Monday, January 10, 2011

Almonds, Almendras, Prunus dulcis

Almond is a small , 5-10 m high tree, that starts producing on its 5th year.
It has been cultivated since 3000 BC all over Southern Europe and North Africa, along with Middle East.
 Today, USA dominates this market with 1 162 200 tons produced in 2009.
The biggest per capita production is in Lebanon , 6.9 kg of nuts produced in 2009. Spain doesn't fall very far behind with 5.9-6 plus a strong growth of production rate. With all that Spain is still number 1 buyer of US almonds.
In 2009,  2 311 682 + tons of almonds (with shell) were  produced, leaving a potential consumer with 335 grams of nuts to consume.
Assuming 60% edible weight, world crop can provide 11.36 million people  with 2000 calories a day, or an entire population of Cuba.

1 766 641+ hectares ( over 1.14% of all permanent crop land in the world ) were used for production of almonds in 2009, a territory similar in size to Kuwait.
Also during 2009, American exporters sold $1.42 billion in shelled almonds to customers in 101 nations.


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US Exported Almond Sales

Among the top 12 buyers of American shelled almonds, 3 countries below (Spain, Germany and Hong Kong) generated over a third of the total $1.4 billion in US exported almond sales in 2009.
  1. Spain … US$211.1 million
  2. Germany … $145.1 million
  3. Hong Kong … $138.4 million
  4. United Arab Emirates … $111.3 million
  5. Canada … $86.2 million
  6. Japan … $78.5 million
  7. Netherlands … $61.4 million
  8. Italy … $53.9 million
  9. South Korea … $45.1 million
  10. France … $44.6 million
  11. India … $35.7 million
  12. Russia … $35.1 million
Overall, US export sales for shelled almonds were down 3.6% from $1.48 billion in 2008. Among the top 12 almond buyers above, 7 nations generated reduced imported almond sales at rates ranging from a 5.5% slowdown in Canada to a 27% decline in Italy.
Leading the percentage gains in the remaining 5 countries, US exported almond sales were up 58.9% and 57.3% in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong respectively.

Production by country:
Afghanistan
Almonds, with shell
3148142000M
Algeria
Almonds, with shell
341103952147393
Argentina
Almonds, with shell
500 500F 500F
Armenia
Almonds, with shell
0F 0F M
Australia
Almonds, with shell
1802419000F 18957
Azerbaijan
Almonds, with shell
502500505
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Almonds, with shell
554849
Bulgaria
Almonds, with shell
245300F 503
Burkina Faso
Almonds, with shell
1300F 1300F 1260Fc
Chile
Almonds, with shell
10400 10500F 11000F
China
Almonds, with shell
30000 32000F 35000F
Côte d'Ivoire
Almonds, with shell
800F 800F M
Croatia
Almonds, with shell
5009051835
Cyprus
Almonds, with shell
668432550
France
Almonds, with shell
15911042M
Georgia
Almonds, with shell
770F 800F 700F
Greece
Almonds, with shell
4565234500M
Hungary
Almonds, with shell
182161144
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Almonds, with shell
120000 126679M
Iraq
Almonds, with shell
390F 390F M
Israel
Almonds, with shell
6478627611762
Italy
Almonds, with shell
112644118723M
Jordan
Almonds, with shell
134113441003
Kazakhstan
Almonds, with shell
300F 300F M
Kyrgyzstan
Almonds, with shell
1500 1500F 1500F
Lebanon
Almonds, with shell
2940029400F M
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Almonds, with shell
25000F 25000F M
Mexico
Almonds, with shell
60F 60F 60F
Morocco
Almonds, with shell
8143786902M
Nepal
Almonds, with shell
11119
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Almonds, with shell
52576233M
Pakistan
Almonds, with shell
2338226614M
Portugal
Almonds, with shell
11100979612454
Republic of Moldova
Almonds, with shell
1000 1000F M
Slovenia
Almonds, with shell
0F 0F M
Spain
Almonds, with shell
187656173700276100
Swaziland
Almonds, with shell
750 750F M
Syrian Arab Republic
Almonds, with shell
760938261697002
Tajikistan
Almonds, with shell
3200 3200F M
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Almonds, with shell
1376622819
Tunisia
Almonds, with shell
5800051500M
Turkey
Almonds, with shell
507535277454844
Turkmenistan
Almonds, with shell
1000
1000F M
Ukraine
Almonds, with shell
201020
United Arab Emirates
Almonds, with shell
850F 850F M
United States of America
Almonds, with shell
121290014100001162200
Uzbekistan
Almonds, with shell
18500 18500F M
Yemen
Almonds, with shell
130 130F M
World + (Total)
Almonds, with shell
2207308 2420189 2311682

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