Turkish cashew nut importers are looking to seek ways to directly bring products from Africa to Turkey. Currently, the products are sent to Vietnam where they are processed and then exported to Turkey which increases the import price of the cashew kernel nuts exponentially.
Turkish importers are looking to make deals with processing facilities located in Africa so they can immediately send their purchased products to those facilities and have them processed there in order to reduce costs. However, they have been struggling to find reliable facilities in Africa to work with.