Gambia is located on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Its cashew nut export value reached a peak of $72.53 million in 2017, with exports of $35.36 million in 2023, primarily exported to countries including India, Vietnam, Singapore, and the United States. Importable Gambian cashew nuts refer to cashew nuts with or without shells, produced for human consumption, made from cashew nuts grown within Gambia and processed through drying, selection, and other processing techniques within Gambia.
Cashew nuts exported from Gambia to China must not carry African leaf-footed bug, grain moth, African blind bug, ocean scale insect, invasive fruit fly, and cashew dry branch disease; must not contain live insects, insect eggs, soil, and must not be mixed with weed seeds, plant residues, metal foreign objects, or gravel and other impurities. The entire process of Gambian cashew nut exports to China, including raw material cultivation, production, processing, storage, transportation, and export, must comply with food safety and plant health requirements of both China and Gambia, and must not be contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms or toxic and harmful substances. For shipments with live insects, fumigation treatment must be conducted before export, with fumigation treatment indicators noted on the phytosanitary certificate.
Malawi, an inland country in southeastern Africa, is the third-largest macadamia nut exporter in Africa and the seventh-largest globally, following South Africa and Kenya. In 2022, Malawi exported macadamia nuts worth $21.6 million, accounting for 3.1% of its total exports. Importable Malawian macadamia nuts refer to macadamia nuts with or without shells, produced for human consumption, made from macadamia nuts grown within Malawi and processed through drying, selection, and other processing techniques within Malawi.
Macadamia nuts exported from Malawi to China must not carry apple tortrix moth and nut tortrix moth; must not contain live insects, insect eggs, soil, and must not be mixed with weed seeds, plant residues, metal foreign objects, or gravel and other impurities. Macadamia nuts exported to China must undergo fumigation treatment before