Almonds: Australia achieves new export record
August 21, 2024 at 9:31 AM ,
Der AUDITOR
June exports up by 40%
Australian almond suppliers were able to achieve a new export record in the first four months of the current season. Between March and June, a total of 49,008 mt of shelled and unshelled almonds were shipped domestically and internationally, which not only represents a year-on-year increase of 10.6%, but also marks the best result ever for this period. However, while domestic shipments declined by 4% to 7,876 mt in the first four months of the 2024/2025 season, the export volume increased by 13.9% year-on-year to 41,132 mt. China remains the main customer and doubled its imports in this period to 21,902 mt; almost half of this volume (9,907 mt) was imported in June alone. At 1,374 mt, shipments to Germany were also almost twice as high as in the same period last year, while exports to larger customer countries such as India, Turkey, Spain and the USA declined.
June shipments increased by more than a third overall to 17,889 mt, although domestic shipments were down again (-6.5% to 1,690 mt), while exports rose by a whopping 40% year-on-year to 16,199 mt. As already mentioned, shipments to China totalled 9,907 mt in June 2024, 130.5% higher than in the same month last year. Countries such as Germany (+67.5% to 598 mt), the Netherlands (+93.5% to 267 mt) and the United Arab Emirates (+65.4% to 263 mt) also increased their monthly imports, while shipments to countries such as India (-35.2% to 1,689 mt), Turkey (-16% to 1,000 mt) and Spain (-54.1% to 509 mt) remained in decline.
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Australian almond shipments, in mt |
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Destination |
2023 |
2024 |
Diff. |
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China |
10,836 |
21,902 |
102.1% |
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Australia |
8,205 |
7,876 |
-4.0% |
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India |
6,184 |
5,820 |
-5.9% |
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Turkey |
4,383 |
2,789 |
-36.4% |
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Spain |
6,506 |
2,064 |
-68.3% |
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Germany |
708 |
1,374 |
94.1% |
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UAE |
897 |
1,171 |
30.5% |
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Vietnam |
1,947 |
1,138 |
-41.6% |
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Netherlands |
537 |
660 |
22.9% |
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USA |
1,904 |
256 |
-86.6% |
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Others |
2,219 |
3,958 |
78.4% |
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Total |
44,326 |
49,008 |
10.6% |
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Almond Board of Australia; Mar-Jun shelled and unshelled |
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Almond crop up by around 50%
The reason for the good export results is likely to be the significantly larger crop this year, which was recently estimated at 160,000 mt of shelled almonds. Although the kernels are said to be smaller than last year, the result is still considerably higher than last year's figure of just over 100,000 mt. The almond blossom for the 2025 crop in Australia started just under a month ago, but there are currently no estimates for the upcoming crop.
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