Jerry Guirguis interviewing Nick Goddard, Chief Executive Officer, Pulse Australia Limited, 28 January 2023

[ pre-recorded Zoom ].

Pulse Australia, the peak body that represents all sectors of the Legumes industry, from growers, researchers, traders, exporters and agronomists, tonight we'll talking about Australian home grown Faba beans, Chickpeas & Lentils, shipped to Egypt

Tonight we’re celebrating Australian grown Faba beans [ Fuul ] that’s exported to Egypt

United Nations, declared 10th February, is the international day of pulses

We engage specialists to share their up-to-date trade trends, these professionals, with In-the-skin knowledge of world markets, help us demystify world trade jargons and are very accurate with their projections.

Mr Nick Goddard

Chief Executive Officer

Pulse Australia

w : 02 8007 7553

www.pulseaus.com.au

listen to interview on YouTube NOW !!! [ https://youtu.be/wGQIXujqBJw ]

re : Australian Pulse Varieties 2021 [ Pulse Variety Charts 2021.pdf (pulseaus.com.au) ]

FF-Export-PerformanceReport_20-21_web.pdf (agriculture.vic.gov.au) https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/849718/FF-Export-PerformanceReport_20-21_web.pdf

2016 ABC Landline – Bean Boom, Reporter – Prue Adams, broadcast 11/Mar/2016

[ http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2015/s4397359.htm

Jerry interviewed Nick on Monday 26^th September 2016 and again on 14 Dec 2020.

2015 2015_PulseCropPosters_A1sizeLR.pdf (pulseaus.com.au)

https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/egyp-cef.pdf

Hi Nick & Thank you again for being on our 94.1FM 3WBC – Egypt Australia Radio Show [ EARS ],

Happy World Pulses Day coming up [ 10 February ]

can we start with ......................

Q1] Tell us about Pulse Australia today, post Covid, surviving recent torrential rain around Australian states, and

the effects of the ongoing war torn Ukraine/Russia and their position in exporting Pulses/Legumes to the world ?.

Faba Beans [ Fuul ], a relative of broad beans, is now growing in all Australian states, very successfully,

Australia is now supplying 90% world markets, Egypt is importing 75% of Australian Faba beans ],

France, Italy and Japan.

In Australia, Faba beans planting area has doubled in last five years

2015 – 2016 faba beans = 330,000 tonnes

UN food and Agriculture Organization demand 500,000 tonnes for Faba Beans and Australia was

providing ~ 70% world’s requirements then.

NOW, in 2020-2021

Australia is now [ 2021 ] providing ~ 90% of the world's requirements.

Q2] How did we, in Australia, become the experts on planting Faba beans and the

number One Exporter of Faba beans to the world ?

Australian Export of Faba Beans [ Fuul ] has grown from $138 Million,

$199 Million,

and NOW [ 2021 $215 Million ]

Egypt was buying 67% at ~ $134 Million,

now in 2021 75% [ ~ $162 million ]

Egypt maintains its position as the biggest buyer in the world market of Australian Faba beans,

Is that Exposure a Good thing or Bad ?

Egyptian breakfast includes a bowl of Fuul Medames [ slowly cooked Faba with a fresh garden salad, oil and lemons ]

Q3] Do we know if that’s still an affordable cheap meal, with the recent conversion rate being at $1 AUD = 20 EGY pounds ?.

Q4] Any opportunities for Australian Food processing companies to commercially cook and can Faba beans,

for local and Export markets ?

Thank You for your valuable time and informative replies.

Best Regards

Jerry Guirguis

Presenter

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