Galt & Taggart published a report on the Walnut Market. According to the document, the largest walnut producers are China and the US.
As of the document, the production of walnuts was steadily increasing worldwide and reached 1.157 million kg in 2022. The growth in production comes mainly from China and the USA. Production growth in China is related to the increase in cultivated area, as farmers plant the seedlings into full maturity. The US and China together account for 79.1% of world production.
According to the data of 2022, the production of walnuts in the world according to countries (in shell) is distributed as follows:
China - 53.3%
USA - 25.8%
Chile - 6.9%
Ukraine 3.0%
Turkey - 1.9%
Georgia - 0.3%
Other - 9.0%
