
The first 31,000 tonnes of Queensland-grown chickpeas were loaded at Gladstone for India ahead of a March tariff deadline. India suspended its chickpea tariffs after weather cut domestic output, and NSW grain handlers voted to stop work after pay talks with GrainCorp broke down.
Chickpea export flows to India are rising ahead of tariff reinstatement, while handler strike votes add logistics risk for Australian grain shipments.
After 206 past neutral trade events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (53% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.6%), and +0.5% over 20.
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