Togo’s cashew nut exports to India rose by 54% at the beginning of 2018

Agriculture
Friday, 06 July 2018 14:51
Togo’s cashew nut exports to India rose by 54% at the beginning of 2018

(Togo First) - Togo’s raw cashew exports to India, the world’s largest processor, soared by 54% to 9,088 tons at the beginning of 2018, Rongead revealed in its N’kalo report released end-June.

Beside Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria whose exports to the Asian nation slumped recently, other West African cashew producers recorded good performances this year.

Ghana’s exports to India grew 71%, standing at 45,418 tons over the period reviewed. As a result, it stole Côte d’Ivoire’s position, as the leading West African cashew supplier to India (volumes of cashew exported by Côte d’Ivoire fell 11% as compared to 2017).

Over the first five months of 2018, Nigeria exported 12,303 tons of cashew to India, as against 6,730 tons at the beginning of 2016.

Volumes exported by Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia and Senegal stood at 10,593 tons (+42% from 2016), 4,950 tons (+101%), 1,336 tons (+912%), 577 tons (+173%), 52 tons (+4%) and 63 tons respectively, at the beginning of this year.

Fiacre E. Kakpo

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