Leading tree nut producers
During the 2021/2022 period, the leading country in terms of global walnut production was China. The United States ranked second, producing over 650 thousand metric tons that marketing year. China was also the largest producer of peanuts worldwide, with a production of over 18 million metric tons in 2021, almost double the volume produced by India, the next leading peanut producer. Over half percent of the world’s pistachios were cultivated in the United States in 2022/2023.International trade
In 2022, the world’s leading exporter of edible nuts was by far United States, which exported over eight billion U.S. dollars that year. Turkey accounted for the second-largest edible nut export value, which was about 1.5 billion dollars that year. Other major nut exporters in 2022 included China, Australia, and Spain. On the other hand, 2022’s leading importer of edible nuts was Germany, which imported over 2.1 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of nuts within the same year.
