Globally chana stocks are limited as Australia, the second largest producer of the pulse after India, is facing a severe drought this year which may see the output falling below 500,000 tn. In June, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences had forecast that the chana crop in the country in 2018-19 (Apr-Mar) may fall to 616,000 tn, down 40% from 1.03 mln tn seen in 2017-18. Currently, the price of the Australian chana is around $700 per tn for the old crop and $720 for the new crop that will be harvested soon.