Required Report - public distribution

**Date:** 5/19/2004

**GAIN Report Number:** BM4012

BM4012

**Burma**

**Grain and Feed**

**Bean and Pulses Monthly Trade Report - March**

**2004**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Rod McSherry, Agricultural Counselor

U.S. Embassy, Bangkok

**Prepared by:**

Daphne Khin Swe Swe Aye, Agricultural Specialist / Russ Nicely,
Agricultural Attache

**Report Highlights:**

Export activity is strong due to purchase orders from overseas buyers.
Prices are firm. After India, who took 69 percent of exports, China was
the second major importer of Burma\'s beans and pulses, with 13 percent.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Bangkok \[TH1\]

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# Trade

During March, Burma exported 131,179 metric tons (mt) of beans and
pulses. Toor Whole (Pigeon pea) comprised 37 percent, Matpe 27 percent
and Mung beans 25 percent of the total beans and pulses export. The
major destination was India who took 69 percent of the total beans and
pulses export. March's exports increased 87 percent from March, 2003.

## [Bangladesh]{.underline} - a total of 3,190 mt of beans and pulses exported: 

2,890 mt of Black Matpe

300 mt of Mung beans

## [Belgium]{.underline} -- a total of 45 mt of beans and pulses exported:

5 mt of Black Matpe

28 mt of Kidney beans

12 mt of Mung beans

## [China]{.underline} - a total of 16,555 mt of beans and pulses exported:

16,174 mt of Mung beans

381 mt of Small white beans

[Dubai]{.underline} - a total of 92 mt of beans and pulses exported:

92 mt of Black Matpe

[Egypt]{.underline} -- a total of 1,022 mt of beans and pulses exported:

1,022 mt of Black Eye beans

[Germany]{.underline} -- a total of 46 mt of beans and pulses exported:

46 mt of Kidney beans

[India]{.underline} - a total of 90,780 mt of beans and pulses exported:

971 mt of Black Eye beans

24,855 mt of Black Matpe

1,230 mt of Chickpeas

11,300 mt of Mung beans

47,938 mt of Toor Whole (Pigeon Pea)

4,486 mt of Kidney beans

[Indonesia]{.underline} -- a total of 747 mt of beans and pulses
exported:

747 mt of Mung beans

[Japan]{.underline} - a total of 565 mt of beans and pulses exported:

103 mt of Black Matpe

> 462 mt of Butter beans (Lima beans)
>
> 20 mt of Sultani/pya (Red Lima beans)

[Malaysia]{.underline} - a total of 380 mt of beans and pulses exported:

214 mt of Matpe

154 mt of Mung beans

2 mt of Kidney beans

10 mt of various beans

[Netherlands]{.underline} -- a total of 221 mt of beans and pulses
exported:

23 mt of Kidney beans

174 mt of Mung beans

24 mt of Toor Whole (Pigeon Pea)

[Pakistan]{.underline} - a total of 8,004 mt of beans and pulses
exported:

69 mt of Black Eye beans

5,890 mt of Matpe

140 mt of Bamboo beans

1,790 mt of Chickpeas

115 mt of Kidney beans

[Philippines]{.underline} -- a total of 420 mt of beans and pulses
exported:

396 mt of Mung beans

24 mt of Bamboo beans

## [Portugal]{.underline} - a total of 131 mt of beans and pulses exported:

131 mt of Black Eye beans

[Sri Lanka]{.underline} - a total of 994 mt of beans and pulses
exported:

162 mt of Matpe

832 mt of Mung beans

138 mt of Chickpeas

[Singapore]{.underline} - a total of 1,012 mt of beans and pulses
exported:

624 mt of Mung beans

388 mt of Matpe

[South Africa]{.underline} -- a total of 283 mt of beans and pulses
exported:

165 mt of Black Eye beans

118 mt of Mung beans

[Spain]{.underline} -- a total of 42 mt of beans and pulses exported:

42 mt of Kidney beans

[Thailand]{.underline} - a total of 4,413 mt of beans and pulses
exported:

168 mt of Matpe

230 mt of Mung beans

> 1,884 mt of Cowpea
>
> 2,131 mt of various beans

[Taiwan]{.underline} - total of 416 mt of beans and pulses exported:

416 mt of Mung beans

## [U.A.E]{.underline} -- a total of 897 mt of beans and pulses exported:

46 mt of Black Eye beans

621 mt of Matpe

230 mt of Mung beans

## [United Kingdom]{.underline} - a total of 660 mt of beans and pulses exported:

660 mt of Mung beans

[Uruguay]{.underline} - a total of 264 mt of beans and pulses exported:

64 mt of Butter beans (Lima beans)

  ---------------------------------- ----------------- -------------------
  **Beans and Pulses Exports (mt)**  **2003**          **2004**

  **January**                        43,885            59,450

  **February**                       65,471            82,143

  **March**                          70,011            131,179

  **April**                          88,772            \-\-\-\--

  **May**                            51,591            \-\-\-\--

  **June**                           100,893           \-\-\-\--

  **July**                           107,520           \-\-\-\--

  **August**                         87,198            \-\-\-\--

  **September**                      100,575           \-\-\-\--

  **October**                        99,008            \-\-\-\--

  **November**                       36,638            \-\-\-\--

  **December**                       38,493            \-\-\-\--

  **TOTAL**                          890,055           272,772

  **Grand Total**                    890,055           272,772
  ---------------------------------- ----------------- -------------------

#### Prices

Export and Pulses set for beans and pulses by the Price Appraisal
Committee that met on March 2004 are:

FAQ= Fair Average Quality SQ= Super Quality

Matpe (FAQ) US\$ 180

Matpe (SQ) US\$ 220

Mung beans (FAQ) US\$ 260

Butter beans (Lima beans) (FAQ) US\$ 240

Toor Whole (Pigeon pea) (FAQ) US\$ 250

#### Market Situation

The new beans and pulses crop continued to enter the Binyintnaung
wholesale market in Rangoon. Export activity was high in the second week
of March and stayed strong through the end of March. Purchase orders
from overseas buyers were up and prices firmed. In March, India, which
normally takes about 80 percent of the total beans and pulses export
each month, took only 69 percent, with China becoming the second major
importer of Burma's beans and pulses, taking some 13 percent of the
total beans and pulses export.

End of Report.