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FAS and the Economic Research Service jointly publish the quarterly Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade. The agricultural export forecast is updated February, May, August, and November.

The 2021 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world.

The United States continues to be the largest supplier of tree nuts to Europe. While EU investment and production of tree nuts continue to increase, production is still far from meeting domestic demand.

Post estimates 152,000 MT of walnut production for MY2021/22, a 2.7 percent increase over MY2020/21 following an increase in planted area.

It is an “off-year” for pistachios in Turkey, and consequently, Post forecasts a low production level for MY 2021/22.

A look at how U.S. agricultural exports performed in 2020.

The 2020 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world. This summary lists only the United States’ primary trading partners.

On December 31, 2020, the Government of Turkey (GoT) published a Presidential Decision Decree (PDD) that changed the import tariff for in-shell and shelled walnuts to 15 percent for all origins...

For MY2020/21, Post projects Chilean almond production to reach 11,000 metric tons (MT), and exports to increase to 9,500 MT or 35 percent, assuming unchanged planted area...

It is an ‘on-year’ for pistachios for Turkey; consequently a high amount of production is anticipated for Marketing Year (MY) 2020/21.

In 2019, U.S. shipments of tree nuts to the EU-28 (EU-27+UK) reached $3.1 billion. The United States continues to be the largest supplier of tree nuts to Europe.

Tree nut and peanut shipments imported into the European Union have to comply with European Union maximum levels for aflatoxin.