Cashew nut exports expected to exceed US$3 billion
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, cashew nuts raked in US$2.87 billion from 289,000 tonnes, down 0.4% in volume but up 23.1% in value.
With this growth, the country’s export revenue of cashew nuts is likely to hit some US$3.4-US$3.5 billion in 2017.
The result is spurred by a surge in both prices and demands. Vietnam experienced a poor cashew crop during 2016-2017 with productivity of 250,000 tonnes, thus cashew nuts has been sold at higher prices, average US$9,909 per tonnes in nine-month period ending in September, an increase of 25.1% year on year.
Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacash) Chairman Nguyen Duc Thanh said that export prices of cashew nuts in the nine months reached a record high, resulting in significant growth in export revenue from key markets like the US (34.7%), the Netherlands (45.2%), China (9.1%) and the UK (4.6%).
Notably, Vietnamese cashew nuts have captured a lion’s share of the US market with 73.7% and the Netherlands with 65.2%, he noted.
Despite a considerable increase in cashew nut prices, demands for the product are growing. The International Nut and Dried Fruit Council (INC) said that global cashew nut demands rose 6.1% per year while cashew productivity only picked up 3.5% per year.
Thanh said that it is crucial to develop a national brand for Vietnamese cashew nuts, given that although Vietnamese cashew exports occupied half of the world’s volume and value, foreign consumers believed that all cashew products are originated from India.
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