Chickpeas Market Data, Grades and Trade

Editorial evidence reviewedReviewed 2026-09-09Release 2026-09-19-batch-230

Market value

$3B

Producing countries tracked

11

Grading systems

2

Active supply risks

5

Trade corridors

5

Latest reviewed evidence

The figures below are USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates for the 2025 United States chickpea crop, published in January 2026. The all-chickpea total aggregates the agency's small- and large-chickpea reporting series. These are dated U.S. crop measures—not global production, a current physical offer or a live delivered price.

United States all-chickpea planted area

536000

acres · crop year 2025

United States all-chickpea harvested area

520300

acres · crop year 2025

United States all-chickpea average yield

1315

pounds per acre · crop year 2025

United States all-chickpea production

6.84

million hundredweight · crop year 2025

Whole, split, milled, canned and planting chickpeas are separate products

The United States bean standard recognizes Chickpeas, also called Garbanzo Beans, as a dry-bean class, while USDA crop reporting maintains small- and large-chickpea series within the all-chickpea total. Whole dry food-grade lots are distinct from split chickpeas, flour and other milled ingredients, canned product and planting seed. Atlas keeps product stage, intended use and the declared size or class basis attached before comparing crop figures, grades, prices or trade flows.

Grade, size basis and inspection context travel with the lot

The United States Standards for Beans grade chickpeas within a declared class using the applicable bean factors, including moisture, contrasting and other classes, damaged beans, weevils, defects and foreign material, together with special-grade or sample-grade conditions where applicable. USDA's July 2023 dry-pulse purchase specification incorporates the current U.S. Standards and adds product-origin, crop-year, packaging, traceability, representative sampling and FGIS certification requirements for covered purchases. Those procurement conditions are not universal defaults for every origin or contract, so the governing standard, size description, sample and certificate must remain explicit.

National production does not determine a delivered chickpea price

USDA NASS estimated 6.84 million hundredweight of United States chickpea production from 520,300 harvested acres in 2025, averaging 1,315 pounds per acre. The aggregate does not identify small or large reporting class, grade, size count or screen, moisture, defects, splits, crop condition, packaging, origin, destination or delivery terms. A physical price therefore requires a defined lot and current permitted evidence rather than conversion of national crop statistics into an offer.

Questions procurement teams ask

Are chickpeas and garbanzo beans the same class in U.S. standards?

Yes. The cited United States Standards for Beans list Chickpeas with Garbanzo Beans as the alternate name. Commercial offers still need size, grade, crop year and lot-specific evidence.

Can small and large chickpea crop series be treated as one lot specification?

No. An all-chickpea production total may aggregate small and large reporting series, but a commercial lot must retain its exact size or class description and applicable inspection basis.

What does the 6.84 million hundredweight figure represent?

It is USDA NASS's estimate of total United States chickpea production for the 2025 crop year. It is a dated national crop measure, not global production and not a current physical price.

Which fields make physical chickpea offers comparable?

Product stage and intended use, class and size basis, grade and inspection method, moisture, contrasting and other classes, defects, splits, foreign material, stones and weevils, sample and certificate context, crop year, origin and traceability, package or bulk format, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.