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Global

While the Australian almond industry’ s harvest season runs from February to April each year, the Northern Hemisphere’ s almond industries harvest between August and October. Californian shipments, or sales, for each marketing year are reported from August through to the following July. Californian almond production in the 2024 / 25 year, classed as marketable, was, 2.746 billion pounds or 1.246million tonnes.
Total almond production globally was 1.69 million tonnes. California represents 73.6 % of total supply. Spain( 122,300 tonnes) is the third largest producer with Türkiye rounding out the top four( 30,000 tonnes) according to INC statistical data.
CALIFORNIA PLANTINGS
Year
Total Ha
2015 / 16
481,576
2016 / 17
513,951
2017 / 18
550,372
2018 / 19
562,513
2019 / 20
615,122
2020 / 21
647,497
2021 / 22
667,731
2022 / 23
659,638
2023 / 24
632,660
2024 / 25
617,403
2025 / 26
NA *
* Not available at time of publication. Update to come Nov 26 Source: Almanac 2024 & Land IQ
US SHIPMENT BY REGION
US Shipment by Region
CENTRAL / EASTERN EUROPE 1 %
LATIN AMERICA / CARRIBBEAN 2 %
MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA 16 %
ASIA PACIFIC 29 %
WESTERN EUROPE 23 %
NORTH AMERICA 29 %
Source: 2025 Almond Board of California- Almond Almanac
Central / Eastern Europe 2 % Latin America / Carribbean 1 %
Middle East / Africa 17 %
North America 30 %
Western Europe 22 %
Asia Pacific 28 %
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