Mung Beans

Pulses Price Report/
Members-Only Access

We offer all our members a weekly update on the latest pulse prices for red and green lentils, yellow peas, desi & kabuli chickpeas, green peas, black matpe, and pigeon peas.

A global mung bean outlook/
How 2026 is shaping up

The mung bean market has undergone a structural shift over the past five years, shaped by changing production patterns, evolving trade flows, and the growing dominance of a handful of players. As the industry moves into 2026, the balance between exportable surplus and import demand appears tighter than headline production figures suggest. Read country by country, how much room is there for the market to breathe?

2025/26 Brazilian bean outlook/
A record year, softening prices, and a disappearing Mexican market

Najla Souza of the Brazilian Institute of Beans and Pulses IBRAFE discusses a big year for exports, first bean crop seedings, and why farmers may step back from beans in a year of strong supply.

“With mung prices 30% above black matpe, I expect mung production to be higher”/
Myanmar’s pulse seedings in 7 key facts

Shyam Narsaria of Arvee International offers an update on the seedings for Myanmar’s most important pulse cycle. He talks black matpe, a good year for green mung, and how India’s import duty is good news for the pigeon pea trade.

Import imbalance/
Why Pakistan’s mung bean imports rose sharply in 2024 and early 2025

Maisam Ali looks at market data and talks to traders to get the lowdown on the spike in Pakistan’s mung bean imports in 2024 and the first half of this year.

Pulse shipping in focus/
5 of the best and worst of this year’s pulse logistics

In a globally connected system of logistics, every swing in fortunes leaves winners and losers – it can be smooth sailing or rough seas for pulse traders, depending on the year. To get a balanced perspective, we spoke to industry insiders to cover a mix of the positives and negatives of shipping in 2025.

Welcome to the era of Asia-Pacific’s pulse-powered reinvention/
The next food revolution is here

More than half of humanity lives in the region that now holds the power to reshape how — and what — the planet eats. The latest research positions Asia-Pacific not as a follower of global trends but as the hot spot defining what comes next for food systems transformation, linking public health, climate resilience, and cultural innovation like never before.

The mung bean round-up/
“South America is going to plant more than last year, for sure”

Vanessa Tejero of GTA Trading discusses Venezuela’s seedings, the opening of the Chinese market, and a big year for mung in South America.

India is facing a year of contrasts/
“The coming months promise to be anything but ordinary”

India’s 2025 season tells a complex tale of weather disruptions, shifting farmer choices, policy signals and cautious market sentiment. Harsha Rai of Mayur Global sets the strategic scene for the six months ahead, when the country’s decisions on when and how much to import can redraw trade flows — overnight.

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Mung Beans

Pulses Price Report/ Members-Only Access

A global mung bean outlook/ How 2026 is shaping up

2025/26 Brazilian bean outlook/ A record year, softening prices, and a disappearing Mexican market

“With mung prices 30% above black matpe, I expect mung production to be higher”/ Myanmar’s pulse seedings in 7 key facts

Import imbalance/ Why Pakistan’s mung bean imports rose sharply in 2024 and early 2025

Pulse shipping in focus/ 5 of the best and worst of this year’s pulse logistics

Welcome to the era of Asia-Pacific’s pulse-powered reinvention/ The next food revolution is here

The mung bean round-up/ “South America is going to plant more than last year, for sure”

India is facing a year of contrasts/ “The coming months promise to be anything but ordinary”