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How much cashews do Vietnam produce?

Vietnam is the 4th largest producer of cashews: 306,185 tonnes in 2024, 7.2% of the world's 4.2 million tonnes (FAOSTAT).

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Vietnam's cashews production

Vietnam cashews production, 2024
World rankProduction (tonnes)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
4306,185 tonnes7.2%+2.3% a year2024

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Vietnam cashews production monthly prices, tonnes, Jan 1961 to Jan 2024Line chart of vietnam cashews production monthly prices in tonnes from Jan 1961 to Jan 2024: Vietnam cashews production from 700 to 306,185, peaking at 399,308.0100,000200,000300,000400,000196519701975198019851990199520002005201020152020tonnes
Vietnam cashews production

Share of world output over time

Vietnam's share of world cashews production in selected years
19902000201020202024
17%3.6%10%9.4%7.2%

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 0.3%, 1970s 0.7%, 1980s 8.2%, 1990s 5.4%, 2000s 7.8%, 2010s 8.9%, 2020s 8.6%. See the concentration-over-time report.

Vietnam as a buyer of cashews

Vietnam imported $1.8 billion of raw cashew nuts in shell (HS 080131) in 2024, 51% of world imports, ranked #1. Of its $1.8 billion of cashews imports in 2024, 35% came from Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) and 28% from Cambodia, among 17 suppliers. Largest sources: Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) (35%), Cambodia (28%), Tanzania (16%), Nigeria (8.6%), Indonesia (4.4%).

Import dependency · Supplier shifts

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