According to statistics of the Taiwan Foreign Trade Administration (BOFT), in 2019 Taiwan imported 5.24 million kg of cashew nuts, an increase of nearly 7% over the same period, turnover reached more than 27 million USD, increased by 10.5%.
Vietnam has been the largest exporter of cashew nuts to Taiwan in the last two years, accounting for over 80% of turnover and more than 56% of weight.
Vietnam has exported to Taiwan nearly 3 million kg of cashews, an increase of 12.7% over the previous year, turnover reached more than 22.6 million, up 21.9%.
In addition to Vietnam, Taiwan has also imported cashews from 16 other partners, including Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia, in the past two years, but with relatively small quantities and turnover.
| Partner | Turnover (USD) | Quantity (kg) | ||||||
| 2018 | 2019 | Proportion (%) | Increase/
Decrease (%) |
2018 | 2019 | Proportion (%) | Increase/
Decrease (%) |
|
| Total | 24.518.652 | 27.099.041 | 100 | 10,524 | 4.906.585 | 5.244.561 | 100 | 6,888 |
| Viet Nam | 20.067.271 | 22.628.349 | 83,502 | 12,762 | 2.452.038 | 2.989.290 | 56,998 | 21,910 |
| Indonesia | 1.865.254 | 1.680.754 | 6,202 | -9,891 | 209.608 | 240.873 | 4,593 | 14,916 |
| Thailand | 1.073.292 | 940.313 | 3,470 | -12,390 | 2.061.071 | 1.779.601 | 33,932 | -13,.656 |
| Cambodia | 690.289 | 864.539 | 3,190 | 25,243 | 80.400 | 110.056 | 2,098 | 36,886 |
| Myanmar | 278.090 | 477.223 | 1,761 | 71,607 | 40.230 | 59.450 | 1,134 | 47,775 |
| Mozambique | 146.842 | 252.866 | 0,933 | 72,203 | 15.876 | 31.752 | 0,605 | 100 |
| Bolivia | 92.885 | 83.529 | 0,308 | -10,073 | 8.000 | 8.184 | 0,156 | 2.3 |
| Brazil | 155.662 | 80.505 | 0,297 | -48,282 | 20.000 | 12.000 | 0,229 | -40 |
| Germany | 17.774 | 38.929 | 0,144 | 119,022 | 911 | 2.067 | 0,039 | 126,894 |
| Belgium | 4.908 | 15.722 | 0,058 | 220,334 | 360 | 1.140 | 0,022 | 216,667 |
| Philippines | 16.348 | 14.646 | 0,054 | -10,411 | 5.369 | 8.121 | 0,155 | 51,257 |
| India | 23.984 | 12.175 | 0,045 | -49,237 | 1.932 | 780 | 0,015 | -59,627 |
| Sri Lanka | 31.831 | 6.868 | 0,025 | -78,424 | 3.971 | 935 | 0,018 | -76,454 |
| Australia | — | 1.421 | 0,005 | — | — | 152 | 0,003 | — |
| Peru | — | 1.038 | 0,004 | — | — | 100 | 0,002 | — |
| China | 185 | 164 | 0,001 | -11,351 | 60 | 60 | 0,001 | 0,000 |
