What is the price of nuts in South Africa?

As of May 2026, nuts in South Africa is US$ 0.43 per kg (8.37 ZAR), sourced from FAOSTAT Producer Prices.

What is South Africa's world rank in nut exports?

South Africa ranks #9 among 120 nut exporters.

How much did South Africa export in nuts in 2024?

South Africa exported 99,444 tonnes of nuts valued at US$466,869,154 in 2024.

What was the year-on-year change in South Africa's nut exports?

Nut exports increased by 18.8% year-on-year.

Nuts Price in South Africa - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Nuts Prices in South Africa

US$ 0.43 / kg

8.37 ZAR / kg

MoM ▲ 1.0% YoY ▲ 1.0%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: May 2026

Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (ZAR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Farmgate	0.43	8.37	▲ 1.0%	▲ 1.0%	FAOSTAT Producer Prices
-	Global benchmark	1.25	24.29	▲ 0.0%	▼ 4.8%	World Bank Pink Sheet
-	Export (unit value)	5.35	104	▲ 13.9%	▲ 13.9%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the nuts price in South Africa available is US$ 0.43 per kg (8.37 ZAR), up 1.0% year-on-year.

South Africa exported 99,444 tonnes of nuts in 2024, valued at US$466,869,154, ranking #9 among 120 global exporters and accounting for 2.4% of world exports. Export volumes increased by 18.8% year-on-year, confirming its net exporter status. The latest farmgate generic price is US$0.4309 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - nuts in South Africa

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $466.9M (99.4 kt) of nuts▲ 18.8% YoY. That ranks #9 worldwide (2.4% of global exports).

$466.9M

Export value

99.4 kt

Export volume

#9 / 120

World rank

2.4%

Global share

$4.69

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top nuts exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 US $9.08B · 47%
#2 Turkey $2.26B · 11.7%
#3 China $1.24B · 6.4%
#4 Australia $921.9M · 4.8%
#5 Spain $842.7M · 4.4%

Annual export data South Africa · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$466.9M	99.4 kt	$4.69
2023	$392.9M	90.5 kt	$4.34
2022	$454.6M	70.6 kt	$6.44
2021	$368.4M	51.5 kt	$7.16
2020	$374.9M	50.7 kt	$7.39

HS Code

nuts is traded under Harmonized System code 0802. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

South Africa nuts - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 South Africa shipped 174,805 tonnes of nuts. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for South Africa nuts (nuts category) has reduced, with a change of -13.485 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, nuts' exports reduced by -34.24% bringing South Africa US$92.95m for the year 2019. South Africa's nuts exports are classified as:

Nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled (excluding coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, filberts, walnuts, chestnuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, kola nuts and areca nuts) (HS code 080290)

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South Africa nuts export values

In 2019, South Africa supplied nuts valued at 92.95m USD, an improvement of 7.35% from 2018's total nuts export of 86.585m USD. The yearly increase in value of South Africa nuts between 2017 to 2018 was -8.686 pc.

The annual/yearly change in the amount of South Africa's nuts exports between 2017 and 2019 was -34.24 pc in comparison to a variation of -13.485% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

South Africa's stake of the world's total nuts' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 24 in world exports of nuts.

Export markets for South Africa nuts ( in '000$ )

South Africa's leading destinations for nuts are China, Hong Kong, US, Vietnam and Japan.

Import/Export Trends

South Africa is a net exporter of nuts. The annual growth of South Africa nuts in value between 2015 to 2019 was 74%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was 109%, per annum.

South Africa procured 247 tonnes of nuts in 2019.

Production

The production of nuts in South Africa was 23,558 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of 3.22%. The country had an estimated 6,761.00 hectares under nuts cultivation.

Nuts Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest nuts prices in other Africa countries:

Ethiopia$0.75/kg Morocco$1.58/kg Mozambique$0.86/kg Cameroon$1.25/kg Kenya$1.35/kg Zimbabwe$1.42/kg Tanzania$0.35/kg Chad$0.67/kg Egypt$1.48/kg Guinea$0.25/kg Angola$0.84/kg Burundi$1.29/kg Gambia$1.14/kg Ghana$0.54/kg Malawi$0.97/kg

Other Nuts Prices in South Africa

Latest prices for other nuts in South Africa:

Macadamia Nuts$10.66/kg Almonds$6.86/kg Cashew Nuts$7.39/kg Coconuts$1.55/kg Brazil Nuts$12.75/kg Chestnuts$3.80/kg Pistachios$7.23/kg Areca (Betel) Nut$0.10/kg Kola Nuts$0.10/kg Hazelnut$8.85/kg

Scientific name: Juglans regia

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