The USDA has published the Tree Nuts Annual report for India:
For marketing year (MY) 2024/2025 (August-July), post forecasts India's almond production marginally lower at 4,150 metric tons (MT) (shelled basis), compared to last MY estimates. For the same MY, post projects almond imports at 190,000 MT, up by six percent from the previous MY 2023/2024 estimates of 180,000 MT. Post is revising its earlier MY 2023/2024 import estimates to 180,000 MT based on the latest updated trade data. For MY 2024/2025 (September-August), post forecasts India's walnut production at 33,200 MT (in-shell basis). For MY 2023/2024, post is revising its estimates lower at 33,000 MT as there were no seasonal rains in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, and soil degradation in the walnut regions has affected its production yield. For MY 2024/2025, post expects India's walnut imports to reach 70,000 MT, a 17 percent increase from the previous MY estimates. India's MY 2024/2025 (September – August) pistachio (in-shell basis) imports are forecast at 40,000 MT.
Production
For marketing year (MY) 2024/2025 (August-July), post forecasts India's almond production lower at 4,150 metric tons (MT) (shelled basis), owing to climate and soil challenges within the top almond producing states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. There has been a continued trend of high temperatures, a lack of soil moisture, and prolonged dryness in these top growing areas, which indicates an ongoing threat to India's almond orchards that
results in damaged crops at the blooming stage and reduced fruit setting. Additionally, aging
orchards and low yields are enticing farmers to shift away from almonds to more profitable, and government supported, apple cultivation.
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