Indian Pigeon Peas Imports: Port Delays in Mozambique Echo in Price Shifts

Recent dynamics suggest a marked deceleration in pigeon peas imports emanating from Mozambique, instigating a delayed equilibrium in India’s domestic pigeon peas prices. Sources within the Indian import sector highlight an alarming situation: approximately 0,15 million tonnes of pigeon peas have been immobilized at Mozambique’s ports for an extended period, surpassing a month. The root of this gridlock? Certain exporters in Mozambique purportedly manipulated the pigeon peas cargo’s flow, evoking sentiments of a “commercial siege.”

The Indian subcontinent, already navigating a tumultuous shortfall in pulses, inclusive of pigeon peas, black lentil, and red lentil, observed a contrasting trajectory in pulse price points. Retail inflation manifested a downward trend, settling at 5.02% in September. However, pulses deviated, marking an ascent from 13% in August to a stark 16.4% in September.

In an attempt to restore balance, governmental mandates, particularly stricter stock limitations imposed on traders and processors, sought to anchor fluctuating pigeon peas prices. An importer from Maharashtra, versed in the pulse trade, articulated, “The African tur dal (pigeon peas) variant, having witnessed a 5% contraction, might have plunged by a further 10% had the import conduits been unobstructed.” This sentiment is substantiated when one scrutinises the pricing of African whole tur (with skin); a forecasted decline to $0,90-$0,96 was anticipated. Regrettably, due to the import barriers originating in Mozambique, this diminution has been circumscribed, stabilizing at $1,08 from an erstwhile $1,14-$1,15.Culminating these insights, the importer insinuated potential machinations: “A faction of traders within Mozambique seems to be orchestrating an artificial price surge, thereby obstructing the Indian supply channels.”

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