That dollar amount results from an average 4.4% increase for all global shippers of walnuts from $3.44 billion 5 years earlier in 2020.
Year over year, revenues generated from the international sale of walnuts posted an 8.2% upturn compared to $3.32 billion starting from 2023.
The 5 biggest exporters of walnuts are the United States of America, mainland China, Mexico, Chile and Germany. Collectively, that cohort of exporters shipped over four-fifths (82.3%) of walnuts sold on international markets in 2024. That percentage indicates a relatively high concentration of sellers.
Walnut Exports In-Shell Versus Shelled
The value of exported in-shell walnuts amounted to $1.13 billion in 2024, compared to $2.46 billion for shelled walnuts. The latter dollar amount for shelled walnuts accounted for over three-fifths (68.5%) of overall exported walnuts compared to 31.5% for in-shell walnuts.
The value of globally exported in-shell walnuts depreciated by -3% since 2020 and shrank by -8.2% versus international sales in 2023.
In comparison, worldwide exports of shelled walnuts rose by 8.1% compared to 2020 and accelerated by 17.9% from one year earlier in 2023.
Among continents, walnut suppliers located in North America shipped the highest dollar worth of exported walnuts (both shelled and unshelled) during 2024 with shipments totaling $1.67 billion approached half (46.6%) of the global total. In second place were exporters based in Asia at 26.9% while 14.2% of worldwide walnuts shipments originated from Europe, with another 11.9% sent from Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
Tinier percentages came from sellers in Oceania (0.3%) mostly Australia and Africa (0.14%).
For research purposes, the respective 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefixes are 080231 for in-shell walnuts and 080232 for shelled walnuts.
Top Walnuts Exporters by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of combined in-shell and shelled walnuts during 2024.
- United States: US$1.1 billion (30.5% of overall exported walnuts)
- mainland China: $767.4 million (21.4%)
- Mexico: $576.9 million (16.1%)
- Chile: $410.1 million (11.4%)
- Germany: $105 million (2.9%)
- Ukraine: $91.3 million (2.5%)
- Netherlands: $79.3 million (2.2%)
- Türkiye: $76.6 million (2.1%)
- France: $73.8 million (2.1%)
- Uzbekistan: $47.6 million (1.3%)
- Moldova: $41.5 million (1.2%)
- Kyrgyzstan: $17.7 million (0.49%)
- Czech Republic: $16.6 million (0.46%)
- Spain: $15.7 million (0.44%)
- Belgium: $15.1 million (0.42%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.5% of all walnuts exported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of walnuts since 2020 were: Uzbekistan (up 222%), mainland China (up 168.3%), Kyrgyzstan (up 90.5%) and the Netherlands (up 63.4%).
Those countries that posted declines in their international sales of exported walnuts were led by: Moldova (down -42% from 2020), Germany (down -26.7%), France (down -20%) and Türkiye (down -18.6%).
Top Exporters of In-Shell Walnuts
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of in-shell walnuts during 2024.
- mainland China: US$384.5 million (34% of exported in-shell walnuts)
- United States: $304.2 million (26.9%)
- Chile: $201.9 million (17.9%)
- Mexico: $71 million (6.3%)
- France: $50.2 million (4.4%)
- Türkiye: $41.7 million (3.7%)
- Argentina: $9.3 million (0.8%)
- Ukraine: $8.6 million (0.8%)
- Kyrgyzstan: $7.6 million (0.7%)
- Australia: $7.1 million (0.6%)
- Netherlands: $6.9 million (0.6%)
- Spain: $3.5 million (0.3%)
- Iran: $3.4 million (0.3%)
- South Africa: $2.9 million (0.3%)
- Moldova: $2.8 million (0.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 97.9% of all in-shell walnuts exported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of in-shell walnuts since 2020 were: South Africa (up 594.5%), Moldova (up 259.7%), Iran (up 250.6%) and Kyrgyzstan (up 215.2%).
Those countries that posted declines in their international sales of in-shell walnuts were led by: Mexico (down -43.3% from 2020), Australia (down -40.1%), Netherlands (down -29.7%) and the United States of America (down -26.9%).
Top Exporters of Shelled Walnuts
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of shelled walnuts during 2024.
- United States: US$789.6 million (32.1% of exported shelled walnuts)
- Mexico: $505.9 million (20.6%)
- mainland China: $382.9 million (15.6%)
- Chile: $208.2 million (8.5%)
- Germany: $102.3 million (4.2%)
- Ukraine: $82.7 million (3.4%)
- Netherlands: $72.4 million (2.9%)
- Uzbekistan: $45.1 million (1.8%)
- Moldova: $38.6 million (1.6%)
- Türkiye: $35 million (1.4%)
- France: $23.5 million (1%)
- Czech Republic: $16.5 million (0.7%)
- Romania: $13.3 million (0.54%)
- Belgium: $12.9 million (0.52%)
- Spain: $12.1 million (0.49%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 95.2% of all shelled walnuts exported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of shelled walnuts since 2020 were: Belgium (up 255%), mainland China (up 228.5%), Czech Republic (up 220.3%) and Uzbekistan (up 212.3%).
Those countries that posted declines in their international sales of shelled walnuts were led by: Romania (down -53.7% from 2020), Moldova (down -45.4%), Türkiye (down -31.1%) and Germany (down -26.7%).
Walnut Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers sell walnuts to customers worldwide. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.
- Aldera (Turkey)
- Cucku Enterprises Private Limited (India)
- Gervais Henri Florent (France)
- Ghoenert Verwaltungs GMBH (Germany)
- Healthy Food Ltd (Hong Kong)
- Intertransproduct LLC (Ukraine)
- Land Growers Chile Exportaciones Y Asesorias LtdA (Chile)
- Marandi Trading & Marketing SRL (Romania)
- Mave Enterprises Inc (United States)
- Qingdao Sunfine Co, Ltd (China)
See also Top Almonds Exporters by Country, Grapes Exports by Country, Top Soft Drinks Exporters by Country, Top Figs Exports & Imports by Country Plus Average Prices and Top Sweet Dates Exports & Imports by Country Plus Average Prices
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Alibaba, Supplier showroom for walnuts. Accessed on September 30, 2025
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on September 30, 2025
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 30, 2025
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 30, 2025
Wikipedia, Walnut. Accessed on September 30, 2025