Pulses — Import quantity in India
India: Pulses — Import quantity was 3,636 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Pulses — Import quantity in India, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
India recorded 3,636 1000 t for pulses — import quantity in 2023.
The figure is up 50.2% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses — import quantity in India peaked at 7,011 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,327 1000 t, in 2010.
India ranks 1st of 182 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,196 1000 t | 2,327 1000 t | 7,011 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,794 1000 t | 2,420 1000 t | 3,636 1000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 37.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses — import quantity in India?
- Pulses — import quantity in India was 3,636 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses — import quantity recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 7,011 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest pulses — import quantity recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,327 1000 t in 2010.
- How does India rank for pulses — import quantity?
- India ranks 1st out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is pulses — import quantity rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.