Market Reports

On Thursday 11th April the position report for March 2024 was published. A lower shipment number than March 2023 was expected, as...

On Tuesday 12th March the position report for February 2024 was published. Unlike the last months sellers have been....

On Friday 9th February the position report for January 2024 was published. Talks leading up to the position report were about good shipment and new sales being a little slow. In the end shipments came in at....

On Thursday 11th January the position report for December 2023 was published. Good shipments were expected as new sales in October and November were very high. In the end shipments came in at...

On Friday 10th November the position report for October was published. As expected, shipments came in higher than last year, at 247 million lbs....

On Friday 10th November the position report for October was published. As expected, shipments came in higher than last year, at 247 million lbs...

On Tuesday 12th October the position report for September was published, the second of the almond year 2023/24. Shipments were expected to be…

On Tuesday, Sept. 12, the Almond Board of California released the position report for August, the first for the new 2023/24 almond season. As expected....

On Friday 11th August the position report for July was published, the last of the almond year 2022/23. Even though shipment is the second largest number ever for a July and an increase of...

Interesting two days with both the position report and the objective estimate being published! On Tuesday 11th July the position report was published followed by the objective estimate on Wednesday 12th July. The objective estimate was pretty much...

On Friday, 9 June 2023, the Almond Board of California released the position report for May. In view of the low commitments, shipments were as expected....

It has been a busy week with many numbers. On Thursday 11th May the Almond Board of California released the position report for March April 2023, followed by the subjective estimate on Friday 12th May....

On Tuesday 11th April the Almond Board of California released the position report for March 2023. For the third month in a row we saw a huge.....

On Thursday 9th March the Almond Board of California released the position report for February 2023. For the second month in a row we saw a huge increase in shipments. Shipments increased to almost all destinations, with Europe being the exception this month....

On Thursday 9th February the Almond Board of California released the position report for January 2023. For the first time in a very long time, this is not a non-event. California saw an improvement in all numbers. At 230 million lbs shipments were…

On Thursday 12th January the Almond Board of California released the position report for December 2022. A remarkable bounce back after three months with lower shipments than the year before. At 206 million lbs shipments came in…

On Tuesday 13th December the Almond Board of California released the position report for November 2022 with shipments at 204 million lbs. For the second consecutive month shipment numbers were...

On Friday 11th November the Almond Board of California released the position report for October 2022. There were mixed signals, again, leading up to the position report with some packers lower than last year and some higher than last year. October 2022 was, however, ...

On Tuesday 11th September the Almond Board of California released the second position report for the almond year 2022/23. With very mixed signals leading up to the Report...

On Friday 9th September the Almond of California released the first position report for the almond year 2022/23. And it brought much needed good news to the Californians. Shipments were up by…

After 3 months of very good shipments and an estimate below expectations the market was set for firmer prices. But California has now faced a very different reality. The position report for the month of July, the last one for the almond year 2021/22, was published by the Almond Board of California on Friday 12th August showing a…

Again a month with more than just one number to look at. On Friday 8th July the objective estimate was published. Expectation were in general between....

Last month we had both the INC meeting, the subjective estimate and a position report to talk about. This month it is only the position report. With less....

Last week was a busy week. The nuts and dried fruit industry was assembled at the annual International Nuts and Dried Fruits Congress (INC), during which the position report for April and the subjective estimate were both published. After a rather neutral March shipment report, the numbers for April were....

Tuesday 12th April was a busy day. The Almond Board published the position report for March 2022 and TNT published the first much expected unofficial crop estimate. California was hoping for ...

On Friday, 11th March the Almond Board of California published the position report for February 2022. There were rumors about shipments being...

On Friday 11th February the Almond Board of California published the position report for January 2022. The shipments follow the same pattern as seen during the last months. Shipments reached a...

The Turkish hazelnut market has been rather quiet for the last months. Demand has been relatively quiet, and the selling interest in Turkey has been limited. The development in the market has been more influenced by the financial development in Turkey, less by...

On Tuesday 11th January the Almond Board published the Position Report for December 2021. The shipments follow the same pattern as seen during the last months. Shipments reached a very...

On Tuesday 14th December the Almond Board of California published the position report for November 2021. The shipments follow the same pattern as seen during the last months. Shipments reached a...

On Thursday 11th November the Almond Board of California published the Position Report for October, the third report for the almond year 2021/22. October 2020 saw the largest shipments ever, so..

It is now well perceived in the market place that the 2021 Turkish Hazelnut crop is around 800k tonnes inshell if not a little higher. The Turkish Central bank announcing a 2% cut in the Base Rate…

On Tuesday 13th October the Almond Board of California published the position report for September. We had become so used to new shipment records, that it was interesting to see that no one...

On 10th September the Almond Board of California published the first position report for the almond year 2021/22. As always shipments were interesting, but most eyes were on...

Finally, we have the long awaited TMO support price of 26.5 Turkish Lire per Kilo.
To put this number into some form of perspective, the current market price of some $660 per 100 kilos DDU, is based on a Turkish Lire price of 25 Turkish Lire per kilo...

On Thursday 12th August the Almond Board of California published the position report for the month of July, the last month of the almond year. And it feels like...

A lot of numbers to look at this month. The position report covering the month of June 2021 was published Friday by the Almond Board of California followed by the objective estimate Monday. As we have seen the last few months....

The position report covering the month of May 2021 was published Thursday, the 10th of June, by the Almond Board of California. Once again most expected a big shipment number, and...

It has been an eventful week with two estimates and the position report for April being published. On Monday the estimate by Wonderful, a large handler of almonds and pistachios, came out, followed by the position report on Tuesday and the NASS subjective estimate on Wednesday. Again most expected a big shipment number published in the position report...

We have about one week to go, until we can finally declare that the Frost Risk for the 2021 season is over. Although the current forecasts suggest we will get through this tense period safely. Assuming we don’t have any frost in the next week....

The position report covering the month of March 2021 was published Friday 9th April 2021 by the Almond Board of California. Most expected a...

The position report covering the month of February 2021 was published Thursday, the 11th of March by the Almond Board of California. The number is a bit of a surprise...

The position report covering the month of January 2021 was published Thursday, the 11th of February by the Almond Board of California. And for once we are not repeating ourselves. It was NOT...

Hazelnut market is currently calm, after a few weeks of concern about the 2021 crop. The temperatures on the Black Sea coast were too warm for the time of year, which led to fears that the bloom would develop too early...

The position report covering the month of December 2020 was published on Tuesday 12th January 2021 by the Almond Board of California. And once again we are repeating ourselves. It was another..

The position report covering the month of November 2020 was published Tuesday, the 15th of December, by the California Almond Board. 2020 ended with another record. With 263.2 million lbs we had the highest shipments ever for a November.

Those who watch the hazelnut market avidly, will notice a continued preoccupation with the very volatile Turkish Lire in market reports, and its apparent effect on the...

The position report covering the month of October 2020 was published Thursday by the California Almond Board. With the very high commitments everyone expected shipment in October to follow the trend set out in

Now that most major Market Fundamentals for the 2020 crop season have all occurred, and dare I say, are priced in, we are left to watch the market marinade in order to see which of those Fundamentals prove most persuasive. For the moment the effect of what is referred to as “The Largest User”, is the most...

The first position report for the crop year 2020 was published Friday, the 11th of September, by the Almond Board of California. Given the high commitments, the high new sales and the low Prices...

The last position report for the crop year 2019 was published yesterday by the California Almond Board. Given the high commitments last month a...

Last week we saw two important numbers for the almond industry. The objective estimate was released on Tuesday, the 7th of July and the position report for June was released on Friday, the 10th of July. The objective estimate was as always awaited with much interest. With last year’s objective estimate being so far…

In our last report we mentioned the wide spread Turkish 2020 Crop “realistic” expectations of about 615,000 tonnes in shell, even though the earlier official report…

Yesterday the Almonds Board published the shipment number for May. Shipments in May were again a new record………..oh, they were not? And even much lower than last year? We have become so used to each position report bringing new shipment records that you almost need to look twice to see if there is an error.

Both the subjective estimate and the position report for April 2020 were published Tuesday night, the 12th of May, European time. Since the Terra Nova estimate of 2.97 billion lbs on 24th April the almond market...

This morning Terra Nova Trading published their annual estimate for the almond crop. The consensus before this estimate was around...

The hazelnut market has of course been affected by this dreaded virus, but more from a logistical standpoint than anything else. Truck drivers returning from Europe to...

The shipment report for March 2020 was published Thursday before Easter by the Almond Board. Development similar to the last few position reports. Once again we see...

The Shipment Report for February 2020 was published Thursday by the Almond Board. Once again we see...

The shipment report for January 2020 was published Tuesday, the 11th of February,
by the Almond Board. With 220.5 million lbs the number is approx. 10.5 million lbs or 5.2% ...

As always at this time, all eyes are on Turkey and the important criterion that determine the world hazelnut price. Many of these criteria of course remain artificial, or at any rate unrelated to the normal laws of supply and demand.

The last shipment report for the calendar year 2019 was published on Friday by the Almond Board. With 206 million lbs the number is approx. 6 million lbs or 3.2%...

The shipment report for November 2019 was published on 11th December 2019 by the Almond Board. With 235.9 million lbs the number is 1.7 million lbs or 0.7%...

The shipment report for October 2019 was published on Tuesday evening by the Almond Board. With 265.5 million lbs the number is 18.4 million lbs or 7.4% higher than....

We are again in the strange position that the lower the price currently the more bullish the market there after, and vice versa. That is because the lower the price, the more hazelnuts...

The shipment report for September 2019 was released yesterday by the Almond Board with 196.2 million lbs. The number is 27.4 million lbs or 16% higher than September 2019, making this month the...

Having shipped the complete 2018 crop all eyes are now on the 2019 crop. The biggest question of them all: Will the subjective estimate of 2,200 million lbs be correct, or will the crop be larger?

After a year with very low prices for sweet apricot kernels, very high prices for Chinese bitter apricot kernels and normal prices for bitter apricot kernels from other origins, things have changed...

With the shipment numbers for July 2019 released 13th August by the Almond Board the almond year 2018/19 has come to an end. With 154.2 million lbs July shipments were at a new record Level...

The shipment numbers for June 2019 were released on Friday 12th July by the Almond Board. With 165.2 million lbs June shipments were...

The objective estimate was published last night by NASS. The 2019 crop is estimated at 2.2 billion lbs...

The shipment numbers for May 2019 were released Tuesday 11th June by the Almond Board. With 178.7 million lbs May shipments were at a new record Level...

Last week saw two events influencing the almond market. The shipment numbers for April 2019 were released Thursday, the 9th of May by the Almond Board, and Friday, the 10th of May NASS published the subjective estimate for the 2019 crop...

The last month or so has been very decisive in terms of current and new crop hazelnuts. The first important announcement was on the 6th March when the Turkish Exporters Union revealed an early Turkish crop forecast of...

The shipment numbers for March 2019 were released Thursday 11th April by the Almond Board. With 184.9 million lbs shipments were slightly...

The shipment numbers for February 2019 were released Tuesday by the Almond Board. With 186.9 million lbs, shipments were slightly...

The hazelnut market remains steady, since our last report. Shipments remain constant to a little behind last year, with different origins taking priority as they have come in and out of competitiveness over the period. Currency as always has played its part...

The shipment numbers for January 2019 were released Tuesday, the 12th of February, by the Almond Board. With 209.6 million lbs shipments were on the higher end of the expectations being up ...

The shipment numbers for December 2018 were released Friday, the 11th of January, by the Almond Board. With 199.6 million lbs shipments were on the lower end of the expectations being down ...

The shipment numbers for November 2018 were released yesterday by the Almond Board. With 237.6 million lbs shipment set a new record for November being up...

For those of us who are avid observers of the Almond market, it is worth highlighting how that differs from the Hazelnut market in many ways...

The shipment numbers for October should be well known by now, so just a short recap. With 247.1 million lbs shipments were unexpectedly ...

Just a few words about the market following Friday’s numbers. Two of our colleagues are currently travelling in California to get a clearer picture about the almond market. October shipment of…

There are currently rumours in the market, spread by a German Marzipan and ABC producer, of a possible 4 weeks delay of the almonds deliveries from California, due to some quality problems. We currently have no evidence of such an issue...

The California Almond Board released the shipment report for September 2018 on Thursday evening showing shipments of 168.8 million lbs., a reduction of…

The Almond Board of California released their first shipment report for the 2018 crop season on Tuesday evening, the 11th of September, showing shipments of 154.2 million lbs, a reduction of...

If anything the market in Turkey is now paralysed after a long weekend of currency turmoil. Even though material is now dry and ready to go to the crackers, nobody wants to sell it...

The Almond Board of California released their final shipment report for the season on Friday evening showing July shipments of ....

It would seem that the main crops from Turkey, Italy and Georgia are proceeding well towards harvest, with many of the price sensitive concerns (but not all) now...

The Almond Board of California released their June 2018 Almond Industry Position Report last Thursday evening, confirming shipments of ...

Yesterday evening (Thursday 5th July at 9:0pm CET) NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Services) announced their 2018 Objective Almond Crop estimate of...

Moll Marzipan have been working with the the National German Association for the Confectionary Industry to ensure the proposed duties imposed by the European Union on various US products do not include almonds...

The Almond Board of California released their May 2018 Almond Industry Position Report on Monday evening 11th June, with shipments of ...

We have seen very few changes to almond prices in dollar terms since our last report. Unfortunately we have seen a significant...

The current figures have come as a slight surprise to people in two ways. Firstly the crop estimate for Turkey at 640,000 tonnes in shell, is a little larger than...

We have seen some significant reports during the last 3 weeks, all of which have proved bullish, and as a result almond prices have increased. The bullish reports started with...

On Wednesday 25th April the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released their Almond Acreage Report, confirming the 2017 total acreage of ...

On Friday we reported on the March Position Report, with shipments of 193.9 million lbs, an 8.9% ...

The Almond Board of California released their March 2018 Almond Industry Position Report yesterday evening 12th April, with shipments of...

The Almond Board of California released their February 2018 Almond Industry Position Report Friday evening 9th March, with shipments of...

As we reach the half way point in the season, and enter the most dangerous time in the development of the 2018 crop, it is possibly a good time to look back over the season so far, and forward to the season to come...

The Almond Board of California released their January 2018 Almond Industry Position Report Friday evening 9th February, with shipments of...

The Almond Board of California released their December 2017 Almond Industry Position Report on Thursday evening 11th January, with shipments of...

The Almond Board of California released their November 2017 Position Report on Tuesday evening 12th December and announced remarkable shipments of..

Many of the scenarios discussed in previous reports have now already played through. The Turkish crop proved to be large; how large remains to be seen..

Almond Position Report Release Schedule – 2017/18..

Two weeks ago we reported that California had shipped 246 million lbs during the month of October, the largest amount ever despatched in one month in the history of the almond industry. Within minutes of the announcement...

The Almond Board of California issued their latest Position Report on Friday 10th November. As we expected shipments in October were 246.5 million lbs, a 4.6% increase over last year’s 235.6 million lbs.

It’s remarkable California managed...

The Almond Board of California released their September 2017 Position Report on Wednesday evening 11th October confirming shipments of 190.58 million lbs; although this was a strong number, being the 2nd largest amount ever shipped in September, the figure was....

There is a growing consensus that the three largest 2017 hazelnut crops are about 700,000 tonnes in Turkey, 90,000 tonnes in Italy, and 70,000 tonnes in Georgia on an in-shell basis. As usual the reality of the crop size is ultimately less important than the...

On Thursday 10th August the Almond Board of California released their final report from the 2016/17 season. July shipments hit another record of 154 million lbs. Although we have been predicting record shipments for some time, the market has reacted to the reality with…

Turkey appears to be on track for a 2017 crop of 760,000 tonnes, according to the Turkish Exporters Union. Even if Italy is disappointing...

On Thursday 6th July NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Services) announced their 2017 Objective Almond Crop estimate. This estimate is 2.3%...

On Friday evening 9th June the Almond Board of California released their May 2017 Almond Position Report with a 4.1% decline compared to...

The Almond Board of California released their April 2017 Position Report on Thursday evening 11th May confirming shipments of 152 million lbs, a decline ...

The National Agricultural Statistics Services [NASS] released their 2017 Almond Crop Subjective estimate yesterday evening, with a 2017 crop figure of 2.20 billion lbs. If correct, this would result in an average yield of ...

We have seen some significant reports during the last 3 weeks, a combination of bullish and bearish news. As the almond market is relatively quiet, the bearish news has had the greater influence and driven prices to...

Heavy rainfall and storms have hit the Californian valley, most Almond Packers and Growers have withdrawn from the market. Almond prices have increased since our recent report last week up to..

On Thursday 9th February the Almond Board of California released their January 2017 Almond Position Report confirming shipments of 165.8 million lbs, a remarkable...

On Wednesday 11th January the Almond Board of California released their December 2016 Almond Position Report confirming shipments of 156 million lbs, a 15% increase over last year's 135 million lbs. Compared to last year: December shipments...

On Tuesday 6th December the long awaited news on mapping analysis with updated acreage numbers was announced. The data indicates that the Californian Almond acreage is between 5-9%...

Despite California shipping the largest amount in the history of the almond industry during October [shipments were 235.5 million lbs, 45% above the previous year], almond prices have...

The Almond Board of California released their October 2016 Almond Industry Position Report on Tuesday evening 8th November, with shipments of...

The Almond Board will release their October 2016 Position Report on Tuesday afternoon 8th November, 3 days earlier than originally planned. Californian shipments for October‎ are likely to achieve 220 million lbs, although we should not be too surprised if...

We previously advised that almond shipments during September reached a remarkable 201.6 million lbs, which was a 41% increase over last year's 142.9 million lbs. The previous all time record for September was 177 million lbs in 2013, and whilst many of us expected a new record, we did not expect such a large shipment figure. We have now seen record shipments in...

The Almond Board released their September 2016 Position Report on Tuesday evening 11th October. Californian shipments for the month‎ were 201.5 million lbs, a 41% increase over last year's 142.9 m.lbs. Many including us were expecting a record shipment figure, no-one could have predicted such a large increase. After only 2 months of the season shipments are...

Facts/Market Data:
The Almond Board of California released their August 2016 Almond Industry Position Report on Friday evening 9th September, with shipments of 170 million lbs...

The Almond Board of California released their July 2016 Almond Industry Position Report on Thursday evening 11th August with shipments ...

Facts/Market Data:
The Almond Board of California released their June 2016 Almond Industry Position Report on Tuesday evening 12th June with shipments of 174.01 million lbs, a 15.4% increase over last year’s...

Facts and Market Data:
On Wednesday evening 6th July NASS [The National Agriculture Statistic Services] announced their 2016 Californian Objective Crop Estimate of 2.05 billion lbs. This shows a 2.5% increase...

The Almond Board of California released their May 2016 Almond Industry Position Report on Friday evening 10th June with shipments of 178.07 million lbs...

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Facts/Market Data:
We have seen some significant reports during the last 3 weeks, all of which have proved bullish, and as a result almond prices have increased.

The bullish reports started with a surprising ...

The Almond Board of California released their March Almond Position Report on Tuesday evening 12th April, with shipments of 161 million lbs...

On Friday evening 11th March, the Almond Board of California released their February Almond Position Report, with shipments of 155 million lbs...

On Thursday evening 11th February, the Almond Board of California released their January Almond Industry Position Report...

On Tuesday evening 12th January, the Almond Board of California released their December 2015 Almond Industry Position Report confirming shipments ...

On Wednesday evening 9th December, the Almond Board of California released their November 2015 Almond Industry Position Report confirming shipments ...

On Wednesday evening 11th November the Almond Board of California released their October 2015 Almond Industry Position Report...

On Friday evening 9th October the Almond Board of California released their September 2015 Almond Industry Position Report...

On Friday evening 11th September the Almond Board of California released their August 2015 Almond Industry Position Report...

The Almond Board of California released their final monthly shipping report for the 2014/15 season on Wednesday evening 12th August...

On Wednesday evening 1st July NASS [The National Agriculture Statistic Services] announced their 2015 Californian Objective Crop Estimate of 1.80 billion lbs...

The Almond Board of California released their May 2015 Almond Industry Position Report Thursday evening 11th June with shipments of 139.6 million lbs...

The Californian Agricultural Statistics Services [CASS] released their 2015 Almond Crop Subjective estimate on the 6th May, with a figure 1.85 billion lbs...

On the 29th April the National Agricultural Statistics Service [NASS] released their updated data on the Californian acreage...

The Almond Board of California released their March 2015 Almond Industry Position Report Friday evening 10th April with shipments of 190.1 million lbs...

The Almond Board of California released their February 2015 Almond Industry Position Report Wednesday evening 11th March with shipments of 139.98 million lbs...

Despite the decline in January shipments [report issued last week], almond prices are unchanged. Most reports from California suggested that January shipments were...

The Almond Board of California released their January 2015 Almond Industry Position Report on Wednesday evening 11th February...

The Almond Board of California released their December 2014 Almond Industry Position Report on Friday evening 9th January with shipments of..

The Almond Board of California released their November 2014 Almond Industry Position Report on Tuesday evening 9th December...

The Almond Board of California released their October 2014 Almond Industry Position Report on Tuesday evening 11th November, confirming shipments during the month...

The Almond Board of California released their September 2014 Almond Industry Position Report on Thursday evening 9th October...

The Almond Board of California released their August 2014 Almond Industry Position Report on Thursday evening 11th September...

The Almond Board of California released their July 2014 Almond Industry Position Report on Tuesday evening 12th August, confirming shipments during the month of...

The Almond Board of California released their June 2014 Almond Industry Position Report on Thursday evening 10th July, confirming shipments during the month of ...

On Monday evening 30th June NASS [The National Agriculture Statistic Services] announced their 2014 Californian Objective crop estimate at 2.10 billion lbs...

The Almond Board of California released their May 2014 Almond Industry Position Report on Wednesday evening 11th June...

Almond prices have increased significantly since the Subjective Crop Estimate was issued on the 1st May...