URAD EXPORT AND IMPORT SCENARION

World Scenario:

Urad or black gram is a highly prized pulse crop in many countries. It is a crop that is grown in warm climatic conditions on an opportunity crop basis. This dull grey-black colour crop constitutes an important part of the recipes and cuisines of many countries in South and Southeast Asia. It contains a wide variety of nutrients and is popular for its fermenting action and thus it is largely used in making fermented foods. In some countries it is called Black Matpe.

The production of urad is mostly confined to the Asian countries as their tropical climates and soil type suit the pulse’s cultivation. The largest producer of this pulse is India followed by Myanmar and Thailand. But being the largest producer of urad does not take India to a comfortable situation, as it is also the largest consumer of the black gram in the world and its total production is not able to fulfill its domestic consumption demand. The incapability of Indian production to satisfy its domestic demand makes it the largest importer of this pulse as well. The major consuming cum importing countries of black gram or urad are

• India
• China
• Pakistan
• Japan
• Thailand

These importers of this pulse get their gap in demand and supply filled up by getting supplies from the following exporting countries

• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Singapore
• Australia

Urad is the largest exported pulse crop among the total beans and pulses. The total exports of urad in the world figures around 62.5 million tons contributing to a 40% share in the total quantity of the beans and pulses.

Urad producing countries

• India
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Singapore
• Japan
• Bangladesh
• Canada
• Iran
• Greece
• East African countries

The production of this crop has been confined to Asian countries as the climatic conditions and the soil types in these countries suit the conditions required by this crop to support its survival. India is the leading producer of Urad in the world with the production of around 1.5 million tons and is the leading consumer also. Myanmar and Thailand follow the Indian lead in the list of urad producing countries, though Myanmar produce black gram mainly to export this pulse and it even exports it to the leading producer of this crop.