The Shift in India's Pulses Import Duty: Yellow Peas and Desi Chana Market Analysis

Duty-Free Extensions Shift Supply Lines

In a strategic effort to stabilize domestic protein supply, the Indian government extended the duty-free import period for yellow peas. This policy change has encouraged major global exporters in Canada and Russia to accelerate shipments to Indian transshipment hubs.

# Yellow Peas as a Chickpea Substitute

Yellow peas serve as a cost-effective substitute for desi chickpeas (chana) in local flour milling (besan). The tariff exemption has helped cool down rising chana prices, which spiked due to dry weather in domestic growing belts.

# BioUrja\'s Strategic Sourcing

At BioUrja Trading, we are actively importing high-grade yellow peas through key ports like Mundra and Mumbai. Our logistics desks ensure rapid customs clearing and quarantine approvals to deliver raw pulses directly to processing hubs across central India.