Mozambique cashews and macadamia nuts are allowed to enter the Chinese market!

China's General Administration of Customs has approved the import of cashews and macadamia nuts from Mozambique, subject to specific requirements. These nuts must not carry certain quarantine pests and must be free of impurities such as live insects, soil, and weed seeds. The article also provides an overview of the global cashew and macadamia nut markets, with a focus on the production and export dynamics of these nuts, particularly from Africa to India and Vietnam, and the plans for macadamia nut cultivation in Mozambique.

Recently, the General Administration of Customs of China officially issued Announcement No. 123 of 2024, stating that from now on, cashews and macadamia nuts from Mozambique that meet relevant requirements will be allowed to be imported. Mozambique cashews and macadamia nuts allowed to be imported refer to the ripe fruits of cashew trees and macadamia trees grown in Mozambique, which are processed by selection, drying and other processes in Mozambique to be made into shelled or unshelled cashews and macadamia nuts for human consumption. About 90% of the unshelled cashews traded in the global market come from The tropical climate zone of 20 West and East African countries in Africa, among which Côte d'Ivoire has the largest production, followed by Tanzania, Nigeria, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Ghana. The shelling rate of cashew nuts in the African continent is less than 15%. Between 2024 and 2018, 98% of the world's shelled cashew nuts were exported to India and Vietnam, ...