Pulses · ranking
A ranking of the ten biggest exporters in the trade chapter that holds dried pulses. Read it as a guide to the wider vegetable trade, and use the notes below to work out what it does and does not tell you about lentils, peas, beans and chickpeas.
| # | Market | Value | Volume | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $12.3B | — | 2024 |
| 2 | Mexico | $10.7B | — | 2024 |
| 3 | Netherlands | $9.7B | — | 2024 |
| 4 | Spain | $9.4B | — | 2024 |
| 5 | Canada | $6.7B | — | 2024 |
| 6 | United States | $5.9B | — | 2024 |
| 7 | France | $3.8B | — | 2024 |
| 8 | Belgium | $2.9B | — | 2024 |
| 9 | Australia | $2.6B | — | 2024 |
| 10 | Turkey | $2.5B | — | 2024 |
Ranking is for the whole of HS chapter 07 (edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers), reporter-declared, latest year available per market. Source: UN Comtrade.
The table is built on HS chapter 07, which covers edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers. Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, the pulses, are only heading 0713 inside that chapter, next to fresh and frozen produce, potatoes, onions and much else. A high rank therefore signals a large vegetable exporter, and it may not signal a large pulse exporter.
That matters for a pulse seller. A country that appears high because of fresh produce could ship very few lentils or peas, while a real pulse specialist could sit lower or fall outside the ten altogether.
China leads at $12.3B, Mexico is second at $10.7B, and the Netherlands and Spain follow at $9.7B and $9.4B. Then Canada at $6.7B and the United States at $5.9B form a middle tier, with France, Belgium, Australia and Turkey between $3.8B and $2.5B closing the list. The ten hold 69.1% of the value from the 96 markets covered, a fairly concentrated field.
First place at $12.3B is nearly five times tenth place at $2.5B. Among the first four, however, values run only from $12.3B to $9.4B, so the top is competitive rather than dominated.
Use the list to shortlist origins for further checking, then search shipment records for the pulses heading in each candidate country. Named exporters, quantities and destination countries will show who really sells dried legumes and in which forms, such as whole, split or skinned.
Confirm plant-health paperwork, moisture and quality specifications, packaging and the delivery term with the relevant authorities before committing. Re-exports and reporting timing can distort the ranking, so treat it as a first filter.
Not directly. It uses all of HS chapter 07, where dried pulses are one heading among many vegetable products. To see pulse-specific flows, search shipment records under the dried legume heading itself.
China is first at $12.3B, and Mexico is second at $10.7B. The top four all sit above $9B, so the front of the list is fairly close.
The ten countries shown account for 69.1% of the value declared across the 96 markets in the dataset. That is a fairly concentrated field, though chapter-wide figures blur the picture for pulses.
Search customs shipment records for the dried legume heading in the origin country. Exporter names, quantities and destinations show real sellers, and you can then ask for specifications and samples.
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