Russia is rapidly increasing its consumption of the exotic macadamia nut, which is catching up with the pistachio

EastFruit analysts draw attention to the high growth rates of imports to Russia of non-traditional nuts for the country's consumers, such as cashews and macadamias. This suggests that more and more competitors appear on the Russian market for traditional types of nuts, primarily walnuts, and consumers are paying more and more attention to unusual and previously unfamiliar nuts. In particular, in the first eight months of 2021, the import of macadamia to the Russian Federation increased six times at once compared to the same period in 2020 and reached 457 tons. To clarify how significant this volume is, we can compare it with the volume of imports of pistachios, which are quite traditional for Russia. So, the import of pistachios to Russia during the same period reached only 586 tons. Those. was only slightly more than imports of macadamia nuts. But just 4 years ago, the import of macadamia to the Russian Federation was close to zero and amounted to only about 19 tons. Why is ...