date:Nov 08, 2017
d to China (-6%), 590,000 tons to the USA (-5 %); 120,000 to Chile (+2.5%); 115,000 to the EU (-1.4%); 113,000 to Ukraine (+5%) and 58,000 to Turkey (-5%).
The USDA included data on pistachio for the first time in its nut report, but only those relating to the 2016/17 campaign (777,000 tons, +50%) and didn't make a forecast for 2017/18.
The USA is the largest producer of pistachio with 407,000 tons. It is followed by Turkey (155,000 tons), Iran (153,000 tons), China (116,000 tons) and the EU (