South Africa's 2024 macadamia import preview keeps shells and kernels apart

South Africa's annual 2024 UN Comtrade import preview lists 3,739,510 kg of in-shell macadamias against Mozambique, 2,053,241.6 kg against Zimbabwe and 1,947,219 kg against Zambia. These are net-weight fields in a statistical dataset; they do not identify individual consignments or current stock.

The shelled category has a different set of weights. Its named-partner entries include 75,192 kg against Eswatini, 50,000 kg against Zimbabwe and 48,515.22 kg against Malawi. HS 080261 covers fresh or dried macadamias in shell, while HS 080262 covers fresh or dried shelled macadamias. A comparison needs to retain that product distinction.

The cited entries are flagged isAggregate=True and isReported=False, with isNetWgtEstimated=False. This brief selects named foreign partners and leaves World, South Africa-self, Special Categories and Areas, nes entries out of the comparison. It does not add the two product forms into a crop total or calculate market shares, and it does not claim a complete list of commercial suppliers.

The reference year is 2024. The original preview was freshly retrieved for this article, but its publication date is not established. The weights do not specify a moisture standard, price, quality grade or shipment timetable, and the preview does not establish current import conditions. Buyers should check present supplier, product and consignment evidence separately.