Chinese growers announce plans to make Yunnan the world's largest macadamia growing region

Over the past thirty years, over 250,000 hectares of macadamia nut plantations have been created from scratch in Yunnan province. This region intends to displace Australia as the largest supplier of macadamia in the world. According to Chen Yuxiu, chairman of the Yunnan Macadamia Society and general manager of Yunnan Macadamia Industry Development Co., Ltd, thanks to the support of the local government, macadamia plantation area in the province has now exceeded 253,000 hectares and will reach 267,000 hectares in two to three years. This will account for 56% of all macadamia cultivation in the world. In 2022, China will produce between 46,000 and 50,000 tons of inshell macadamia, of which about 8,000 tons will be harvested in the Guangxi region and the rest in Yunnan, according to an industry representative. At present, the macadamia market in China is still highly dependent on imports, and domestically grown nuts account for only 10% of the country's consumption. However, as more ...