Mozambique cashews and macadamia nuts enter Chinese market

Published 2024년 9월 26일

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Mozambique is permitted to import cashews and macadamia nuts, both for human consumption, that are locally grown. The majority of global unshelled cashews come from West and East African countries, with Côte d'Ivoire being the largest producer. The shelling rate in Africa is less than 15%. In 2021, Mozambique produced between 1,500 and 2,500 tons of shelled macadamia nuts, which are primarily exported to South African processing plants for kernel re-export or directly as shells. By 2023, Niassa Province in northern Mozambique plans to restore land for macadamia nut farming and build the first macadamia nut processing plant in the area. Exported cashews to China must not carry certain quarantine pests and must be free of impurities like live insects and soil.

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The cashews and macadamia nuts allowed for import in Mozambique refer to the cashews and macadamia nuts grown in Mozambique. They are shelled or unshelled cashews and macadamia nuts for human consumption. About 90% of the unshelled cashews traded on the global market come from the tropical climate zones of 20 West and East African countries, of which Côte d'Ivoire has the largest production, followed by Tanzania, Nigeria, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Ghana. The shelling rate of cashews on the African continent is less than 15%. Between 2024 and 2018, 98% of the world's shelled cashews were exported to India and Vietnam, and the cashew kernels were exported again after shelling. The climate in Mozambique is conducive to macadamia production, but the local industry is still in its infancy. The production of shelled macadamia nuts in Mozambique in 2021 is between 1,500 and 2,500 tons. , mainly exported to South African processing plants for re-export of kernels, or directly ...

Source: Foodmate