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22. I looked at production...

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #15)

Thu Jan 2, 2025, 07:25 PM

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Walnuts are by tonnage/$
Kale is by dollar amount.

The US (2nd largest exporter of walnuts) grows almost 30% of the walnuts eaten in the world (the center of growth being California). (747,000 Metric tons with a value of 7.87 BILLION dollars in exports).

The second largest exporter of Kale is the country of Georgia. They exported $84,000 worth of kale in 2024. The next largest is $68,000, then it drops to $24,000 for 4th place and $5000 for fifth place, 6th place is half of that.

With walnuts, the 4th place is the entire EU with 170,000+ metic tons. ($276,000,000 of walnut exports-when you compare that to 4th place kale ($24,000) it is a slaw-ter.

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