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India’s pulse imports have exploded in 2024-25. Rahul Chauhan, analyst with IGrain India, is forecasting they may reach 6.71 million tonnes this year, a 52 per cent increase over last year. That is nearly triple the average annual volume imported during the five-year stretch between 2018-19 and 2022-23. “The surge in imports is largely attributed

Bangladesh’s recent move to seal land ports with India and increased fresh harvests locally have brought down rice prices by 16% in the eastern part of the country in the past ten days, according to traders, who said the commodity might see a further decline in prices. Prices of the popular parboiled miniket rice, which

India’s wheat stocks in government warehouses surged 57% to a three-year high at the start of the new crop year this month, official data showed, easing supply concerns that drove domestic prices to an all-time peak earlier this year. Higher opening stocks will help the federal government tame any price spikes later this year, even if the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the state stockpiler, struggles to meet its domestic wheat procurement target. Wheat reserves in state granaries stood at 11.8 million metric tons on April 1, well above the government’s target of 7.46 million tons, the data showed. Wheat stocks are more than 4 million tons higher than at the same time last year. “Even if they miss this year’s wheat buying target like they did last year, they’ll still have plenty to sell in the open market,” said a New Delhi-based dealer at a global trading firm. The FCI aims to buy 31 million tons of wheat from farmers in 2025. Last year, it targeted 30–32 million tons but ...