PulsesSKU PUL-DES-016
Ethiopian Desi Chickpeas
Ethiopian desi chickpeas are small, dark-skinned chickpeas that Hajuta Trading exports for splitting into chana dal and milling into gram flour (besan). Ethiopia is Africa's largest chickpea producer. New-crop desi lots ship February to July, FOB Djibouti, in 50 kg PP bags.
Product specifications
- Origin (Region)
- Ethiopia
- Grade / Purity
- Size: 5–7 mm; Purity: 98.5% min.; Admix: 1.5% max. (defective 0.3% max.; foreign matter 1% max.; shriveled 0.2% max.); well fumigated; free from dead/live weevils; fit for human consumption.
- Packaging
- 50 kg PP bags
- Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)
- 2 × 20 ft containers / 48 MT total
- HS Code
- 071320
- Logistics / Incoterms Offered
- FOB Djibouti, by quotation
Harvest & shipment window
- Harvest
- December–February
- Recommended shipment
- February–July
Beyond the specification
About this product
Desi chickpeas, also called Bengal gram or chana, are the chickpea type South Asian cooking uses most. Processors in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Gulf split them into dal, roast them for snacks or mill them into besan for batters and sweets.
Ethiopian farmers sow chickpeas on residual soil moisture after the main rains, mostly in the central and northern highlands, and harvest from December to February. Hajuta grades desi lots to 5 to 7 mm and confirms moisture per lot.
Hajuta confirms final specifications for each lot against the agreed pre-shipment sample.
