Pulses · importers
The United Arab Emirates ranks sixteenth of 96 at $1.4B, but as a trading hub its import figures include goods that are passed on to other markets.
| Market | HS 07 imports |
|---|---|
| United States | $16.5B |
| Germany | $8.8B |
| United Kingdom | $5.2B |
| India | $5.1B |
| France | $4.8B |
Figures are for the whole of HS chapter 07 (edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers); pulses is only part of it. Source: UN Comtrade, as reported by national authorities; latest available year per market.
The country’s largest import chapters include pearls, precious stones and metals at $114.9B alongside a second large chapter of $78.7B and electrical machinery at $63.1B. That mix points to an economy built around trade and transit as much as domestic consumption.
In such a setting, a good share of food imports may be re-exported to neighbouring regions. The $1.4B is therefore best read as goods entering the country, not as demand from the resident population.
Thailand is just above and Malaysia just below, and all are around the $1.4B and $1.3B level. The UAE’s 1.4% share of reported world imports is close to theirs, so sixteenth place carries little weight on its own.
The chapter is 0.3% of total imports of $470.5B and ranks 35th among the country’s import chapters. The largest overall sources are shown by the trade statistics as Areas, nes, China, India and the USA. The first entry is a reporting category rather than a country, a reminder that origin data here is not always clean.
Ask whether the buyer intends to resell within the country or ship onward, and to which markets. That decides pack size, labelling language and documentation. Confirm current import and food-safety requirements with the competent authority.
Agree Incoterm, currency, payment terms and the discharge port explicitly, and ask about any free-zone storage arrangement.
The $1.4B covers the whole of HS chapter 07, edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers, so pulses are only part. Rankings are reporter-declared for the latest available year and re-exports can distort them, which is especially relevant here.
Shipment records for the pulses heading name consignees and show quantities. Sort them by importer to see which companies are trading in volume, then use this site’s free marketplace to reach them.
Sixteenth of 96 markets at $1.4B in 2024, with 1.4% of reported world imports. Thailand is just above and Malaysia just below.
Only partly. As a trading hub, some goods are re-exported, so the figure overstates what is consumed inside the country.
It is a reporting category used when the country of origin is not specified. It signals that origin data for this market can be incomplete.
Look at shipment records for the pulses heading and sort by consignee to see who imports in volume.
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