to October
- Harvest
- January to February and June to July
- Peak availability
- January to February
- Export window
- February to March and July to August
Light Speckled Kidney Beans
- Planting
- February to March and September to October
- Harvest
- January to February and June to July
- Peak availability
- January to February
- Export window
- February to March and July to August
Small White Beans
- Planting
- February to March and September to October
- Harvest
- January to February and June to July
- Peak availability
- January to February
- Export window
- February to March and July to August
Crop timing may vary by region, rainfall patterns and growing season. Windows shown are indicative and should be confirmed against current-season availability before contracting.
Logistics
How cargo reaches the ship
Export cargo moves through Tanzania to Dar es Salaam on the Central Corridor. Volumes offered internationally are smaller and less consistent than from Tanzania, and availability should be confirmed before a contract is priced.
Step 1
Origin collection
2 producing zones in Burundi
Volume is assembled in the producing regions, then cleaned and graded before it is packed.
- Northern and central provinces
- Imbo plain and eastern depressions
Step 2
Inland transport
One corridor
The corridor is normally chosen per shipment against transit time, cost and equipment availability rather than fixed in advance.
- Central Corridor
Step 3
Export gateway
Burundi is landlocked
Cargo crosses a border under transit procedures and loads at a port in Tanzania.
- Dar es Salaam — Tanzania
What this means for your shipment
- Inland transport
- Long road leg to Dar es Salaam with transit documentation.
- Contracting
- Two cropping seasons; contract on season and crop year together.
- Lot sizes
- Export volumes are modest and lot sizes need to be checked against the buyer's requirement early.
Route alternatives
- Central Corridor
- Bujumbura to Dar es Salaam through Tanzania.
Delivery terms, third-party inspection and the export document set do not change by origin.
Incoterms, ports and documentationRequest Burundian pulse availability
Tell us the commodity, specification, quantity, packing, destination port and Incoterm. Burundi is preselected on the form, and you can change it. Availability is confirmed against the current crop rather than published as a standing offer.
- Commodity
- Specification
- Crop year
- Quantity
- Packing
- Destination port
- Incoterm