As said by Nguyen Duc Thanh, the Chairman of
Vietnam Cashew Association, the cashew processing volume in Vietnam accounts
for 40% of total global cashew sales. Due to the insufficient raw material
cashew in the country, about 800,000t cashews are imported every year. During January
–May this year, Vietnam imported raw material cashew of 226,000t, with import
value of USD 344 Million. By prediction, totally 870,000t raw material cashews
will be imported in the entire year, with import value of over USD 1.1Billion.