# Cashew nuts: Stocks

Why raw nuts bought in spring are shelled all year

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/stocks/

What this tab covers How much is left and how much is held. For minerals and energy: reserves, current output, years of supply and recycling for the top five countries. For farm commodities: production, ending stocks and stocks-to-use for the top five producers (USDA, October 2026). It also covers inventories and stockpiles.

#### Recycling

Cashew is not recycled and no country holds a public reserve. Processors carry stocks because the African and Indian harvests come once a year: APEDA projects Indian RCN ending stocks of 7.2 lakh t and kernel ending stocks of 1.8 lakh t for 2025-26, down from 8.3 and 2.1 lakh t. India has no stockholding policy for cashew.

Raw nuts in shell keep for a year or more if dry, so processors can buy in the West African season and shell all year. Vacuum-packed kernels keep for months. Processors in Vietnam and India hold large raw-nut inventories, and their buying pace sets West African farm prices. When their stocks are high they hold back, and unsold nuts pile up in producing countries.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/correlation/index.md)
- [Extraction](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/extraction/index.md)
- [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/production/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/movement/index.md)
- [Criticality](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/criticality/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/emissions/index.md)
- [Relationships](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cashew/links/index.md)