Origins / growing areas
India and Vietnam are the two largest single growers of Cashew nuts, and the main suppliers of the market. The processing capacity in these two countries exceeds the crop and therefore they both import a lot of raw material from outside growing areas, like Africa. Raw nuts are then processed in India and Vietnam and exported as Indian or Vietnamese kernels.Another major player is Brazil who’s main export market is the USA, mainly due to the short voyage time and the growing need to have just-in-time deliveries and lower stocks. Cashew nuts are also growing in Indonesia, East Africa (Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique) and West Africa (Benin, Guinea Bissau and Ivory Coast, Nigeria and some smaller producing countries).

Harvest times / Shipment times
India/Vietnam/Indonesia : 2-3 harvests, starting in March and ending in June.
Brazil : starting in November/December and finishing in January/early February.
West Africa : February/March.
East Africa : October/November.