The main importers of mung beans in China are Myanmar, Australia, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, Thailand, Indonesia, India and other countries.

Among them, Uzbekistan has sufficient sunshine and fertile soil, which is suitable for mung bean cultivation. Since 2018, Uzbek mung beans have entered the Chinese market.

The price of Uzbek mung beans is cheaper than that in China. Moreover, it is a medium-small bean. In addition to being a commodity bean, it can also be used to produce mung bean sprouts. Most of the mung beans in China are medium-large beans with good commercial properties, which are mainly used to produce mung bean sprouts and export; small beans are rarely planted.

Different varieties of mung beans have different seed sizes and the weight of 100 seeds is also different. Therefore, for the same weight of mung bean seeds, the number of small-grained ones is more than that of large-grained ones, and the number of bean sprouts is also more.

It is more advantageous to mainly use medium and small-grained varieties for bean sprouts. The small-grained mung beans are called sprout beans in bean sprout processing companies.

They can meet the needs of some consumers and enterprises, are active in domestic and foreign markets, and the demand is increasing.

According to a bean sprout processing company in Chengdu, the mung beans imported from abroad are mainly small and medium-sized beans used to produce bean sprouts. The company has previously purchased Uzbek mung beans from other channels, but the quality of the mung bean sprouts is not as good as those from Northeast China.

However, compared with the small mung beans from Northeast China, Uzbek mung beans have a greater price advantage.