India’s Pulses Imports declined by 26 per cent to 2.6 million tonnes in the 2010-11 fiscal

Aug 30, 2011, 16:39 IST

Economy Current Affairs August 2011. India’s pulses imports declined by 26 per cent to 2.6 million tonnes in the 2010-11 fiscal as a result of record production

As per the Directorate of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics data (provisional) published in August 2011, India’s pulses imports declined by 26 per cent to 2.6 million tonnes in the 2010-11 fiscal as a result of record production.


During 2010-11, a quantity of 2.6 million tonnes of pulses was imported. The country had imported 3.5 million tonnes of pulses in the 2009-10 fiscal.


It was estimated that India produced a record 18.09 million tonnes of pulses in the 2010-11 crop year (July-June), as against 14.66 million tonnes in 2009-10. The rates for select pulses declined in 2010-11. Also the retail prices of pulses such as tur dal, moong dal and urad dal showed a steady declining trend in 2010-11 in metros - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

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