In Australia, harvesting and post-harvest preparations for winter pulses—such as chickpeas, lentils, faba beans, peas, and lupins—for the 2025–26 season have been completed, and the entire stock has now reached growers. Attention has shifted to domestic trading and export activity. According to trade analysts, chickpea prices in Australia have shown strong gains in recent days, while prices of lentils and faba beans have experienced only limited fluctuations. Last year, during December–January, bulk exports of chickpeas from Australia were quite brisk; however, export momentum appears slower this season. It is noteworthy that, similar to 2024–25, Australia has again recorded a bumper chickpea crop in the current 2025–26 season, while lentil production has surged to an all-time high. Government agency ABARES has estimated Australia’s total chickpea production for the 2025–26 season at 2.12 million tonnes. This is about 150,000 tonnes lower than the record 2.27 million tonnes produced in 2024–25, but still represents the second-highest output on record. According to a milling company, bulk shipments scheduled for the current week include 26,000 tonnes of chickpeas from the Port of Newcastle and 7,700 tonnes from Brisbane. Encouraged by the recent price rise, Australian growers have stepped up chickpea sales over the past few days. As a result, loading on additional vessels may begin soon, followed by fresh shipments. For Brisbane delivery, chickpea prices have improved by USD 25 per tonne compared with last week and are now quoted at USD 625 per tonne. However, this remains USD 15 per tonne below the higher level of USD 640 per tonne that prevailed about a month ago.