EU imports of Russian pine nuts increase by 30%

At the International Nut and Dried Fruit Council (INC) conference held this year, it was estimated that the global production of shelled pine nuts in 2024/2025 will be 136,800 tons, an increase of 75% over the previous year. Combined with last year's inventory, the supply is expected to reach 172,000 tons. The production of major producing countries is expected to increase significantly, for example, China will increase by 138.8% to 80,000 tons, North Korea will increase by 33.3% to 20,000 tons, Russia is expected to increase by 207.7% to 20,000 tons, while Turkey will decrease by 1.9% to 5,300 tons, Mongolia will decrease by 20% to 4,000 tons, and Afghanistan will decrease by 47.7% to 2,300 tons. Russia will impose stricter supervision on the commercial trade of pine nuts, and the country is the world's largest pine nut producer outside of China and North Korea. Supplier. The production of wild pine nuts in Russia is very unstable, fluctuating between 6,000 tons and 40,000 tons ...