October 3, 2023
As part of the our series on global kabuli chickpea markets, Navneet Chhabra of Global Garbanzo and Dario Bard of the GPC reached out to Armada Foods’ Fethi Sonmez to discuss Turkey’s 2023 production and trade outlook.
With the harvest of Turkey’s 2023 kabuli chickpea crop now complete, it is clear that the production volume has fallen well short of the expectations voiced in the corridors at Pulses 23 three months ago. Adding to the disappointment, this year’s crop is marked by a below average calibre distribution, with fewer than expected 9 mm chickpeas.
In May, when the GPC held its annual convention, Global Garbanzo’s Navneet Chhabra projected Turkish production at 245,000 MT. He noted, however, that industry members were forecasting a crop of 275 – 325,000 MT. At the time, there was good reason to be optimistic. The area seeded to chickpeas had expanded by an estimated 20% and the weather conditions had been favourable till then.
“It will all depend on yields,” Chhabra summed up at Pulses23.
When harvest got underway, early reports indicated higher yields than last year. But then heavy rains in July reduced productivity and washed away the industry’s hope for a bumper crop.
To get a better sense of Turkey’s 2023 crop and what it means for the global kabuli chickpea trade, the GPC teamed up with Global Garbanzo and reached out to GPC board member and Armada Foods CEO Fethi Sonmez.
Source: GPC and Armada Foods
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