2021 Almond Report

World commercial almond production has increased by a massive 37% over the five years ending 2021. The US had a record crop of 1,413,000 MT (shelled basis) in 2020/21. This crop is still being exported and exports at the end of 2020 and the first half of 2021 broke new records. World consumption of almonds is increasing both as a total as well as per capita. India, the world's largest importer of almonds, imported 218,120 MT of in-shell almonds in 2020 and the imports remained strong through the first half of 2021. Europe imported 463,866 MT of shelled almonds in 2020, which was 56% of global imports.