Key Highlights of SAAF 2025 - Lentil Panel Discussion

20-Jan-2025 01:51 PM

Key Highlights of SAAF 2025 - Lentil Panel Discussion
SAAF 2025- Lentil Panel Members
Rav Kapoor, ETG, Canada
Abhishek Agrawal, Viterra BV - Netherlands
Ankush Jain, Olam, India
Tanvir Zaidi, West AG Solutions, Canada
Binod Agrawal, SGR, Bangladesh/Nepal/India
Sandeep Gondi, Integrated Service Point, India
Gaurav Jain, AgPulse Analytica, India
Rahul Chauhan, Igrain India, India
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Global Lentil Highlights 2025
Canada
Red Lentil Production (2025): 15.6 lakh tons (2024: 17.3).
Carryover Stock (2025): 2.8 lakh tons (2024: 2.9).
Total Supply: 18.5 lakh tons (2024: 18).
Exports: 14.1 lakh tons (2024: 13.7).
Total Lentil Production (2025): 22.6 lakh tons (2024: 12.43).
Carryover Stock (End of 2025): 3.9 lakh tons.
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United States
Production (2025): 4.5 lakh tons (2024: 2.6).
Total Supply: 6.2 lakh tons (2024: 4.6).
Exports: 3.4 lakh tons (2024: 2.2).
Carryover Stock: 1.1 lakh tons (double from 2024).
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Australia
Production (2024): 11.2 lakh tons (2023: 15.7).
Total Supply: 12.9 lakh tons (2023: 16.8).
Exports: 12.1 lakh tons (2023: 14.1).
Carryover Stock (2024): 50,000 tons (2023: 1.7 lakh tons).
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Turkey
Production (2024-25): 3.6 lakh tons (2023-24: 3.4).
Total Supply: 23.4 lakh tons (2023-24: 24.8).
Imports: 7.3 lakh tons (2023-24: similar).
Carryover Stock: 60,000 tons (2023-24: 80,000 tons).
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India
Production (2025): 16.6 lakh tons (2024: 17.5).
Imports: 12.8 lakh tons (2024: 12.3).
Total Supply: 29.4 lakh tons (2024: 29.8).
Carryover Stock (2025): 2.9 lakh tons (2024: 3.1).
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Market Dynamics:
Adequate supply from last year’s imports.
Reduced sowing area due to low prices; lower production expected.
Limited price rally due to ample global supply.
Resumed pea imports impacting pulse demand.