The mostly commonly consumed are peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, walnuts, pistachios, Brazilian nuts and coconuts. The most popular however is the peanut; in the fiscal year of 2014 Germans consumed a total of 105,000 tons of peanuts (with and without the shell). In second place, the almonds with a total of 78,000 tons. Third place belongs to hazelnuts, with 53,000 tons. Cashews, walnuts and pistachios all had similar amounts of consumption.
Cashews, walnuts and pistachios are neck and neck
In 2014/15 the net import of cashews is the fourth largest in Germany, at a total of 31,000 tons. Fifth place belongs to walnuts (with the shell) with a total of about 25,000 tons and pistachios in sixth place with a total import of 22,500 tons. Coco/Brazilian nuts had about 4,000 tons. These amounts are based on the most current data available.