Pulse industry weighs up implications of hefty Indian tariff on chickpeas and lentils

Gregor Heard
Updated January 3 2018 - 9:49am, first published 9:46am
Not only were chickpea producers in the south subject to savage frost this year, there is now a heavy import tariff in India, Australia's largest market for the crop.
Not only were chickpea producers in the south subject to savage frost this year, there is now a heavy import tariff in India, Australia's largest market for the crop.

THE AUSTRALIAN pulse industry could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in export income due to a decision by the Indian Government to impose a 30 per cent tariff on chickpea and lentil imports, effective immediately.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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