Paramount is the joy of US pistachio nuts market. Its output accounts for 65% of total pistachio output in America. In accordance with data of Paramount, the output of US pistachio nuts in 2016/17 is about 825 million pounds, about 375,000ton.

Due to enough precipitation and favorable weather in the winter (the temperature lower than 7℃ in winter can help favorable rest of tress; the rest hours every year shall be no lower than 800; while the low temperature in winter of 2016 gives 1000 rest hours to pistachios trees), the output of California pistachios nuts is as three times as that in 2015/16, almost the best in the history.