Pulses · importers
Vietnam ranks fourteenth of 96 at $1.4B, an export-oriented economy whose imports are led overwhelmingly by inputs for factories.
| 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.
Poland is ranked just above at $1.7B, so there is a real step up. Below Vietnam is Thailand at $1.4B, essentially level. The share of reported world imports for the chapter is 1.5%. Vietnam, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates are all within a very tight band, so the places between fourteenth and sixteenth are close to interchangeable.
A seller should read this as a cluster of Asian and Gulf buyers, each of similar scale.
Total imports are $325.4B and this chapter is 0.4% of them, ranking 34th among Vietnam’s import chapters. Electrical machinery is the largest chapter at $112.7B, followed by mineral fuels at $25.7B and industrial machinery at $23.3B.
China, the Republic of Korea, Japan and the USA are the main overall sources. The list shows the supply-chain ties of manufacturers; it does not indicate where dried legumes come from. Find that from shipment-level data.
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The $1.4B is the value of the whole of HS chapter 07, edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers. Pulses are one portion of that. Country rankings rest on declarations for the latest available year and can be affected by re-exports and gaps in reporting.
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Fourteenth of 96 markets at $1.4B in 2024, with 1.5% of reported world imports. Poland is just above at $1.7B and Thailand just below at a similar figure.
No. Thailand and the United Arab Emirates report almost the same value, so the order among the three is loose.
They show that imports are led by manufacturing inputs. This chapter is 0.4% of the $325.4B total and ranks 34th.
Review shipment records under the pulses heading and note the consignees. Their frequency and declared values reveal who buys regularly.
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