Signs of good increase in import of Tuvar

11-Jun-2024 03:37 PM

Mumbai. A good quantity of Arhar (Tuvar) is being regularly imported in India from Myanmar and African countries. During the current financial year,

a total of 1,32,672 tonnes of Tuvar was imported with 62,791 tonnes in April and 69,880 tonnes in May, which was 11,235 tonnes more than the total import of 1,21,436 tonnes in the same months of 2023-24. In the year 2023, 83,149 tonnes of Tuvar was imported in April and 38,288 tonnes in May.

Earlier, 61,709 tonnes of Tuvar was imported in the year 2022 and only 18,411 tonnes of Tuvar was imported in these two months of the year 2021.

According to the available data, a total of 69,880 tonnes of tur is expected to be imported in May 2024, including 30,060 tonnes from the African country Sudan,

1884 tonnes from Kenya, 2769 tonnes from Malawi, 9007 tonnes from Mozambique, 3345 tonnes from Nigeria, 1614 tonnes from Uganda and 401 tonnes from Tanzania and 20,800 tonnes from the Asian country Myanmar. During the month of May,

the maximum import of 39,853 tonnes of tur is expected at the port of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (GNPT) while 29,711 tonnes were imported at Chennai port. Apart from this,

191 tonnes of tur was shipped at Mundra port and 125 tonnes at Kolkata. A total of 7.71 lakh tonnes of tur was imported in India during the entire period (April-March) of the financial year 2023-24,

which was much less than the import of 8.95 lakh tonnes in 2022-23 and 8.40 lakh tonnes in 2021-22. Prior to that, 4.43 lakh tonnes of tur was imported in the financial year 2020-21 and 2019-20 lakh tonnes.