Regulation Policies for Cashew Market in Africa

Significant factors driving the need for regulation in the cashew market in Africa include high price volatility, low processing rates despite high production, variations in export taxes among countries, dropping quality of nuts, and challenges in local supply. Various regulatory measures such as taxation on RCN exports, bans on land border exports, licensing requirements, export windows, and obligations to sell to local factories are being implemented across different African countries to address these issues.

• Cashew Market
• Regulation Policies
• Africa
• Export Taxes
• Quality Control

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1. Mapping of cashew market regulation policy in Africa Dr. Bernard Agbo, GIZ/ComCashew

2. Why regulating cashew market? 56% of RCN is produced in Africa but only less than 6% is processed High price volatility of RCN Significant difference on RCN export tax from one country to another

3. Why regulating cashew market? Dropping quality of nuts due to high price at the beginning of the season Significant price variations from one country to another >> transboundary movement of nuts Difficulties of RCN supply by local factories

4. Taxation on RCN export Benin Burkina Faso C te d Ivoire Guinea-Bissau 92 FCFA /kg Mozambique 60 FCFA /kg 35 FCFA/ kg 85 FCFA /kg 18% ofFOB +75 USD/T when no supply to local factories 150 USD/T +15% when no supply to local factories ? Tanzania Ghana Kenya

5. Ban of RCN export by land border Benin: Ministerial order, MIC, 2017 Cote d Ivoire: Adoption of a law in 2018 >> up to 10 years in prison, 50 million FCFA fine Kenya Guinea-Bissau

6. RCN export licence Benin Deposit of 5 Mio for internal trade and 20 Mio for export Burkina Faso In discussion with MICA C te d Ivoire Deposit of 50 Mio for compagnies and 25 Mio Coop 79 compagnies and 21 certified coop Guinea Bissau 80.000 F.CFA (basis) + 50.000 FCFA/an>> 450 licences Mozambique 300-500 licences Tanzania Ghana Kenya Licence Alvara for domestic traders : ?

7. Export window Benin No purchase before the official opening of the campaign C te d Ivoire No purchase before the official opening of the campaign Mozambique 1 month Burkina Faso Tanzania Ghana Kenya ?

8. Obligation to sell% nuts to local factories Benin 5 T C te d Ivoire 15% of export volume Burkina Faso Guinea Bissau Mozambique Tanzania Ghana Kenya ?

9. Cashew regulation structure Benin Burkina Faso C te d Ivoire Guinea-Bissau ANCA Mozambique Tanzania Ghana Kenya AUGEFA et ATDA Pole 4 Direction Regionale du Commerce CCA INACJU Cashew Board of Tanzanie ?

10. How to deal with this strong disparity of regulatory policy between producing countries? CICC= Cashew International Consultative Council