Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of almonds during 2020, including both in-shell and unshelled versions.

1. United States: US$4.5 billion (69% of total exported almonds)
2. Spain: $705.6 million (10.8%)
3. Australia: $388.9 million (5.9%)
4. Germany: $148.3 million (2.3%)
5. Netherlands: $145.7 million (2.2%)
6. Italy: $135 million (2.1%)
7. Turkey: $105.8 million (1.6%)
8. Hong Kong: $60.5 million (0.9%)
9. Chile: $42.9 million (0.7%)
10. Afghanistan: $33.7 million (0.5%)
11. United Arab Emirates: $18.7 million (0.29%)
12. Belgium: $18.2 million (0.28%)
13. Vietnam: $17.5 million (0.27%)
14. Iran: $15.8 million (0.24%)
15. United Kingdom: $14.9 million (0.23%)

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of almonds overall since 2016 were: Afghanistan (up 181.9%), Turkey (up 59.4%), Australia (up 58.2%) and Vietnam (up 40.3%).

Those countries that posted declines in their exported almonds sales were led by: United Arab Emirates (down -90.3%), Iran (down -53.4%), Hong Kong (down -51.1%) and Belgium (down -12.6%).

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 97.3% of all almonds exported in 2020.

Worldwide exports of shelled almonds totaled US$5.2 billion in 2020. That dollar amount reflects a 2.1% increase for all shelled almonds shippers over the five-year period starting in 2016. Year over year, the value of shelled almond exports fell -11.7% from 2019 to 2020.

Among continents, North American countries accounted for the highest dollar worth of exported shelled almonds during 2020 with shipments valued at $3.4 billion or 65.5% of the global total. In second place were European exporters at 23.5% followed by Oceania at 5.3% mostly Australia. Another 4.7% was furnished by providers in Asia. Just 0.82% came from Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean trailed by 0.2% supplied by Africa.

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of shelled almonds during 2020.

1. United States: US$3.4 billion (65.5% of exported shelled almonds)
2. Spain: $677.1 million (12.9%)
3. Australia: $277.8 million (5.3%)
4. Germany: $147 million (2.81%)
5. Netherlands: $144.6 million (2.76%)
6. Italy: $133.4 million (2.6%)
7. Turkey: $104.4 million (2%)
8. Chile: $42.8 million (0.82%)
9. Hong Kong: $34 million (0.65%)
10. Afghanistan: $26.7 million (0.51%)
11. Viet Nam: $17.4 million (0.33%)
12. Belgium: $17.2 million (0.33%)
13. United Arab Emirates: $17.1 million (0.33%)
14. Iran: $15.6 million (0.3%)
15. United Kingdom: $14.6 million (0.28%)

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of shelled almonds since 2016 were: Afghanistan (up 123%), Turkey (up 57.3%), Vietnam (up 39.7%) and the Netherlands (up 38.2%).

Those countries that posted declines in their international sales of shelled almonds were led by: United Arab Emirates (down -91.1%), Hong Kong (down -72.5%), Iran (down -54.1%) and Belgium (down -17.7%).

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 97.4% of all shelled almonds exported in 2020.

Global sales for exported in-shell almonds by country in 2020 amounted to US$1.31 billion.

Overall, the value of unshelled almonds exports fell by an average -5.3% for all exporting countries since 2016.

From 2019 to 2020, the value of in-shell almond exports depreciated by -13.9%.

Among continents, North American countries accounted for the highest dollar worth of in-shell almonds during 2020 with shipments valued at $1.1 billion or 83.1% of the global total. In second place were Oceanian exporters at 8.5% (nearly all Australian) whereas 4.9% were shipped by European exporters. Another 3.3% worth of unshelled almonds originated from Asia trailed by suppliers in Africa (0.1%) and Latin America (also 0.04%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of in-shell almonds during 2020.

1. United States: US$1.1 billion (83.1% of exported in-shell almonds)
2. Australia: $111.1 million (8.5%)
3. Portugal: $28.9 million (2.2%)
4. Spain: $28.5 million (2.2%)
5. Hong Kong: $26.5 million (2%)
6. Afghanistan: $7 million (0.5%)
7. Uzbekistan: $2.8 million (0.2%)
8. Italy: $1.6 million (0.1%)
9. United Arab Emirates: $1.5 million (0.1%)
10. Turkey: $1.4 million (0.1%)
11. Germany: $1.3 million (0.1%)
12. Mozambique: $1.2 million (0.1%)
13. Netherlands: $1.1 million (0.1%)
14. Belgium: $1.1 million (0.1%)
15. Thailand: $599,000 (0.05%)

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of in-shell almonds since 2016 were: Turkey (up 2,391%), Portugal (up 1,080%), Spain (up 393.6%) and Mozambique (up 305.5%).

Those countries that posted declines in their international sales of in-shell almonds were led by: United Arab Emirates (down -94.2%), Hong Kong, China (down -81.7%), Italy (down -77.1%) and Afghanistan (down -65.3%).

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.5% of all in-shell almonds exported in 2020.

Almond Exporting Companies

Below are American companies that sell almonds internationally. Most of these businesses are headquartered in California.

• Big Tree Organic Farms
• Blue Diamond Growers
• Chico Nut Company
• Crown Nut Co
• Mariani Nut Company
• South Valley Almond Company
• The Almond Co
• The Wonderful Company

According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers also supply almonds to their customers. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.

• Al Osool Foodstuff Trading LLC (United Arab Emirates)
• Alfafood GmbH (Germany)
• Beatty Davids Limited (United Kingdom)
• Boumamar Trading (Netherlands)
• DI Sano SRL (Italy)
• Exportadora Baika SA (Chile)
• Gervais Henri Florent (France)
• Mine Dor Danismanlik Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Turkey)
• P & B International Pty Ltd (Australia)
• Summit Almonds LLC (United States)