Almond

PRESENTED BY :Sneha Dalvi

INTRODUCTION • Almond (prunus dulcis) is A species of tree of the

genus prunus, belonging to the subfamily prunoideae of the family rosaceae and native to the middle east.

• Also known as the king of nuts, is a highly nutritious tree nut

• The largest traded dry fruit across the globe. • An integral part of India's cultural and culinary

heritage, • Considered a prized brain food. • Key ingredient in traditional Indian sweets, as well as

popular for gifting during festive seasons such as Diwali.

Almond Composition

ALMOND LIFECYCLE

Downtime Bloom Pollination

Growing Up Cracking Open Harvest

Shelling and Sizing

Storage

VALUE CHAIN

Indian Scenario• The annual rate of increase in india's

domestic consumption of almonds is reported to be around 20%.

• More than 95% of almonds consumed by indians is imported with more than 80% of imports being sourced from california.

• India has as domestic production of sweet almonds is only around 1,200 tonnes.

• Other almond trees present in the country are of non-descript variety and mostly produce bitter almonds.

• India imports almonds with shells and processes it domestically.

Cont……• Major country from which India imports almonds

is Australia. • The Indian festival season extending from

September to December is the peak consumption period for almonds, with maximum demand witnessed in November. 

• Thus heavy imports of new Californian almonds are seen from September to meet the strong domestic demand during the festival season.

• Imports from Australia pick up during April and may after the harvesting season in that country.

Global Scenario

• Annual global sweet almond production range of 7 - 8.5 lakh tones.

• Crop year is from august to july.• United states of america is the single

largest producer• Country contributing to over 80% of the

global almond production.• Single largest variety planted in

california.

• Production is reported to be 38% of the total output, followed by carmel (12%), monterey (10%), butte/padre (9%) and butte (8%).

• World's largest almond handler is the blue diamond growers cooperative, which is located in sacramento, california.

• Australia, turkey, chile, european union, china and india with a production of 26,000 tonnes, 16,000, 9500, 79,800, 1,500 and 1,200 tonnes on a shelled basis in 2008-09.

• Spain is the single largest producer in the european union.

• The annual trade in almonds has been around 4.6 lakh tones (on shelled basis)

• The major exporters are US, Australia and Chile with exports of 4,40,000 tones, 12,300 tones and 6,700 tones (on shelled basis) in 2008-09.

• European union, India, japan, Canada and turkey are the major importers with imports of 2,00,000 tones, 45,000 tons, 21,000 tons, 19,000 tones and 14,000 tones in 2008-09.

• The peak harvesting period of the Californian crop starts from mid-august and extends till September that of Australian crop occurs between February and April.

Major Indian Trading Centres

• Mumbai• New Delhi

Factors Influencing Prices

• Production and supply demand scenario in major exporting countries like U.S.A and Australia. 

• Stock available with the major traders in the domestic market. 

• Festive season demand. • Government intervention is low due to

non essential nature of the commodity.

Top Countries Producing Almond

Rank Country Production(million tons)

1 USA 1.41

2 Spain 0.22

3 Iran 0.16

4 Morocco 0.10

5 Italy 0.086

6 Syria 0.073

7 Tunisia 0.063

8 Turkey 0.055

9 Algeria 0.044

10 China 0.038

Market Spot Price

Future Prospect

• India's domestic production is miniscule at 1200 MT, in jammu & kashmir and parts of himachal pradesh and uttarakhand.

• Imports 98% of its almond requirements.

• India ranks 3rd in the world in imports and consumption of almond.

•  Estimated market size of almond is rs 1400-1600 crores.

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