According to the forecasts of the International Nuts and Dried Fruit Council (INC), the world production will produce 4.99 million tons of nuts this season -not including pistachios in shell-, i.e. 7.99% less than in the 2020/21 season.
The Northern Hemisphere crop has already been harvested. The relative data for this 2021/22 season indicates that there has been a 54% growth in production in the last decade; however, the INC has highlighted that in the current campaign there have been interruptions in shipping and logistics, which are causing some delays and short-term supply shortages.
According to forecasts, almond production has reached a total volume of 1.59 million tons, i.e. 8% less than the 1.73 million achieved in the 2020/21 campaign. This decrease has been attributed mainly to the United States' short harvest.
In Spain, the latest forecasts from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food point to a significant 14.6% drop in almond production, standing at 302,812 tons in shell compared to 354,390 tons last year.
There has also been a decrease in walnut production, which has gone from one million tons last season to 984,925 tons this year, a negative evolution due to the average harvest in China, the short season in California after the record volume that it obtained in 2020/21, and Brazil's smaller production.
The pistachio volume has dropped to 729,300 tons (1.05 million in 2020/21) because the United States, Iran, and Turkey had a 'bad year'.
The INC has estimated that the cashew (861,390 t), hazelnut (541,130 t), and macadamia nuts (66,345 t) harvests will be 3% to 7% higher than in the previous season. Pine nut production (43,810 t) increased by 2%, mainly due to good harvests in China and Russia.
Peanut production, which appears in a separate category, has risen to 50.5 million tons, i.e. 2% more than in the 2020/21 season thanks to the boost in production in Nicaragua (+ 14%), Brazil (+ 9%), Nigeria (+ 8%), China (+ 4%), the United States (+ 2%), and India (+ 1%).
According to the INC, the world will produce 3.17 million tons of dried fruits this season, i.e. 6.4% more than in the previous season, mainly due to the significant advance in prunes and dates and, to a lesser extent, to the increase in raisins and dried cranberries.
Source: agroinformacion.com
