Chickpea is becoming a popular export crop in Russia

Published 2020년 7월 2일

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In the first quarter of 2020, the port of Novorossiysk exported 41.8 thousand tons of chickpeas. However, six export lots, totaling 947.2 tons, were rejected by Pakistan due to impurity with the weedy dodder plant. These lots were redirected to countries with less stringent phytosanitary standards. Russia has seen a rise in chickpea cultivation due to its profitability and is exported to numerous countries, experiencing high demand despite the market being less developed than traditional grains and oilseeds.

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In the first quarter of 2020, 41.8 thousand tons of chickpea beans were exported through the port of Novorossiysk. According to phytosanitary requirements of importing countries, chickpeas are checked for compliance in the testing laboratory of the Novorossiysk branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Grain Quality Assessment Center. In June, six export lots of chickpeas were identified with a total volume of 947.2 tons, which do not meet the phytosanitary requirements of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan due to the content of seeds of the weedy dodder plant. These consignments were redirected to another country where phytosanitary requirements for the products make it possible to take chickpeas with the indicated parameters for the content of dodder seeds. Products can also be sent for a part-time job in order to clean it from seeds of harmful quarantine weed. In Russia, a steady tendency has formed to increase the acreage sown with chickpeas. In connection with certain ...

Source: Zol