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Nut-in-shell (NIS)

Macadamias sold before cracking

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Plain meaning
Macadamias sold before cracking
How to use it
Price macadamias as nut-in-shell when selling to a cracker.
South African benchmark
South Africa is among the world's leading macadamia producers, selling nut-in-shell and kernel (Article 40).
Country notes
Zimbabwe exported US$159 million of macadamias to China in 2025.
Go and read
M6-U6
Calculate it
T-M6-05 Market Price Comparator
Library sources
LIB-A039, LIB-A040, LIB-P-Avocado, LIB-P-Banana
See also
Kernel recovery
Subtropical Fruit and Nuts: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedSubtropical Fruit and Nuts: how the business runsSold bytonnes per hectare1Plant grafted trees2Grow to bearing3Harvest4Ripen or crack5Export or local marketZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Subtropical Fruit and Nuts Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M6 Subtropical Fruit and Nuts.