Trade Talk

Fahad Nahdi of SM Holdings discusses how the Tanzania Market Exchange is reshaping trade, shares crop insights, and explores why the country’s pulse potential is just getting started.

Dried up global stocks for kidneys, the resurgence of Chinese acres, and the threat posed to pulses by the escalating trade war.

Kintal Islamov, CEO of producer and trader, Atameken Agro, talks about his expectations for this year’s Kazakhstani pulse crops, a move into green lentils, and the exciting potential of the country’s mung bean production.

With preparations for Ramadan —when pulse consumption doubles— in full swing, abundant supply is tightening liquidity and driving down local prices. Faisal Bumbia of Bombi’s Group provides an outlook on Pakistan’s market dynamics.

Mehmet Sonmez of Armada Foods shares an outlook on the Turkish pulse market ahead of its upcoming lentil harvest. He talks us through changes to trade dynamics, hopes for the harvest, and whether Turkish traders will benefit from regime change in neighbouring Syria.