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Global pistachio production hits new records in 2020/21

Pistachio Kernel
Published Mar 1, 2021

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Pistachio producers are having a good year, but how have production and consumption changed during the COVID-19 era?

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Pistachio producers around the globe have many reasons to rejoice during marketing year 2020/21. In February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service released its Tree Nuts: World Markets and Trade report, detailing the surge in global pistachio production. In 2020/21, production exploded by 40%, hitting a record 985,000 metric tons of in-shell pistachios. The U.S. continues to lead the world in pistachio production and is forecast to reach 476,000 metric tons in 2020/21. This is attributable to it currently being the on-year of the alternate-bearing crop cycle alongside an increase in bearing acreage. During 2018/19, the previous comparable marketing year, U.S. production was 447,696 tons. This represents an increase of 28,302 tons for the current marketing year. Turkey is the second-largest global producer by volume and is set to produce 250,000 tons of pistachios in 2020/21, nearly tripling output. Good conditions in southeastern Turkey, where most ...
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