Cashew Industry News

The latest news from the African cashew industry.

CMA CGM resumes service for cashew export from Guinea-Bissau to India and Vietnam

27 Jun, 2023

As of mid-June, CMA CGM is pleased to announce the resumption of our fortnightly BIJAGOS SHUTTLE service for the upcoming season of cashew exports from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to India and...read more

World Bank approves $200m financing to Ghana for mordernization and diversification of tree crops

27 Jun, 2023

The World Bank has approved financing of $200 million to Ghana to modernize and diversify the country’s tree crops.

In a press release copied to...read more

Ivory Coast lifts its forecast for 2023 cashew output by 22%

23 Jun, 2023

Ivory Coast's forecast for the 2023 cashew output has been revised up by 22% to a record 1.25 million tonnes, boosted by good weather and smuggling from...

Love munching on cashew nuts? This video on how it is processed will leave you impressed

20 Jun, 2023

After being extracted, the cashew seed undergoes a long process to become the snack we eat and...

How Côte d’Ivoire plans to double cashew processing capacity

10 Jun, 2023

With their ambitious factory project, Côte d’Ivoire and Arise IIP aim to valorise the local agricultural chain and develop the industrial zone of...

MOVE ComCashew Launching of the Call for Concept notes for the Competitive Matching Grant Fund

9 Jun, 2023

Thanks to the project “Business Support Facility for Resilient Agriculture Value Chains” which is co-financed by the European Union (EU) under the post-Cotonou agreement with the Secretariat of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and by the Federal Ministry of Development and Economic Cooperation (BMZ) and...

Ghana Commodity Exchange to trade cashew

8 Jun, 2023

Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) is considering the listing of raw cashew nuts on its trading platform to facilitate the...

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

7 Jun, 2023

Drissa Dembele, a farmer and buyer of raw cashews, surveyed unshelled nuts he had spread out to dry on a tarpaulin in a dusty courtyard, unsure of when he would...

In the proposed budget for FY 2023-24, the government has levied Total Tax Incidence (TTI) on imported cashew nuts and dates

2 Jun, 2023

On Thursday, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed to increase the Total Tax Incidence (TTI) on the import of Shelled Cashew Nuts from 15.25% to...read more

Ban on foreign cashew buyers looms