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In recent years, the demand for nuts in South Africa – especially almonds – has risen with consumers’ desire for nutritious snack choices and in-home baking ingredients. Food manufacturers have increasingly used almonds in baked goods, breakfast cereals, mixed snacks, granola bars, and trail mixes.

The growth of South African tree nut production is expected to continue in the 2019/20 MY, based on the increase in area planted as the industry responds to increasing demand from export markets...

South Africa has a well-developed business market, and is a gateway to Sub-Saharan African markets.

The South African Agricultural Fact Sheet has been updated to include calendar year 2019.

The Dutch retail sector is fairly consolidated, with the two largest food retailers controlling 55 percent of the market.

South Africa has a well-developed business market and is a gateway to Sub-Saharan African markets.

South Africa has been a net exporter of tree nuts since 2001.

The Dutch retail sector is fairly consolidated, with the two largest food retailers controlling 54 percent of the market.

All the sections of the Report have been updated based on recent regulation amendments, updated website links and to comply with the updated reporting instructions.

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market economy with well-developed infrastructure and a domestic food market worth $55 billion.

The Netherlands has increasingly become a trading hub for organic products.

The Dutch retail sector is characterized by heavy consolidation, the top two retailers control over 50 percent of the market, and a large number of smaller neighborhood stores.