Pulses Imports restriction in India affects Myanmar

With the Pulses prices declining on the back of cheap imports, India had restricted the imports of Tur, Urad and Moong, in order to curb the domestic prices, and the decision is proving to be a healthy one, as the prices started to improve in some of the mandis across India.
Although it is a good decision for India, there has been a major crisis in Myanmar on the back of import restriction. Myanmar is blaming India for the restricting imports of Tur, Urad and Moong, as this decision has Myanmar's pulses industry into chaos.
India restricted imports of Tur Dal to 0.2 million tons and in the case of Moong and Urad the quot was 0.3 million tons. The severe restriction by India limiting the amount of pea products from Myanmar has quickly and adversely affected the local pulses market.
Myanmar has been exporting Peas to India for nearly three decades, and India is the country's largest Pulse market. During 2016 Myanmar exported various kinds of Pulses of about 1 million tons to India, of which Tur, Urad and Moong accounts for about 0.9 million tons.

 Imports of Tur , Urad and Moong dal,

Govt puts urad, moong dal imports under restricted category

India is the world’s largest pulse producer and importer.Earlier this month, the government had also put imports of pigeon peas and toor dal under the restricted  category.
The government on Monday put imports of urad and moong dal under the restricted category and fixed a cap for its in-bound shipments up to three lakh tonnes. The move will help in stabilising domestic prices that have fallen below the minimum support level and are hurting farmers. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), under the commerce ministry, also said import of this dal is subject to annual quota of three lakh tonnes.
“Import of urad and moong dal is revised from free to restricted,” the DGFT said in a notification. It, however, said this restriction will not apply to the government’s import commitments under any bilateral and regional agreement.
Moong production touched a record 2.07 million tonnes (mt) in 2016-17 crop year that ended June as against 1.59 mt in the previous fiscal. India is the world’s largest pulse producer and importer. Earlier this month, the government had also put imports of pigeon peas and toor dal under the restricted category.

Import of urad and moong dal