Californian Walnut Shipments - Market Update
Californian walnut shipment figures for January were 53,516 tons. In comparison to the 2021 figure of 63,004 tons, this figure is down by 15.1%. Season to date shipment figures total 311,552 tons for 2022, in comparison to 394,919 tons in 2021. This figure is down by 21.12%.
Final crop receipts for 2021/22 are 720,163 tons, in comparison to 2020/21 crop receipts of 785,000 tons. This year’s figure has shown a 8.3% decrease. January 2022 compared with 2021 figures were down by 6% for the USA domestic market, and Export shipments were down 19.1%
Key regions as follows:
- Turkey – in shell down 41.28%
- UAE inshell down 55.79%
- Japan Kernels up by 7.69%
- Middle East/Africa inshell down 46.14%
- Germany Kernels up 27.02%
- Europe kernels up 4.02%
Total inshell exports down 44.22% - Export kernels down 7.78%