Global macadamia production continues to grow, with Kenya's exports to China surging 20 times

The recent production data of major producing countries released by the World Macadamia Organization shows that global production is expected to continue to increase, and the production of the top macadamia nut producing countries will all increase by more than 10% in 2024. Based on the moisture content of 3.5 % of shell nuts, global macadamia nut production in 2022 will be 298,914 tons. Although the production of Australia, Kenya and Guatemala will decline to varying degrees in 2023, the global total production will still increase to 319,306 tons. Although China's production in 2022 and 2023 will be 62,500 tons and 56,000 tons respectively, China's macadamia nut imports are still growing rapidly. As the world's third largest macadamia nut exporter after Australia and South Africa, Kenya has in recent years The growth rate of exports to China is particularly alarming. Chinese customs statistics show that in 2021, China imported about 100 tons of unshelled macadamia nuts from ...