Almonds: Australia’s exports reach all-time high
April 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM ,
Der AUDITOR
Crop volume is the limit
As Australia's almond exports to China showed last season, Australian exporters have already benefited significantly in recent months from the free trade agreement concluded with China in 2017. And it is not only trade with China that could increase significantly in the 2025/2026 season.
Due to geopolitical tensions and the punitive tariffs imposed almost worldwide by US President Donald Trump, Australian almond growers could further expand their influence on the international almond market. The limit is only set by actual availability, as almond shipments already exceeded production volumes last season. The Almond Board of Australia estimates domestic almond production in 2025 at 155,550 mt of shelled almonds, a decrease of 5.5% compared to last year. Australia accounts for around 10% of global almond production, while almost 80% comes from the USA.
Australia's exports at record levels
In February 2025, the last month of the 2024/2025 season, Australia shipped a total of 5,533 mt of shelled and unshelled almonds domestically and overseas, an increase of 4.5% compared to the same month last year. While domestic shipments increased by a whopping 27.6% to 2,404 mt, the export volume fell by 8.3% to 3,129 mt; this is still the second best result for February exports after the record exports of previous months.
In addition to the significant increase in domestic shipments, exports to Turkey (+122.4% to 923 mt), China (+62.9% to 668 mt) and Germany (+70.0% to 136 mt) also rose year-on-year in the last month of the current season. In contrast, shipments to Spain (-15.9% to 227 mt), India (-82.6% to 147 mt) and the United Arab Emirates (-42.5% to 127 mt) declined.
In the 2024/2025 season (01/03/2024-28/02/2025), a total of around 169,541 mt of Australian almonds with and without shells were shipped domestically and overseas. Not only did domestic deliveries increase by 6.6% year-on-year to 26,029 mt, exports also rose by 34.6% to 143,512 mt. Shipments to China increased by a good 128% year-on-year to 76,121 mt and exports to India also recorded growth of 3.2% to 19,8003 mt – countries such as Turkey (+12.5% to 12,410 mt), Germany (+24.4% to 4,685 mt) and the United Arab Emirates (+66.0% to 3,932 mt) followed this trend. In contrast, shipments to Vietnam (-27.7% to 8,525 mt) and Spain (-65.6% to 3,611 mt) declined overall.
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Almond shipments, Australia, in mt |
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Destination |
2023/24 |
2024/25 |
Diff. |
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China |
33,373 |
76,121 |
128.1% |
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Australia |
24,423 |
26,029 |
6.6% |
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India |
19,180 |
19,803 |
3.2% |
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Turkey |
11,036 |
12,410 |
12.5% |
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Vietnam |
11,798 |
8,525 |
-27.7% |
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Germany |
3,765 |
4,685 |
24.4% |
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UAE |
2,368 |
3,932 |
66.0% |
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Spain |
10,496 |
3,611 |
-65.6% |
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Indonesia |
1,035 |
2,046 |
97.7% |
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Thailand |
965 |
1,763 |
82.7% |
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Others |
12,603 |
10,616 |
-15.8% |
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Total |
131,042 |
169,541 |
29.4% |
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Almond Board of Australia; Mar-Feb; shelled and unshelled |
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