World Nut & Dried Fruit Congress BUDAPEST 2011 - Myfruit

XXX 

World Nut 

& Dried Fruit Congress 

BUDAPEST 

2011 

INC International Nut and Dried Fruit Council

Contents 

Overview 4 

Golden Nut Award 6 

INC Report of Activities 7 

Round Tables 8 

Scientific Seminar 20 

Nutrition Symposium 21 

Supermarkets Panel 22 

Innovation Awards 23 

Participants List 24 

Congress Highlights 31 

© INC International Nut and Dried Fruit Council. D. L.: T-1386-2009

Dear Friends, 

It was a pleasure to welcome you in Budapest, the “pearl” of the Danube, where 820 participants 

from 46 countries gathered together at the 30 th World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress, 

the annual event of the global nut and dried fruit food industry. 

The conference program offered over a dozen working sessions, covering topics of market 

dynamics, status quo and prospects, and the most relevant scientific news and regulatory 

issues related to the industry. Over 60 specialists in the fields of production, trade, distribution, 

health, nutrition and food law from all over the world presented their views on key 

industry topics. Traditional working groups were replaced by Round Tables which instead 

of reviewing supply and demand statistics, the new format focused on marketing and consumption 

trends and allowed an interactive discussion. 

In addition to providing a forum for the industry, the Congress also gathered international 

companies in the Exhibition Area, where the latest equipment, innovations and products in 

the nut and dried fruit sector were displayed. 

We invite you to enjoy the highlights and the best photographs of the Congress and thank 

all participants and sponsors for making this congress possible. 

We look forward to seeing you next year in Singapore, next May 18-20, 2012. 

Best Regards, 

The Organizing Committee: 

• Jack Mariani, INC Chairman 

• Károly Bognar & Pino Calcagni, Congress Co-Chairman 

• Goretti Guasch, INC Executive Director 

Congress officially opens. From left to right: 

Mr. Cheng Hung Kay, former Congress Co- 

Chairman, Mr. Pino Calcagni and Mr. Károly 

Bognar, Congress Co-Chairmen and Jack 

Mariani, INC Chairman. 

3

Overview 

4 

XXX 

World Nut 

& Dried Fruit Congress 

The XXX World Nut and Dried Fruit 

Congress welcomed 820 participants 

from 46 countries in Budapest 

(Hungary), 20-22 May 2011 

Congress attendees had over a dozen 

round tables and seminars to choose 

from, which range in topics from market 

dynamics, to scientific research and regulatory 

affairs. Over 60 specialists in the 

fields of production, trade, health, nutrition 

and food law from all over the world presented 

their views on key industry topics. 

This year’s program included the 

Scientific Seminar “Challenges and Key 

Issues Facing the Nut and Dried Industry”, 

in which main challenges and issues 

facing the nut and dried fruit industry, 

such as food safety, contaminants, 

pesticides, and agricultural quality standards 

were examined. The Symposium 

“Nuts and Dried Fruit on Health and Disease” 

was presented by researchers belonging 

to diverse disciplines that shared 

evidence, identified knowledge gaps 

and set a global research agenda for 

the future. The other sessions consisted 

of Round Tables on market dynamics, 

new crop estimates and promotional 

campaigns for each nut and dried fruit, 

including a panel with leaders of major 

supermarket chains: Delhaize Belgium 

and Tesco Stores Ltd. 

In addition to providing a forum for 

the industry, the Congress also featured 

international companies in the 

Exhibition Area which displayed the latest 

equipments, innovations and products 

in the nut and dried fruit sector. 

Thank you again for your participation 

and support to make this Congress 

a great success. It was a pleasure to 

welcome you in Budapest and we look 

forward to seeing you again next year in 

Singapore at our XXXI Congress. 

Thursday, May 19th, 2011 

INC Executive Committee Meeting 

Within the frame of the XXX World Nut 

and Dried Fruit Congress, the INC Executive 

Committee met in the Sofitel 

Hotel, on Thursday, May 19th, 2011, 

to review the year’s budget and the 

strategic plan for actions. The members 

of the Executive Committee reviewed 

the proposal of new members 

of the Board of Directors, Senators, 

Observers, and Ambassadors and 

the activities of the Congress Committee. 

Also the Executive Committee 

checked the performances of the subcommittees: 

Ambassadors’ Committee; 

Editorial and Statistics Committee; 

congress Committee; Scientific 

and Government Affairs Committee; 

and Audit Committee. 

The next meeting of the INC Executive 

Committee will take place on Saturday, 

October 28th, 2011 in Madrid under 

the umbrella of the INC Symposium on 

Nuts and Health, within the frame of the 

11th European Congress of Nutrition. 

INC Board of Directors Meeting 

The INC Board of Directors meeting 

took place on Thursday, May 19th, 

2011, at the Sofitel Hotel. The members 

of the Board discussed budgetary 

and strategic development issues; 

reviewed the report of activities 

by the secretariat, the Ambassadors 

Committee, and the Scientific Committee, 

and approved Reus/Barcelona 

as the site of the 2013 Congress, 

which will celebrate the 30th Anniversary 

of the INC and the official 

opening of the New INC Home. 

The Board of Directors nominated 

the members of the Board of Directors, 

Senators, Observers, and Ambassadors, 

who were ratified afterwards by 

the General Assembly. 

Friday, May 20th, 2011 

INC Scientific and Government Affairs 

Committee Meeting 

The INC Scientific and Government Affairs 

Committee meeting, chaired by 

Pino Calcagni, took place on Friday, 

May 20th, 2011, at the Sofitel Hotel, 

with the valuable participation of Ms. 

THE LARGEST EVENT 

OF THE INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE 

Total Participants by Country 

Country Deleg. Acc. P. Total 

Argentina 2 0 2 

Australia 19 5 24 

Austria 3 0 3 

Belgium 17 1 18 

Bolivia 2 0 2 

Brazil 11 2 13 

Canada 10 2 12 

Chile 12 1 13 

China 29 1 30 

China, Hong Kong 5 0 5 

Cyprus 2 0 2 

France 18 4 22 

Georgia 4 0 4 

Germany 28 7 35 

Ghana 3 0 3 

Greece 8 1 9 

Hungary 7 1 8 

India 12 0 12 

Iran 4 2 6 

Israel 6 2 8 

Italy 21 8 29 

Japan 12 6 18 

Kenya 4 0 4 

Latvia 1 0 1 

Lebanon 5 1 6 

Luxembourg 1 1 2 

Mexico 2 1 3 

Moldova 4 0 4 

Morocco 1 1 2 

Netherlands 26 1 27 

Norway 3 0 3 

Pakistan 1 0 1 

Philippines 1 0 1 

Portugal 2 1 3 

Russia 8 1 9 

Singapore 5 0 5 

South Africa 8 0 8 

Spain 40 8 48 

Sweden 3 1 4 

Switzerland 12 3 15 

Thailand 2 0 2 

Tunisia 1 1 2 

Turkey 64 9 73 

U.A.E. 3 0 3 

U.S.A. 201 55 256 

United Kingdom 49 9 58 

Vietnam 2 0 2 

Total 684 136 820

Total Participants by Region 

350 

300 

250 

200 

150 

100 

50 

0 

295 

301 

224 

Europe America Rest of the world 

Liliana Annovazzi-Jakab, United Nations 

Economic Commission for Europe (UN- 

ECE), Mr. Frans Verstraete, European Commission 

Directorate General for Health and 

Consumer Policy (DG SANCO), and the 

members of the Scientific Committee. 

Mycotoxins, pesticides, rapid alert notifications, 

high risk products, agricultural 

quality standards, health claims and other 

food safety and regulatory issues were discussed 

in this session. The outcomes of the 

meeting were presented at the Scientific 

Seminar Table held on Saturday, 21st May. 

Saturday, 21st May 2011 

INC Ambassadors Meeting 

The INC Ambassadors meeting took place 

on Saturday, May 21st, 2011, at the Sofitel 

Total Congresses Participation 1980-2011 

1000 

900 

800 

700 

600 

500 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

158 

80 Reus 

210 

82 Sorrento 

322 

83 Sacramento 

444 

84 Reus 

569 

85 Hamburg 

220 

86 Istanbul 

Delegates & Accompanying Persons 

800 

700 

600 

500 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

80 Reus 

82 Sorrento 

83 Sacramento 

84 Reus 

85 Hamburg 

86 Istanbul 

690 

87 Montreux 

87 Montreux 

258 

88 Lisbon 

88 Lisbon 

575 

89 Paris 

89 Paris 

450 

91 Vienna 

183 

92 Manaus 

430 

93 Athens 

200 

94 Cairns 

423 

95 Luxembourg 

Total Delegates by Product 

50% 

45% 

40% 

35% 

30% 

25% 

20% 

15% 

10% 

5% 

0% 

210 

96 Tel-Aviv 

529 

97 London 

47% 

Hotel, where INC representatives reported on 

the activities developed in 2010 towards the 

promotion of nuts and dried fruits. Chaired by 

Michael Waring, the Ambassadors reviewed 

the list of new INC members and the membership 

fees missing of payment. 

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 

INC General Assembly 

Antonio Pont, representing the Advisory 

Committee formed by INC past Chairmen 

and Presidents, presented the Committee’s 

advice for future challenges and opportunities 

for the INC to consider. 

Goretti Guasch, Executive Director of 

the INC, presented a report of the main 

activities carried out by the INC, the forthcoming 

projects and new goals, within the 

91 Vienna 

92 Manaus 

93 Athens 

94 Cairns 

95 Luxembourg 

96 Tel-Aviv 

97 London 

24% 

15% 14% 

Tree Nuts Dried Fruits Peanuts Organic 

389 

98 Charleston 

98 Charleston 

613 

99 Rome 

99 Rome 

330 

00 Kona (Hawaii) 

00 Kona (Hawaii) 

606 

01 BCN/Reus 

01 BCN/Reus 

INC strategic plan of actions. New projects 

included the development of the future 

New INC Home, the upcoming “INC 

Pavilion” to be held in SIAL Paris 2012, 

and the INC-funded Symposium on nuts 

and health to be held at the European 

Congress of Nutrition, in Madrid, Spain, 

October 28, 2011. 

Jordi Martí, Treasurer and General Secretary 

of the INC, delivered the Treasurer’s 

Report to the General Assembly, reported 

on the INC’s financial position as of December 

31st, 2010, and presented the budget 

for 2011. 

Michael Waring, Chairman of the INC 

Ambassadors Committee, reviewed the 

highlights of the work developed by the 

Ambassadors during the last 12 months. 

573 

527 

507 

480 

501 

478 

408 

422 426 429 

365 

351 353 

371 

322 

320 

210 

205 

187 

158 

177 

179 

130 132 

136 

100 55 

114 

121 

41 

68 

230 

405 

287 

260 

163 189 167 

143 162 

178 

162 

128 

107 

89 

130 

70 

102 

79 

69 

15 

55 79 57 48 

233 

02 Cape Town 

02 Cape Town 

301 

03 Istanbul 

03 Istanbul 

657 

04 Las Vegas 

04 Las Vegas 

637 

05 Berlin 

05 Berlin 

519 

06 Montreal 

06 Montreal 

705 

07 Madrid 

07 Madrid 

439 

08 Chile 

08 Chile 

663 

09 Monte Carlo 

09 Monte Carlo 

863 

10 Beijing 

10 Beijing 

820 

11 Budapest 

Delegates Accompanying Persons 

742 

684 

11 Budapest 

Overview 

5

Golden Nut Award 

6 

Golden Nut Award 

Budapest XXX World Nut & Dried Fruit Congress 

Tesco Stores Limited 

The INC recognized Tesco Stores Limited with 

the Corporate Golden Nut Award for its significant 

contribution to the nut and dried fruit industry. 

Tesco Stores Limited operates as a retailer of food, 

non-food, and retailing services. Traditionally a 

UK grocery retailer, Tesco’s strategy in the last 15 

years has been centred on growing its non-food 

business, expanding its brand into retailing services 

& developing an international business. Alongside 

their Traditional grocery business, Tesco now 

provides customers with a wide range of products 

& services, such as financial & legal services, 

health food shops, opticians & pharmacies, photo 

centres, telecoms & garden centres. In addition, it 

represents 50% of the UK online grocery shopping 

market. 

Founded in 1919 and based in Cheshunt, the 

United Kingdom, the company now operates in 

14 countries worldwide, China, Czech Republic, 

Hungary, India, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Ireland, 

Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, UK and 

USA. It operates over 5,008 stores worldwide, employing 

472,000 people. Its strong results over the 

past years have been achieved through a constant 

focus on what matters most to customers in challenging 

times worldwide. 

Tesco Clubcard, the biggest worldwide customer 

loyalty scheme, has been centric to Tesco’s customer 

focus. 

In the last 10 years Tesco has considerably improved 

and enlarged its range of nut and dried fruit 

products adding both value and product innovation, 

as well as developing a strong seasonal business. 

Today, Tesco provides to the consumer more 

than 400 different nut and dried fruit lines.

Goretti Guasch presented the new INC goals and 

main activities the INC will carry out within the Strategic 

Plan of Actions. 

INC Report 

of Activities 

By Goretti Guasch, INC Executive Director 

NEW GOALS 

The new INC Goals include the development of strategic actions to deal with: 

• Environmental sustainability initiatives associated with social behaviour and a 

healthy product image perceived by consumers. This goal defined under Sustainability, 

involves to carry over Sustainability actions to develop a Guidance on 

Good Facts on sustainable production to assess and improve the environmental 

impact and profile on nuts and dried fruits, to gain competitive advantage. 

• Nuts and Gastronomy, emphasizing the importance of the use of nuts and 

dried fruits in the kitchen of the best restaurants worldwide. Under Gastronomy 

is meant to develop actions to emphasize tree nuts are tasty, natural, 

flavored, a delightful food and fat free. The project involves the creation of an 

INC Guide Book, like the Michelin Guide book, but with nut stars, to give it 

to those restaurants using nuts and dried fruits in their recipes. 

• Nuts and Sports, to promote the healthy properties of nuts into the sports 

field. This is an important potential area that would recognize the industry 

as the supplier of the healthy energy food that helps them become better 

and healthier players. 

• School Programs to promote the consumption of nuts and dried fruits 

among children, by actively participating in School Fruit Scheme Programs 

and have nuts included under the same category of fruits & vegetables. 

NEW ACTIVITIES 

11th EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF NUTRITION 

Continued research is vital for our industry and the INC keeps the commitment to promote 

scientific studies, education and dissemination. 

With this in mind, the INC will take part in the European Congress of Nutrition from 24 to 29 

October 2011, in Madrid, where over 2000 scientists, health professionals and researchers 

from over 76 countries will learn about the latest findings and developments in the fields 

of health and nutrition. 

The INC session will take place on Friday 28th of October and it will include keynote researchers 

from Europe, USA and Canada in the field of cardiovascular diseases, obesity 

and diabetes. 

We believe that this will be a great opportunity to spread the health benefits of nuts to the 

largest group of health influencers, researchers and specialized media. 

NEW: INC PAVILION AT SIAL PARIS 2012 

Given the success of INC’s participation in international food & trade exhibitions and due 

to the demand of the industry to exhibit under a common umbrella, the INC will provide 

a meeting area for the INC members for those wishing to participate in the main food 

exhibitions. 

The first edition will take place in the SIAL exhibition in October 2012, where the INC pavilion 

will consist on individual booths, for which will provide meeting facilities, catering and 

storage service and transportation to the exhibition. 

Our objective is to be the reference for the Industry and its Meeting point at the most relevant 

international exhibitions. 

INC HOME 

The new headquarters will be strategically located on a 4,500 sq meters site in a new 

Technology Park, located next to the city airport. The Techno Park is an international cluster 

of health and nutrition research. The park offers up to 50,000 sq meters of infrastructural 

INC 

development in several categories, such as healthcare, nutrition, pharmaceutics, and agriculture. 

Within this context the new INC Headquarters will also have a surface of 2,500 square 

meters of Arboretum with nut and fruit trees, a place for visitors to observe and study a 

variety of trees, including 12 species (4-5 trees per specie), in collaboration with the Institute 

for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology. 

Over 36 Sponsors have already signed on to support the New INC Home, who will be 

rewarded with a brick with their name at the donators’ wall of the building. 

Report of Activities 

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Round Tables 

8 

Almonds 

Almonds 

Chairman: 

Craig Duerr, Campos Brothers, USA 

Members of the Panel: 

Mark Jansen, Ago Dermenjian, Mai Lindberg, Antonio Pont Jr. 

ESTIMATED WORLD ALMONDS PRODUCTION Kernel basis - Metric Tons 

2010/2011 2011/2012 

COUNTRY 

BEGINNING CROP TOTAL ENDING BEGINNING CROP TOTAL ENDING 

STOCK SUPPLY STOCK STOCK SUPPLY STOCK 

USA* 

145,909 721,636 867,545 123,797 123,797 801,818 925,615 118,025 

SPAIN 

5,000 35,000 40,000 0 0 65,000 65,000 10,000 

AUSTRALIA 

0 40,000 40,000 0 0 45,400 45,400 0 

TURKEY 

0 16,000 16,000 0 0 16,000 16,000 0 

TUNISIA 

1,300 12,000 13,300 1,600 1,600 12,000 13,600 1,600 

IRAN 

0 12,000 12,000 0 0 12,000 12,000 0 

MOROCCO 

0 9,000 9,000 0 0 9,000 9,000 0 

GREECE 

0 8,000 8,000 500 500 8,000 8,000 0 

CHILE 

0 10,000 10,000 0 0 10,000 10,000 0 

ITALY 

0 6,000 6,000 500 500 12,000 12,500 500 

SYRIA 

0 5,000 5,000 0 0 5,000 5,000 0 

OTHERS 

0 30,000 30,000 0 0 30,000 30,000 0 

TOTAL 152,209 904,636 1,056,845 126,397 126,397 1,026,218 1,152,115 130,125 

CONSUMPTION (TOTAL SUPPLY - ENDING STOCK) 

*USA CROP ACCOUNTS FOR 2% INEDIBLE & PROCESS LOSS 

930,448 1,021,990 

THE ASSUMPTIONS- USA: 

• 736,363MT (1.62B LBS, RECEIPTS) 2010/2011 

• 740,909MT (1.63B LBS, SHIPMENTS) 2010/2011 

• 818,181MT (1.80B LBS – 2%) 2011 CROP 

• NASS Subjective of 795,454MT (1.75B LBS) 

has been low by 4% on average over the past 3 years. 

• 807,272 (1.776B LBS SHIPMENTS) 2011/2012 

· World consumption grew by 10.4% in 2010/2011 during one 

of the most depressed world wide economy’s of all time. 

· Almonds are the most affordable tree nut. 

· Almonds lead all tree nuts in global new product introductions. 

· Ending stock continues to shrink as a % of shipments 

· Which makes for a very difficult transition 

· Larger than expected loses during harvest 

· The per-capita consumption in the USA is more than 11 times 

that of the per-capita consumption in China and 18 times that 

of the per-capita consumption in India. 

· This means enormous growth potential.

Amazonia (Brazil) Nuts, 

Macadamias and Pine Nuts 

Chairman: 

Michael Waring, MWT Foods Australia 


Riccardo Calcagni, Enrique Nelkenbaum , Duncan McGregor, 

Jolyon Burnett, Cheng Hung Kay, Li Gong 

Amazonia (Brazil) Nuts 

ESTIMATED WORLD AMAZONIA (BRAZIL) NUTS PRODUCTION Kernel basis - Metric Tons 

2010/2011 


2011/2012 

COUNTRY 



BOLIVIA 

300 21.000 21.300 0 0 20.020 20.020 0 

BRAZIL 

0 3.300 3.300 0 0 1.900 1.900 0 

PERU 

0 2.150 2.150 0 0 2.075 2.075 0 

TOTAL 300 26.450 26.750 0 0 23.995 23.995 0 

CONSUMPTION (TOTAL SUPPLY - ENDING STOCK) 26.750 23.995 

ESTIMATED WORLD AMAZONIA (BRAZIL) NUTS PRODUCTION In shell basis - Metric Tons 



2011/2012 

COUNTRY 



BOLIVIA 

900 63.500 64.400 0 0 60.060 60.060 0 

BRAZIL 

0 16.900 16.900 0 0 12.700 12.700 0 

PERU 

0 6.450 6.450 0 0 6.200 6.200 0 

TOTAL 900 86.850 87.750 0 0 78.960 78.960 0 


BRAZIL NUTS: Sustainable Development vs Deforestation 

Round Tables 

9

Round Tables 

10 



Macadamias 

ESTIMATED WORLD MACADAMIAS PRODUCTION Kernel basis - Metric Tons 


COUNTRY 



AUSTRALIA 

2.075 10.455 12.530 1.505 1.505 10.300 11.805 1.105 

SOUTH AFRICA 

4 7.172 7.176 54 54 7.425 7.479 54 

USA 

0 4.000 4.000 0 0 5.000 5.000 0 

KENYA 

600 2.619 3.219 225 225 2.400 2.625 300 

MALAWI 

0 2.159 2.159 0 0 2.475 2.475 0 

GUATEMALA 

0 1.089 1.089 0 0 1.427 1.427 0 

BRAZIL 

0 780 780 0 0 780 780 0 

COSTA RICA 

0 200 200 0 0 200 200 0 

ZIMBABWE 

0 240 240 0 0 240 240 0 

TOTAL 2.679 28.714 31.393 1.784 1.784 30.247 32.031 1.859 


*Australian NIS at 10% and kernel calculated NIS converted to 3.5% moisture and yield of 31.5%. Crop year end 28 February. Australian Carry-in to 

2011 crop confirmed fully sold by AMHA and this tonnage needs to satisfy until new crop shipment End May. 

**Kenya kernel yield 2010 18% and 2011 20%. 

“Source: South African Macadamia Growers Association, Australian Macadamia Society, Australian Macadamia Handlers Association, Kenya Assoc Nut 

Growers, South African Subtropical Growers Association, and Malawi Tree Nut Growers Association”. 

AUSTRALIA 

· 3rd short crop in a row caused by unusual climatic events. 

· Significant new planting to come 

· Strong R&D investment 

· Only significant breeding program 

· Improving productivity & sustainability 

· Continue to lead market development 

SOUTH AFRICA 

· Hail in some production regions Late 2010 

· Despite hail, 2011 crop up 4% on 2010 

· New plantings and young orchards coming in to production. 

· Chinese buyers are offering growers competitive prices and 

payment terms for Nit Inshell. 

· Approximately 20% of the South African crop is expected to be 

exported to China.

ESTIMATED WORLD PINE NUTS PRODUCTION Kernel basis - Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

FAR EAST (Pinus Chinensis): 

CHINA 

PAKISTAN 

RUSSIA 

DPR Korea 

TOTAL FAR EAST 

MEDITERRANEAN (Pinus Pinea): 

SPAIN 

PORTUGAL 

TURKEY 

ITALY 

TOTAL MEDITERRANEAN 



Pine Nuts 




160 7.500 7.660 500 500 17.000 17.500 5.000 

0 4.000 4.000 1.000 1.000 6.000 7.000 2.000 

50 3.000 3.050 200 200 6.000 6.200 2.000 

30 1.000 1.030 100 100 3.000 3.000 1.000 

240 15.500 15.740 1.800 1.800 32.000 33.700 10.000 

0 1.200 1.200 0 0 1.730 1.730 n/a 

0 3.000 3.000 0 0 1.450 1.450 n/a 

0 700 700 0 0 600 600 n/a 

0 150 150 0 0 200 200 n/a 

0 5.050 5.050 0 0 3.980 3.980 n/a 

TOTAL 240 20.550 20.790 1.800 1.800 35.980 37.680 10.000 


· The crops of 2010/2011 were below average. Since demand 

was badly damaged in Europe by the Chinese Pine Nuts quality 

problem, the price dropped dramatically since the end of 2010. 

From US$29,000/mt in October 2010 to US$17,000/MT in May 

2011 for good quality grade A Red Pine variety 650 count. 

· The crops of 2011/2012 will be very good. Due to the increas- 

Round 

ing charge for the forest preservation from the governments 

in China and Russia, the greatly increased cost for labor and 

transportation, the rapidly growing demand in China, and the 

possibly recovering demands from overseas markets after the 

better quality control takes in place, it is difficult for the price of 

new crops to go below US$15,000/MT. 

Tables 

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Round Tables 

12 

Cashews 

Cashews 

Chairman: 

Ashok Krishen, Olam International, Singapore 


Arie Endendijk, David Rosenblatt, Niel Hyde, Nguyen Thai Hoc, Pratap Nair, 

Venkatesan Rajkumar 

ESTIMATED WORLD CASHEWS PRODUCTION Kernel basis - Metric Tons 

Brazil converted basis: 4,8 kg RCN = 1 kg kernel, all others: 4,2 kg RCN = 1 kg kernel 

COUNTRY 

INDIA* 

COTE D’IVOIRE* 

VIETNAM* 

BRAZIL** 

INDONESIA** 

GUINEA-BISSAU* 

TANZANIA** 

NIGERIA* 

MOZAMBIQUE** 

CAMBODIA* 

BENIN* 

GHANA* 

SENEGAL* 

OTHERS 




0 150.000 150.000 0 0 150.000 150.000 0 

0 75.000 75.000 0 0 75.000 75.000 0 

0 70.000 70.000 0 0 60.000 60.000 0 

0 35.000 35.000 0 0 57.000 57.000 0 

0 16.000 16.000 0 0 24.000 24.000 0 

0 23.500 23.500 0 0 23.500 23.500 0 

0 19.000 19.000 0 0 19.000 19.000 0 

0 18.000 18.000 0 0 18.000 18.000 0 

0 15.500 15.500 0 0 15.500 15.500 0 

0 12.000 12.000 0 0 12.000 12.000 0 

0 11.500 11.500 0 0 11.500 11.500 0 

0 7.500 7.500 0 0 7.500 7.500 0 

0 4.500 4.500 0 0 4.500 4.500 0 

0 13.900 13.900 0 0 13.900 13.900 0 

TOTAL 0 471.400 471.400 0 0 491.400 491.400 0 


* 2011/12 figures indicate the cropis flowing right now & figures are current estimates. 

** 2011/12 figures indicate the crop will flow in Oct-Dec & assumes normal crops. 

Processors 

Book Building 

process 

Price Chart: W 320 (2010-2011) 

Ramadan buying 

triggered support 

Buying support 

from all markets 

VTN /IVC 

crop delay 

Brazil short crop news + 

indian domestic demand

Chairman: 

Dr. Rossano Barbieri, Nestlé ZEUR 


Ahmet Bilge Anbarlilar, Riccardo Calcagni, Compton Chase-Lansdale, 

Siegfried von Gehr, Cheng Hung Kay, Dursun Oguz Gursoy, Jordi Martí 

ESTIMATED WORLD HAZELNUTS PRODUCTION Kernel basis - Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

TURKEY 

ITALY 

AZERBAIJAN 

GEORGIA 

USA 

SPAIN 

OTHERS 

Hazelnuts 

Hazelnuts 




10.000 315.000 325.000 10.000 10.000 315.000 325.000 15.000 

4.700 41.000 45.700 4.700 4.700 58.750 63.450 14.100 

400 10.000 10.400 800 800 18.000 18.800 1.600 

800 16.000 16.800 1.200 1.200 14.000 15.200 1.400 

500 9.800 10.300 600 600 13.800 14.400 600 

0 9.000 9.000 0 0 11.250 11.250 0 

450 12.150 12.600 900 900 12.150 13.050 1.350 

TOTAL 16.850 412.950 429.800 18.200 18.200 442.950 461.150 34.050 


ESTIMATED WORLD HAZELNUTS PRODUCTION In shell basis - Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

TURKEY 

ITALY 

AZERBAIJAN 

GEORGIA 

USA 

SPAIN 

OTHERS 




20.000 630.000 650.000 20.000 20.000 630.000 650.000 30.000 

10.000 87.200 97.200 10.000 10.000 125.000 135.000 30.000 

1.000 25.000 26.000 2.000 2.000 45.000 47.000 4.000 

2.000 40.000 42.000 3.000 3.000 35.000 38.000 3.500 

1.250 24.500 25.750 1.500 1.500 34.500 36.000 1.500 

0 20.000 20.000 0 0 25.000 25.000 0 

1.000 27.000 28.000 2.000 2.000 27.000 29.000 2.000 

TOTAL 35.250 853.700 888.950 38.500 38.500 921.500 960.000 71.000 


Source: INC. 

· Global growth (IMF): 4,4% 2011 (+/- 4,5% through 2014) 

· Geopolitical crisis 

· Weather (El Niño, La Niña) 

· Biofuel consumption (significant % feed stock used) 

· Currency volatility 

· Investment funds 

· Commodities price increase (record in nominal terms; highest 

level in real terms from year 1950) 

· Tight supplies 

· Since the cycle could stay also in the future industry is prepared 

to face the environmental change. 

Round Tables 

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Round Tables 

14 

Pecans 

Pecans 

Chairman: 

Richard Walden, The Green Valley Pecan Co, USA 


Jill Whyte, Richard Genest, Bruce Caris 

ESTIMATED WORLD PECANS PRODUCTION Kernel basis - Metric Tons 


COUNTRY 



USA 

18.304 52.989 71.293 14.288 14.288 64.125 78.413 19.350 

MEXICO 

612 24.494 25.106 612 612 36.743 37.355 612 

SOUTH AFRICA 

0 3.682 3.682 0 0 3.675 3.675 0 

AUSTRALIA 

0 1.004 1.004 0 0 1.080 1.080 0 

OTHERS 

0 810 810 0 0 810 810 0 

TOTAL 18.916 82.979 101.895 14.900 14.900 106.433 121.333 19.962 


Pieces 

Halves 

PECAN PRICES - CROP YEAR / PER POUND – FOB ORIGIN 

$8,00 

$7,00 

$6,00 

$5,00 

$4,00 

$3,00 

$2,00 

$1,00 

$0,00 

2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 est 

30.000 

25.000 

20.000 

15.000 

10.000 

5.000 

0 

South Africa Volume Projections (tons) 

6.738 8.159 

2010 

Okt 

2011 

Okt 

28.247 

25.644 

23.072 

20.628 

18.220 

15.805 

13.725 

11.821 

9.971 

2012 

Okt 

2013 

Okt 

2014 

Okt 

2015 

Okt 

2016 

Okt 

2017 

Okt 

2018 

Okt 

2019 

Okt 

2020 

Okt

Chairman: 

Mark Masten, Paramount Farms, USA 


Asadullah Asgaroladi, Fatih Tiryakioglu, Jim Zion 

ESTIMATED WORLD PISTACHIOS PRODUCTION In Shell basis - Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

IRAN 

USA 

TURKEY 

SYRIA 

GREECE 

CHINA 

ITALY 

AUSTRALIA 

AFGHANISTAN 

Pistachios 

Pistachios 




10.000 195.000 205.000 4.000 4.000 240.000 244.000 n/a 

17.600 240.200 257.800 57.300 57.300 181.800 239.100 27.300 

2.000 112.000 114.000 26.800 26.800 72.000 98.800 11.600 

n/a 50.000 50.000 10.000 10.000 25.000 35.000 5.000 

550 5.000 5.550 1.000 1.000 6.000 7.000 n/a 

0 5.000 5.000 0 0 6.000 6.000 0 

0 2.500 2.500 0 0 2.500 2.500 n/a 

n/a 800 800 0 0 1.000 1.000 n/a 

n/a 15.000 15.000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 

TOTAL 30.150 625.500 655.650 99.100 99.100 534.300 633.400 43.900 


Source: InterChina. 

China’s growing middle class represents opportunity 

Population growth in China 

Round Tables 

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Round Tables 

16 

Walnuts 

Walnuts 

ESTIMATED WORLD WALNUTS PRODUCTION In shell basis - Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

CHINA 

USA 

TURKEY 

CHILE 

FRANCE 

INDIA 

ITALY 

Chairman: 

Jack Mariani, Mariani Nut Company, USA 


Joe Tang, Dennis Ballint, Steve Zaffarano 

ESTIMATED WORLD WALNUTS PRODUCTION Kernel basis - Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

CHINA 

USA 

TURKEY 

CHILE 

FRANCE 

INDIA 

ITALY 




0 210.700 210.700 0 0 206.400 206.400 0 

14.461 195.650 210.111 16.770 16.770 191.350 208.120 15.910 

860 28.380 29.240 430 430 26.660 27.090 430 

430 13.760 14.190 430 430 15.480 15.910 430 

860 13.760 14.620 0 0 12.900 12.900 0 

860 12.470 13.330 430 430 10.750 11.180 430 

430 6.450 6.880 430 430 5.590 6.020 430 

TOTAL 17.901 481.170 499.071 18.490 18.490 469.130 487.620 17.630 





0 490.000 490.000 0 0 480.000 480.000 0 

33.630 455.000 488.630 39.000 39.000 445.000 484.000 37.000 

2.000 66.000 68.000 1.000 1.000 62.000 63.000 1.000 

1.000 32.000 33.000 1.000 1.000 36.000 37.000 1.000 

2.000 32.000 34.000 0 0 30.000 30.000 0 

2.000 29.000 31.000 1.000 1.000 25.000 26.000 1.000 

1.000 15.000 16.000 1.000 1.000 13.000 14.000 1.000 

TOTAL 41.630 1.119.000 1.160.630 43.000 43.000 1.091.000 1.134.000 41.000 

CONSUMPTION (TOTAL SUPPLY - ENDING STOCK) 1.117.630 1.093.000 

· Perception of walnuts as a healthy food by US consumers at 

an all time high. According to 2009 Attitude and Usage data: 

· 87% believe walnuts are healthy (up from 67%) 

· 55% believe walnuts provide more health benefits than other 

nuts 

· 55% buying more walnuts than 5 years ago 

· Average purchase frequency increased from 3.47x to 3.91x 

(increased 12.6%) 

· Increase to 4.79x for those aware that walnuts contain omega- 

3s (increased 38%) 

· 63% believe that walnuts are “a good value for the money”

Chairman: 

Oscar Vergara, Vergara y Cia, Argentina 


Arie Endendijk, Brijesh Krishnaswami, Oscar Marcucci, Eric Huang 

ESTIMATED WORLD PEANUTS PRODUCTION Oilseeds - Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

CHINA 

INDIA 

USA 

NIGERIA 

INDONESIA 

ARGENTINA 

VIETNAM 

MEXICO 

NICARAGUA 

BRAZIL 

SOUTH AFRICA 

OTHERS 




0 14.600.000 14.600.000 0 0 15.038.000 15.038.000 0 

54.000 6.400.000 6.454.000 54.000 54.000 6.200.000 6.254.000 60.000 

830.000 1.885.000 2.715.000 763.000 763.000 1.809.600 2.572.600 700.000 

0 1.550.000 1.550.000 0 0 1.550.000 1.550.000 0 

0 1.250.000 1.250.000 0 0 1.250.000 1.250.000 0 

40.000 720.000 760.000 10.000 10.000 790.000 800.000 0 

0 550.000 550.000 0 0 550.000 550.000 0 

0 228.000 228.000 46.000 46.000 265.000 311.000 40.000 

0 120.000 120.000 0 0 260.000 260.000 0 

46.000 250.000 296.000 32.000 32.000 250.000 282.000 0 

0 55.000 55.000 0 0 120.000 120.000 0 

0 6.000.000 6.000.000 0 0 6.000.000 6.000.000 0 

TOTAL 970.000 33.608.000 34.578.000 905.000 905.000 34.082.600 34.987.600 800.000 


Exports - Argentina 

-in MT- 

Peanuts 

Peanuts 

Round Tables 

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Round Tables 

18 

Dried Fruit 

Dates 

ESTIMATED WORLD DATES PRODUCTION Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

EGYPT 

SAUDI ARABIA 

IRAN 

UAE 

ALGERIA 

PAKISTAN 

IRAQ 

SUDAN 

OMAN 

LIBYA 

CHINA 

TUNISIA 

MOROCCO 

ISRAEL 

USA 

OTHERS 




150.000 1.100.000 1.250.000 125.000 125.000 990.000 1.115.000 80.000 

70.000 1.090.000 1.160.000 80.000 80.000 1.100.000 1.180.000 85.000 

40.000 1.045.000 1.085.000 45.000 45.000 1.085.000 1.130.000 50.000 

40.000 780.000 820.000 35.000 35.000 820.000 855.000 38.000 

30.000 620.000 650.000 10.000 10.000 600.000 610.000 8.000 

16.000 430.000 446.000 8.000 8.000 440.000 448.000 10.000 

17.000 310.000 327.000 16.000 16.000 305.000 321.000 15.000 

18.000 320.000 338.000 14.000 14.000 320.000 334.000 15.000 

16.000 260.000 276.000 12.000 12.000 240.000 252.000 11.000 

12.000 180.000 192.000 8.000 8.000 95.000 103.000 4.000 

7.000 125.000 132.000 7.000 7.000 125.000 132.000 6.000 

1.200 174.000 175.200 5.000 5.000 170.000 175.000 4.000 

6.000 80.000 86.000 4.000 4.000 82.000 86.000 4.500 

300 19.000 19.300 200 200 19.000 19.200 180 

500 15.000 15.500 600 600 15.000 15.600 700 

22.000 160.000 182.000 25.000 25.000 170.000 195.000 24.000 

TOTAL 446.000 6.708.000 7.154.000 394.800 394.800 6.576.000 6.970.800 355.380 


Dried Apricots 

ESTIMATED WORLD DRIED APRICOTS PRODUCTION Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

TURKEY * 

IRAN 

CHINA 

USA 

SOUTH AFRICA 

AUSTRALIA 

OTHERS 

Chairman: 

Barry F. Kriebel, President Sun-Maid Growers of California 


Dr. Gary Williamson, Dr. Daniel Gallaher, Dr. Andriana Kaliora, Mark Mariani, Berndt 

Glissmann, Martin Rome, Sezmen Alper 

International Dried Fruit Round Table was held on Saturday, 21 May, where outstanding scientists and health 

professionals presented a paper that collaborated by a dozen international researchers and health experts from 

Greece, Japan, Turkey, UK, and USA, according to whom traditional dried fruits should be viewed as equivalent 

to fresh fruits. 

RECOMMENDATIONS: 

• Traditional dried fruits should be included together with fresh fruits in dietary recommendations for fruit and 

vegetable intake around the world. 

• Dried fruits provide essential nutrients, and an array of health protective bioactive compounds. 

• They are devoid of fat, very low in sodium and have no added sugars. 




n/a 80.000 80.000 n/a n/a 120.000 120.000 15.000 

n/a 24.000 24.000 n/a n/a 23.500 23.500 n/a 

n/a 5.500 5.500 n/a n/a 5.700 5.700 n/a 

n/a 2.500 2.500 n/a n/a 2.600 2.600 n/a 

n/a 1.500 1.500 n/a n/a 1.550 1.550 n/a 

n/a 600 600 n/a n/a 650 650 n/a 

n/a 30.000 30.000 n/a n/a 28.000 28.000 n/a 

TOTAL 0 144.100 144.100 0 0 182.000 182.000 15.000 


* Turkish estimate crop under normal weather conditions. 2010 Turkish crop may change ± 10 %

ESTIMATED WORLD DRIED FIGS PRODUCTION Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

TURKEY 

IRAN 

USA 

GREECE 

SPAIN 

ITALY 

OTHERS 

Dried Fruit 

Dried Figs 

Prunes 

Raisins, 

Sultanas & Currants 

ESTIMATED WORLD RAISINS, SULTANAS & CURRANTS PRODUCTION Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

USA 

TURKEY 

CHINA 

IRAN 

CHILE 

SOUTH AFRICA 

GREECE 

ARGENTINA 

AUSTRALIA 

UZBEKISTAN 

OTHERS 




n/a 58.662 58.662 n/a n/a 55.000 55.000 n/a 

n/a 22.500 22.500 n/a n/a 22.500 22.500 n/a 

n/a 10.000 10.000 n/a n/a 9.500 9.500 n/a 

n/a 7.500 7.500 n/a n/a 7.800 7.800 n/a 

n/a 5.000 5.000 n/a n/a 5.800 5.800 n/a 

n/a 3.500 3.500 n/a n/a 3.800 3.800 n/a 

n/a 400 400 n/a n/a 400 400 n/a 

TOTAL 0 107.562 107.562 0 0 104.800 104.800 0 


ESTIMATED WORLD PRUNES PRODUCTION Metric Tons 

COUNTRY 

USA 

CHILE 

ARGENTINA 

FRANCE 

ITALY 

AUSTRALIA 

SOUTH AFRICA 




76.980 113.400 190.380 64.500 64.500 136.080 201.580 n/a 

12.000 56.000 69.135 6.000 6.000 65.000 71.000 n/a 

12.400 25.660 39.060 10.000 10.000 60.000 70.000 n/a 

25.400 42.000 67.400 19.000 19.000 43.000 62.000 n/a 

240 1.250 1.490 240 240 1.300 1.540 n/a 

n/a 4.000 6.300 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 n/a 

50 1.720 1.770 n/a n/a 2.500 2.500 n/a 

TOTAL 127.070 244.030 375.535 100.740 100.740 309.880 411.620 n/a 

CONSUMPTION (TOTAL SUPPLY - ENDING STOCK) 

* Total Supply includes imports, not shown here. 

274.795 411.620 




70.000 285.000 355.000 85.000 85.000 260.000 345.000 85.000 

21.081 248.547 269.628 10.000 10.000 280.000 290.000 10.000 

3.000 130.000 133.000 5.000 5.000 130.000 135.000 10.000 

5.000 155.000 160.000 5.000 5.000 155.000 160.000 5.000 

5.000 60.000 65.000 1.000 1.000 65.000 66.000 1.000 

1.000 40.000 41.000 3.000 3.000 35.000 38.000 1.000 

2.000 25.000 27.000 2.000 2.000 30.000 32.000 2.000 

2.000 25.000 27.000 2.000 2.000 30.000 32.000 2.000 

500 15.000 15.500 500 500 10.000 10.500 500 

2.000 25.000 27.000 1.000 1.000 25.000 26.000 1.000 

1.000 30.000 31.000 1.000 1.000 20.000 21.000 1.000 

TOTAL 112.581 1.038.547 1.151.128 115.500 115.500 1.040.000 1.155.500 118.500 


Round Tables 

19

Scientific Seminar 

20 

The World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress hosted a scientific seminar 

on “Challenges and Key Issues Facing the Nut and Dried Fruit 

Industry”, on May 20th, in Budapest, Hungary, chaired by Mr. Pino 

Calcagni, Chairman of the INC Scientific and Government Affairs 

Committee. The seminar also had the participation of Ms. Julie 

Adams, Vice Chairman of the Almond Board of California, and Vice 

Chairman of the INC Scientific and Government Affairs Committee. 

The aim of the seminar was to acquaint Congress participants with 

the main challenges and issues in the nut and dried fruit sector, 

such as food safety, contaminants, high risk products, and the 

state-of-the-art technology in food security. 

The program of the seminar included a report on the TUBITAK 

“Green Raisin Project” made by Assoc. Prof. Güner Özay, which 

is aimed at improving the safety and quality of green raisins in Turphan 

and Shanshan regions of the People’s Republic of China. 

The “Development of UNECE Dry and Dried Produce Standards 

for International Trade” was presented by Ms. Liliana Annovazzi- 

Jakab, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, who 

reviewed the current development of new standards on nuts and 

dried fruits, namely Brazil nut kernels and pine nut kernels, and the 

revision of UNECE standards on cashew kernels, dried apricots, 

and dried figs. 

Mr. Frans Verstraete, Directorate-General for Health and Consumers 

DG SANCO, presented in detail the information related to 

EU mycotoxin controls in the frame of Regulations 669/2009 and reviewed 

the current frequency of controls as regards aflatoxins in nuts 

and dried fruits covered by the provisions of Regulation 1152/2009. 

Scientific 

Seminar 

Challenges and Key Issues Facing the 

Nut and Dried Fruit Industry 

Mr. Cheng Hung Kay, Chairman of the China Tree Nuts Association, 

presented the brochure Chinese pine nut kernels specifications 

(Grade A Quality for all Varieties), published by the China 

Chamber of Commerce of Imports/Exports of Foodstuffs (CCCF- 

NA), which provides the official names, growing areas, color, 

shape, size counts, suggested usage, and specifications for all 8 

varieties of pine nut kernels that are currently processed and exported 

by China. The brochure is available at INC’s website www. 

nutfruit.org. 

Prof. Dr. Uygun Aksoy, Ege University Faculty of Agriculture, 

made a report on the status of the Codex Alimentarius proposed 

maximum level for aflatoxins in dried figs, and introduced the participants 

with the Electronic Working Group that is currently developing 

a sampling plan for total aflatoxin in dried figs according to 

the proposed ML of 10 μg/kg. 

Ms. Fiona Bavester, Chairperson of the UK National Dried Fruit 

Trade Association, gave a presentation about the activities of the 

association, and the Technical Committee in particular, which carries 

on annual surveillance programs as regards pesticide residues, 

heavy metals, and mycotoxins, and outlined the positive 

synergies that exist between NDFTA and INC. 

The state-of-the-art technology in food security was presented 

by Mr. Frank Zwerts, CEO at Visys NV Sorting Systems in Belgium, 

according to whom new digital sensor-based sorters substitute 

tedious and time consuming manual sorting with stateof-the-art 

machine vision, eliminate subjective quality judgment, 

enhance product safety and create useful statistical product 

data.

The symposium “Nuts and Dried Fruits on Health and Disease” 

placed at InterContinental Hotel, was co-moderated by 

Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain, and 

Ms. Maureen Ternus, Nutrition, Research and Education Foundation, 

USA. 

The speakers highlighted the latest research on nuts and cardiovascular 

risk, energy balance, and cancer, and the potential health 

benefits of dried fruit consumption. The symposium gathered together 

the most prestigious nut and dried fruit researchers and 

brought to the INC the opportunity to spread the health benefits 

of nuts and dried fruits to the largest group of professionals in the 

sector. 

SPEAKERS PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS 

Daniel Gallaher is a professor 

of Nutrition in the Department 

of Food Science and 

Nutrition at the University 

of Minnesota, where he is 

a member of the University 

of Minnesota Cancer Center 

and the Healthy Foods, 

Healthy Lives Institute. 

Professor Linda Tapsell is a 

leading Australian nutritionist 

with expertise in conducting 

dietary studies. She is the 

Editor in Chief of the journal 

Nutrition and Dietetics and a 

Fellow of the Dieticians’ Association 

of Australia. 

Dr. Nancy Emenaker is 

a Program Director for the 

NCI/NIH where she currently 

directs, coordinates and 

manages a multi-disciplinary 

research portfolio in nutrition 

and cancer prevention. 

Dr. Emili Ros is Senior Consultant 

and Director of the 

Lipid Clinic, Endocrinology 

& Nutrition Service, Hospital 

Clínic, University of Barcelona. 

Nutrition 

Symposium 

Nuts and Dried Fruits 

on Health and Disease 

In this sense, Ms. Ternus outlined the priorities of research for 

the coming years (diabetes, heart disease, body weight regulation, 

and phytochemicals in the disease prevention) and the steps taken 

by the INC NREF in the knowledge of nuts and the importance of 

its consumption through the sponsorship of projects, publications, 

workshops and its website. 

To sum up, all speakers concluded that high evidence of healthy 

properties of tree nuts have been demonstrated, however further 

research is needed in order to better demonstrate the effect of nut 

consumption on cancer prevention and the metabolic healthy effects 

of dried fruit consumption. 

Presented the results of different studies showing the healthy benefits of dried fruits. This 

food group is very rich in different types of vegetable fiber, potassium and phenolic compounds 

with antioxidant properties. After revising the most important scientific published 

papers, he concluded that dried fruit has a number of potential health benefits, promoting 

laxation, decreasing cholesterol and improving blood glucose response to meal. Dr. Gallaher 

also showed the results of a study conducted by his research team demonstrating the 

healthy effect of dried plums consumption on inflammation, oxidative stress, ant arteriosclerotic 

plaque. Furthermore, the association between dried fruit consumption and decreased 

risk of osteoporosis was addressed at the end of his presentation. 

Talked about “Nut Consumption and Energy Balance”. Based on different international studies 

she supported the idea that nuts are a nutrient rich food that fit naturally into a healthy 

well balanced diet. She showed that an inverse relationship between nut consumption and 

body mass index or diabetes had been demonstrated in several epidemiologic studies. Prof. 

Tapsell presented the results recently published by her team as regards the effect of a meal 

supplemented with nuts or not on the increase in lipid oxidation during a period of 8 hours in 

postprandial state using indirect calorimetry. She concluded that “there may be advantages 

to achieving energy balance from choosing nuts over other foods in the diet”. 

Supported the idea that dietary patterns are associated with cancer risk. Scientific studies 

have shown that people ascribed to Western dietary patterns have an increased risk of cancer 

mortality; on the contrary, a prudent dietary pattern reduces mortality. Generally, the Western 

dietary pattern is based on high consumption of saturated and trans fatty acids and sugar, but 

also refined-grain cereals, processed meat and fried foods. Prudent dietary pattern is considered 

when high fruits, vegetables, whole-grains, low-fat dairy and nuts are consumed. Several 

epidemiological studies have demonstrated that frequent nut consumption is associated to a 

lower incidence of some cancers, such as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, prostate cancer or 

colon cancer. Dr. Emenaker exposed that further research is needed to identify components, 

mechanisms of action, cancer sites and genetic susceptibilities for cancer prevention. 

Presented the published PREDIMED results in relation to diabetes and metabolic syndrome, a 

constellation of metabolic derangements (abdominal obesity, hypertension, insulin resistance 

and dyslipidemia) conferring a high risk of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Ros concluded that a 

Mediterranean-type Diet supplemented with tree nuts can be a useful tool in preventing Metabolic 

Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. 

Nutrition Symposium 

21

Supermarkets Panel 

22 

An introduction to global retail marketing 

On Saturday, 21st May 2011, the Congress held the panel “How to 

Market Nuts in Supermarkets throughout Europe and more…”. Mr. 

Pino Calcagni, Congress Co-Chairman, presented the key facts on 

worldwide nuts and dried fruits consumption, as well as the main 

challenges to be faced in the path that leads to increased sales. 

Mr. Calcagni highlighted that “If only 50% of world’s population eat 

nuts and dried fruits, our industry would have 3.9 billion consumers”. 

Likewise, Mr. Calcagni reviewed the top market categories 

for nut products such as chocolate, snack nuts, sweet biscuits, 

cakes, energy bars and bread products. Throughout Europe, the 

number of new snacks launches containing nuts increased significantly 

during 2009. 

Mr. Calcagni presented the keynote speakers of the panel: Mr. Raffael 

Li Preti, Senior Manager of Fruits and Vegetables at Delhaize 

Belgium, and Mr. James Waddy, Senior Buying Manager Produce 

of the Fruit Team at TESCO Stores, both representatives of leading 

supermarket chains. 

Delhaize Beligum is a market leader in sales of fruit thanks to its 

wide network of points of sale (2,800 stores and 138,000 associates). 

In this sense, Delhaize has recently launched the so-called 

“three T” campaign which divides products in three groups: discount, 

traditional distribution and premium line. 

Mr. Li Preti outlined that dry fruit is an impulse buying -it is not 

usually included in the buying list; it is necessary to give visibility to 

these products, and the growth of the industry will be supported 

by the increase in promotion of the health benefits of nuts and 

dried fruits. 

Tesco Stores Limited operates as a retailer of food, non-food and 

retailing services. It operates over 5,008 stores worldwide, employing 

472,000 people. It strong results over the past years have 

been achieved through a constant focus on what matters most to 

customers in changing times worldwide. 

Mr. James Waddy, Tesco Stores, stressed that multi-format retailing 

is expanding worldwide (hyper-markets, traditional supermarkets, 

dot.com retailing, convenience format and high street), as the 

digital era is transforming the way consumers and companies behave. 

He identified the potential growth nuts and dried fruit market 

where range is the key platform to take advantage, providing flexible 

merchandising solutions with a customer market programme, 

namely multimedia technology; social networking; coupon’s; recipes 

and dot.com. 

Panel: “How to market 

nuts in supermarkets 

throughout Europe 

and more...” 

WORLD PRODUCTION (MT) 

Tree Nuts 3.150.679 

Peanuts 34.082.600 

Dried Fruits 2.456.680 

TOTAL 39.689.959 

VALUE 

Tree Nuts: 20.500 $ 14.370 € 

Dried Fruits: 5.300 $ 3.710 € 

TOTAL: 25.800 $ 18.080 € 

“All together, we have also the responsability to inform and to educate the customers about 

the well-being aspect, but also about the possible use of dried fruits.” Raffael Li Preti.

Innovation 

Awards 

The INC Celebrates New Ideas and Innovative Approaches 

Participants at the World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress had the opportunity not only to share experience and network but also to get 

enriched with new ideas and state-of-the-art initiatives in a new Innovation Awards: a new product contest that selected the best new 

product and service, the ceremony of which was held during the traditional Gala Dinner and Ball, on Sunday 22nd May, 2011, in the 

InterContinental Hotel. 

For this first edition of the Innovation Awards the INC established two categories: Best New Product, the winner of which was Mariani 

Packing Company’s TouchLock (USA), a Velcro®-like micro-hook closure system, and Best New Service, the winner of which was Jas 

Trading BV’s Nut Quality Services (Netherlands), which controls quality of cashew kernels without the use of toxic chemicals, and provides 

new bulk packaging material. 

Best New Service: 

Jas Trading BV’s Nut Quality Services 

Jas Trading has extended the services and quality control related 

to fumigation treatment, cleaning and packaging of cashew kernels 

in Vietnam. Nut Quality Services control insects without the 

use of toxic chemicals. Cashews are cleaned, packaged and inspected 

before export to its final destination. Secondly, the use of 

bulk packaging material reduces losses during shipment, reduces 

the use of packaging materials and cost by saving much extra 

handling at point of arrival. 

Best New Product: 

Mariani Packing Company’s TouchLock 

Mariani Packing Company’s TouchLock, a Velcro®-like microhook 

closure system, allows consumers to simply touch to lock and 

close their dried fruit bag. Mariani has launched the TouchLock 

feature on all stand-up gusseted packaging. It does not have to be 

perfectly aligned to seal properly. TouchLock’s micro-hook, selfgripping 

fastener firmly seals the package and maintains product 

freshness. 

The INC wants to thank all the companies for submitting their products and services for the 2011 Innovation Awards, and invites INC 

members to apply for next year’s Awards, in the form of new products, ideas, services, or business models. 

Innovation Awards 

23

Participants List 

24 

BUDAPEST 20/22 MAY 2011 

COUNTRY DELEGATE ACC. PERSON COMPANY 

Argentina ENGELMANN, RODOLFO - Engelmann & Cia. S.R.L. 

Argentina VERGARA, OSCAR EMILIO - Vergara y Cia. S.A. 

Australia BURTON, DARREN - Agrimac Macadamias 

Australia WILKIE, JOHN - Agrimac Macadamias 

Australia BURNETT, JOLYON BRIGGS, ANNE Australian Macadamia Society 

Australia ZIEHLKE, LYNNE - Australian Macadamia Society 

Australia JOYCE, CHRIS - Australian Nut Industry Council 

Australia BRUNTON, GERARD BRUNTON, KAREN GB-Commtrade Pty Ltd. 

Australia GALLUCCI, MARIO GALLUCCI, ROBYN GB-Commtrade Pty Ltd. 

Australia CANNATELLI, JOSEPH PRIBYLOVA, VENDULA J.C.'S Quality Foods 

Australia GEORGIOU, ANDREW - Langdon Ingredients 

Australia HAGIOS, GEORGE - Macadamia Marketing International 

Australia STEINHARDT, TREVOR - Macadamias Australia 

Australia WARING, ANDREW - MWT Foods 

Australia WARING, MICHAEL - MWT Foods 

Australia BENFELL, SANDRA - Pacific Farms Marketing 

Australia GENEST, RICHARD - Stahmann Farms Enterprises 

Australia BOGG, SURREY BOGG, FAY Suncoast Gold Macadamias 

Australia LOADER, BRIAN - Suncoast Gold Macadamias 

Australia TAPSELL, LINDA - University of Wollongong 

Australia HOSKEN, JOHN - Walnuts Australia 

Austria STRUPPE, NORBERT - Farm Gold Handels GmbH 

Austria KORDA, MARGIT - Glatz GmbH & Co KG 

Austria WEINLICH, DAGMAR - Transagent Lehag 

Belgium HIRSCH, PIERRE - Belfrudis N.V. 

Belgium HIEL, STEVEN - Best Sorting 

Belgium MURPHY, DARREN - Best Sorting 

Belgium MASOPUST, MARTIN - Bohemia Belgium - Pars Emerald Pistachio 

Belgium LI PRETI, RAFFAEL - Delhaize 

Belgium VERSTRAETE, FRANS - EC DG Sanco 

Belgium MAMIAS, SYLVIE - Frucom 

Belgium HAENDLER, HANS HAENDLER, BARBARA IMC PgmbH 

Belgium JEBABLI, SALAH - Paramount Farms Europe BVBA 

Belgium PLETS, LIEVEN - Paramount Farms Europe BVBA 

Belgium VLAEMINCK, KRISTOF - Paramount Farms Europe BVBA 

Belgium VAEREWIJCK, FRANK - Q.M. Frank Vaerewijck B.V.B.A. 

Belgium VAEREWIJCK, MAARTEN - Q.M. Frank Vaerewijck B.V.B.A. 

Belgium RANSON, PHILIPPE - Ranson NV. 

Belgium RANSON, CHARLOTTE - Ranson NV. 

Belgium VALKENBORGH, NIELS - Visys NV Sorting Systems 

Belgium ZWERTS, FRANK - Visys NV Sorting Systems 

Bolivia SAPIENCIA, MARCELO - EBA - Brazil Nut 

Bolivia NELKENBAUM, ENRIQUE - Tahuamanu S.A. 

Brazil FLORENZANO, CASEMIRO - Besana Group 

Brazil BELICHA, MARCOS - Caiba Indústria E Comércio S/A 

Brazil BELICHA, JOSÉ - Caiba Indústria E Comércio S/A 

Brazil BELICHA, BRUNO - Caiba Indústria E Comércio S/A 

Brazil VERGUEIRO, SERGIO PELLEGRINI, MARIA TEREZA Econut Comercio de Produtos Naturais Ltda. 

Brazil VERGUEIRO, ANA LUIZA - Econut Comercio de Produtos Naturais Ltda. 

Brazil HYDE, NIEL - Iracema 

Brazil CAMARGO, MARIA TERESA E. - QueenNut Macadamia 

Brazil CAMARGO, JOSE EDUARDO M. CAMARGO, BEATRIZ QueenNut Macadamia 

Brazil CARNEIRO, ANTONIO LUCIO - Sindicaju 

Brazil PICARD, RICARDO - Tribeca Agr. E. Com. Ltda. 

Canada STEVENS, MARC - Atoka Cranberries Inc. 

Canada MELTZER, STEPHEN MELTZER, MICHAELA Balcorp Ltd. 

Canada WALLIA, VIKRAM - Chi Commodities Handlers Inc. 

Canada WALLIA, RANJEET - Chi Commodities Handlers Inc. 

Canada OBERFIELD, GARRY OBERFIELD, TRUDI Natursource INC 

Canada DAY, IRA - Prosperity Foods Ltd. 

Canada FOINSTEIN, LEONARD - Prosperity Foods Ltd. 

Canada SHAYESTEH, ALI - Tootsi Impex Inc 

Canada DESROCHERS, ROBERT - Totally Nuts & More Inc. 

Canada KHAZZAM, PHILIP - Totally Nuts & More Inc. 

Chile VON GEHR, SIEGFRIED - ASI Chile S.A. 

Chile RODRIGUEZ, ANDRES - Chilean Walnut Commission / APECS 

Chile BIANCHINI J., VITTORIO - Chilenut A.G. 

Chile VIAL, JUAN LUIS - Chilenut A.G. 

Chile WITTING , LEONARDO - Dicor S.A. 

Chile GIAQUINTO, AGUSTIN ALBANELL, CECILIA Frutas de Exportacion SA Frutexsa 

Chile AGUIRRE, ANTONIO - Maipofoods S.A. 

Chile SARANZ, SILVINA - Maipofoods S.A. 

Chile ARJMAND, AMIR - Omni Nuts & Fruits S.A. 

Chile HERREROS, BENJAMIN - Pacific Nut Company Chile S.A. 

Chile MONTI, PEDRO - Prunesco 

Chile BIANCHINI, RAFAEL - Sud Terra Frut S.A. 

China FANWEI, MENG - China Chamber of Commerce for I/E of Foods., Nat. P. 

China GONG, LI - China Chamber of Commerce for I/E of Foods., Nat. P. 

China LUXIA, WANG - China Chamber of Commerce for I/E of Foods., Nat. P. 

China YAJUN, TIAN - China Chamber of Commerce for I/E of Foods., Nat. P. 

China YING, CHEN - China Chamber of Commerce for I/E of Foods., Nat. P. 

China YINGQIU, HUANG - China Chamber of Commerce for I/E of Foods., Nat. P. 

China YUELAN, LI - China Chamber of Commerce for I/E of Foods., Nat. P. 

China JIAN, ZHAO - Dayao E-Fortune Agriculturla Product 

China YU, CUIPING - Fenzhou Yuyuan Native Produce Corp., Ltd. 

China ZHOU, JINKUI - Fenzhou Yuyuan Native Produce Corp., Ltd. 

China DENG, QICHANG - Foshan Nanxing Fruit Nut Company Limited 

China JINRONG HE, MARCO - Foshan Nanxing Fruit Nut Company Limited 

China CHAN, HERMAN - Fuxin Zhenlong Native Produce Ltd. 

China HUANG, IVY - Fuxin Zhenlong Native Produce Ltd. 

China WONG, AMY - Fuxin Zhenlong Native Produce Ltd. 

China HUANG, RICHARD HUANG, LILLY Healthy Profit Group Ltd. 

China CHI FUNG, POON - Leading Star Foods Ltd 

China DAVID, CHUNG - Leading Star Foods Ltd 

China SYLVIA, LAO - Leading Star Foods Ltd 

China LAM, ANITA - Paramount Farms International LLC 

China HUANG, ERIC - Qingdao Jiale Peanut Product Co., Ltd. 

China CHEN, LIYUAN - Sunshine (Tianjin) Produce Limited 

China FAN, CINDY - Sunshine (Tianjin) Produce Limited


China LIANG, WENDY - Sunshine (Tianjin) Produce Limited 

China LI, TONY - Voicevale Beijing 

China SUN, CATHERINE - Voicevale Beijing 

China LUXIA, ZHANG - Yantai Lushun Foodstuff Co. Ltd. 

China BAO, GANG - Yunnan Sunway Food Co. Ltd. 

China QIU, JIA - Yunnan Sunway Food Co. Ltd. 

China, Hong Kong HUNG KAY, CHENG - CHK Trading Co. Ltd. 

China, Hong Kong LEE, ANNIE - Healthy Food Limited 

China, Hong Kong MAN, WILSON - Healthy Food Limited 

China, Hong Kong YEUNG, CARMINE - Healthy Food Limited 

China, Hong Kong TANG, JOE - Sino Jet International Ltd 

Cyprus NEOPHYTOU, EVANGELOS - E. Neophytou Trading Co Ltd. 

Cyprus NEOPHYTOU, ANTONIS - E. Neophytou Trading Co Ltd. 

France KETABI, DENIS KETABI, FATIMA BECKER CAP Industries 

France THIVILLIER, PATRICIA - Coopenoix 

France BECKER, MICHAEL - Eurobroker 

France ROQUET, CHRISTOPHE - Eurobroker 

France VIGNE-BECKER, DOMINIQUE - Eurobroker 

France MARCHEBOUT, BRUNO - La Pulpe 

France MONNIER, RICHARD - Monnier & Partners SAS 

France BOYER, EMMANUEL tbd, tbd Oltan Gida 

France EL HAWLY, RAYMOND - Orienco S.A.S. 

France TOUFIC, HAWLY - Orienco S.A.S. 

France PISANI, CONSTANTIN - Pisani (France) SAS 

France SIMONNET, FREDERIC SIMONNET, VALERIE Pisani France 

France BRAUN, NICOLAS - Safesteril 

France KHINOUCHE, KARIM-FRANCK - Safesteril 

France BERREBI, HUBERT - Somercom 

France GAMON, RAOUL GAMON, DANIÈLE Somercom 

France PHILIPPE, TRUFFIER - Voicevale France 

France SUMAR, ALEXIS - Voicevale France 

Georgia BELKANIA, JENER - Deloitte- EPI 

Georgia GACHECHILADZE, MAMUKA - Deloitte- EPI 

Georgia GUGUSHVILI, LADO - Deloitte- EPI 

Georgia SIORIDZE, BEGLAR - Deloitte- EPI 

Germany DREYER, ANDREAS - Atrimex GmbH 

Germany HAMACHER, TOM - August Töpfer & Co. (GmbH & Co.) KG 

Germany ROEDER, MELANIE - Bösch Boden Spies GmbH + Co. KG 

Germany RUND, MICHAEL RUND, CHRISTIANE Bösch Boden Spies GmbH + Co. KG 

Germany RYBIN, MIRKO - Bösch Boden Spies GmbH + Co. KG 

Germany KAERCHER, STEFAN KAERCHER, CARI D.I.A.- Direct Import Agency GmbH 

Germany BOERS, LOTHAR BOERS, HEINKE-MARIA Eurofins Analytic GmbH 

Germany PUSCHMANN, WIEBKE - Eurofins Analytic GmbH 

Germany PFAU, HORST JOACHIM PLATA, SABINE Horst Joachim Pfau Edible Ntus-Dried Fruits 

Germany LEERDAM, MAARTEN - Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. Kg 

Germany GORZALKA, LOTHAR GORZALKA, MARION Lothar Gorzalka 

Germany MÄRSCH, MARKUS - Märsch Import Handels GmbH 

Germany APFEL, THOMAS - Max Kiene GmbH 

Germany DANKERT, KARSTEN - Max Kiene GmbH 

Germany DANKERT, HELMUT DANKERT, BARBARA Max Kiene GmbH 

Germany BESSINGER, SAM - MK2 Marketing & Komunikation GmbH 

Germany KRAUS, MARIA G. - MK2 Marketing & Komunikation GmbH 

Germany MUTHKE, KAY - MW Nuts International GmbH 

Germany WOHLETS, WIEBKE - MW Nuts International GmbH 

Germany KIRCHBERG, GABRIELE - Nucis E. V. Deutschland 

Germany ALKEWITZ, JOACHIM - Palm Nuts & More 

Germany BORCHERT, JENS - Palm Nuts & More 

Germany JANSSEN, HEIKO - Richard Janssen GmbH 

Germany REUCKER, NADINE - Richard Janssen GmbH 

Germany SCHEUER, DIETER SCHEUER, INGRID Scheuer Import 

Germany KETELHOHN, GÜNTER - Vertrieb-Marketing G. Ketelhohn E.K. 

Germany KETELHOHN, JAN-PETER - Vertrieb-Marketing G. Ketelhohn E.K. 

Germany GLISSMANN, BERNDT - Voicevale GmbH 

Ghana COSTA, CARLOS - African Cashew Alliance 

Ghana DAHM, CHRISTIAN - African Cashew Alliance 

Ghana BROU, ROGER - USAID West Africa Trade Hub 

Greece GEORGE, HATZIGEORGIOU - Almond Products Hatzigeorgiou S.A. 

Greece BALAMOUTSOS, CATHERINE - B.B. Nuts 

Greece GEORGEOGLOU, SPIRO PAPAGIANNI, ALIKI Elamer S.A. 

Greece PAGKALOS, ELIAS - Elamer S.A. 

Greece KYRIAKIDOU, SOFIA - I. & G. Papadopoulos & Co. 

Greece PAPADOPOULOS, IOANNIS - I. & G. Papadopoulos & Co. 

Greece TZIAMOURANIS, LABRINI - Labrini Tziamouranis 

Greece OVAKIMIAN, TAKVOR - Ovakimian S.A. 

Hungary GUR, KEMAL - Ambassador of Republic of Turkey 

Hungary BOGNAR, KAROLY BOGNAR, LILLA Garten Ltd 

Hungary OMAR, SARHAN - Gilan Trading Ltd 

Hungary BUJDOSO, GEZA - Hungarian Food Research Institute 

Hungary MAJOR, KATALIN - Hunland Food KFT. 

Hungary DANKO, JOSEPH - Juglans Ltd. 

Hungary DUPOUY, ELEONORA - U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization 

India BRIGHT, P.V. - Bright Star Global Trading Corporation 

India NAIR, G. SATHEESH - India Food Exports 

India NAIR, ARJUN S. - India Food Exports 

India BHURA, SANJAY - India Trading Company 

India BHURA, SANDEEP - India Trading Company 

India RAJKUMAR, VENKATESAN - Rajkumar Impex Pvt Ltd. 

India RAJKUMAR, JAI - Rajkumar Impex Pvt Ltd. 

India SAMPAT, PANKAJ N. - Samsons Trading Co Pvt Ltd 

India PILLAI, ANU S. - The Cashew Export Promotion Council 

India PRAKASH, NAIR - Vijayalaxmi Cashew Company 

India PRATAP, NAIR - Vijayalaxmi Cashew Company 

India NAIR, HARI - Western India Cashew Co (P) Ltd. 

Iran MANOUCHEHRI, MEHRDAD - Axis Global Trading Corp. 

Iran ASGAROLADI, ASADOLLAH TAVASOLI, TAHEREH Hassas Export Co 

Iran HASAN, SHAMSFARD ARAB, FATEMEH Hassas Export Co 

Iran REZA FARSHCIAN, MOHAMMAD - Middle East Products Export Co 

Israel LEVY, MENASHE LEVY, LIORA Joseph Levy Food Enterprise Ltd 

Israel HAIM, LEVI VITALI - Mial Impex (1986) Ltd. 



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Israel SAMUEL, LEVI - Mial Impex (1986) Ltd. 

Israel REMY, BERREBI - Mincol Ltd. 

Israel YOSSI, MUSSAFI - Moshe Mussafi & Sons 

Israel ALONI, GADI ALONI, RACHEL Shekarchi Ltd. 

Italy LUIGI, ALFANO CIRO, GUARIGLIA Alfano Flli SRL 

Italy BASILE, FRANCESCO - Basile F. SRL 

Italy PIRACCINI, RENZO PIRACCINI, ELIDE Besana - Almaverde bio 

Italy AMBROSIO, GIUSY - Besana Group 

Italy CALCAGNI, PINO CALCAGNI, ARGENTINA Besana Group 

Italy CALCAGNI, RICCARDO - Besana Group 

Italy CALCAGNI, BARBARA - Besana Group 

Italy DE GOYZUETA, RENATO - Besana Group 

Italy - DE LA TOUR, ARIANE SALLIER Besana Group 

Italy - DE LUCA, MARINO Besana Group 

Italy - CALCAGNI, GIULIA Besana Group 

Italy RICHTER, NICOLA - Besana Group 

Italy STARACE, PIA - Besana Group 

Italy GASSER, NORBERT - Fruitservice GmbH 

Italy ZUST, BARBARA - Fruitservice GmbH 

Italy FLORIO, CAROLE CATTANI, GIACOMO Gabriele Florio Dried Fruits Broker 

Italy BARBIERI, ROSSANO - Nestlé Zeur 

Italy ANNIBALI, ALESSANDRO - New Factor SPA 

Italy MARCUCCI, OSCAR - New Factor SPA 

Italy NOBERASCO, GABRIELE - Noberasco Spa 

Italy AVVENTURIERI, CLEMENTINA - Serfruit SPA 

Italy DI GIOIA, DAVIDE - Serfruit SPA 

Italy DI MATTEO, VANIA - Temis Int'l Brokers 

Italy CAPUTO, ANGELO TORINO, MILENA Vincenzo Caputo S.R.L. 

Japan ISHIGURO, GEORGE ISHIGURO, YOKO Blaxton Corporation 

Japan - ISHIGURO, HANA Blaxton Corporation 

Japan SHIOTA, MASAHIRO - Hardnut International Ltd. 

Japan TAKEUCHI, SHINSUKE - I-Foods Co. Ltd. 

Japan KAWATE, KAORU - Satake Corporation 

Japan HONDA, ICHIRO HONDA, HIROKO Shoei Foods Corporation 

Japan HONDA, HIDEMITSU - Shoei Foods Corporation 

Japan IANNILLO, GINO - Shoei Foods Corporation 

Japan - HONDA, HARUKA Shoei Foods Corporation 

Japan TAGAWA, KAZUO JULIAN TAGAWA, MIKA Tanto Corporation 

Japan HIROTO, NAKAJIMA - Toyo Nut Co. Ltd. 

Japan KAORI, KONNAI - Toyo Nut Co. Ltd. 

Japan NARUSE, TAKUYA - Toyota Tsusho Corp. 

Japan ITO, AKIHIKO ITO, KUNIKO Union Shoji Co., Ltd. 

Kenya MUHARA, JOHNSON - Equatorial Nut Processors Ltd. 

Kenya WAINAINA, PATRICK - Jungle Nuts 

Kenya NGUGI, MBUGUA - Kenya Nut Co. Ltd 

Kenya THOMAS, BOBBY - Wondernuts Kenya Ltd 

Latvia LITEVSKIS, ALEKSANDRS - Sia Alis Co 

Lebanon AKZAM, HANI TAWIL, SOHA Noorco 

Lebanon HASSERJIAN, SARKIS - Sarkis Hasserjian 

Lebanon HASSERJIAN, HRATCH - Sarkis Hasserjian 

Lebanon AL NAJJAR, KARL - Ste Ets. Michel Najjar Sal 

Lebanon CHALLITA, ELITA - Ste Ets. Michel Najjar Sal 

Luxembourg RAFII, ABBAS RAFII, DJAZBIEH Ireco Trading & Production S.A. 

Mexico VACA , SERGIO - Digrava S.A de C.V. 

Mexico VALENCIA, RICARDO VALENCIA, MONICA Grupo Premier 

Moldova DIAB ZOUBI, HESHAM ALI - Maestro Nut S.R.L. 

Moldova TAREK, RAHMO - Maestro Nut S.R.L. 

Moldova SLANINA, TUDOR - Prometeu-T S.A. 

Moldova SLANINA, FIODOR - Prometeu-T S.A. 

Morocco BENNANI, KHALID BENNANI, DOUNIA Santis 

Netherlands VAN DE SANDT, JELLE - C. Van de Sandt Bv. 

Netherlands VAN DE SANDT, KEES VAN DE SANDT, MIEKE C. Van de Sandt Bv. 

Netherlands KOK, MICHEL - Catz International B.V. 

Netherlands PENNING, JOOST - Catz International B.V. 

Netherlands SMIT, JOB M. - Daarnhouwer & Co. B.V. 

Netherlands WEEL, CEES P. A. - Daarnhouwer & Co. B.V. 

Netherlands BERGWERFF, FRED - EcO2 B.V. 

Netherlands VAN RENNES, PIETER - EcO2 B.V. 

Netherlands BLOKLAND, KEES - Global Trading & Agency BV 

Netherlands ADRIAANSE, JOS - Intersnack Procurement BV 

Netherlands ENDENDIJK, ARIE - Intersnack Procurement BV 

Netherlands QUEMENEUR, YANN - Intersnack Procurement BV 

Netherlands JAS, HANS - Jas Trading B.V./Nut Quality Services B.V. 

Netherlands NICKERSON, JEFF - Key Technology BV 

Netherlands KLINKENBERG, EDWIN - Klinkenberg Noten B.V. 

Netherlands MAKOR, ERIK - Klinkenberg Noten B.V. 

Netherlands BRUGGEMAN, MARCEL - Nofa Laboratory 

Netherlands SLOOTEN, PETER - Nutland B.V. 

Netherlands VAN DER HORST, RODERIC - Nutland B.V. 

Netherlands DEN BOER, LEENDERT JAN - Pepsico Netherland B.V. 

Netherlands CEKEM, MANUEL - Pistachio Investment B.V. 

Netherlands MOSSAFAIAN, ASHKAN - Pistachio Investment B.V. 

Netherlands LEEUWENBURGH, WIM - Rhumveld Winter & Konijn 

Netherlands RECOURT, DIRK-JAN - Rhumveld Winter & Konijn 

Netherlands BLONK, NICO - Synergy Food and Ingredients 

Netherlands MULDER, PIETER - Synergy Food and Ingredients 

Norway BAKKELUND, TOM - Harlem Food AS 

Norway HARLEM, CHRISTOPHER - Harlem Food AS 

Norway HARLEM, ERIK - Harlem Food AS 

Pakistan MANIYA, ABDUL AZIZ - Midtrans Group of Companies 

Philippines OLIVER, LICUP - Primex Group of Companies 

Portugal CARQUEJA, JORGE MAIA, MARIA J. Carqueja - Frutos Secos, S.A. 

Portugal FERREIRA, NUNO - Pabi S.A. Euromendoa 

Russia KHAESH, SERGEY - Agroimpex Co. 

Russia MOJIBIAN, KOUROSH - East-West Bridge Co. 

Russia KUSHU, RUSTAM - Orekhprom 

Russia SOKHT, RUSLAN - Orekhprom 

Russia SHAPOVALOV, EVGENY EKATERINA, LEBEDEVA Sha-le Foods 

Russia ALBATS, VALERIY - Trading House LANIT 99 Ltd.


Russia BRAKUNOV, DMITRY - Trading House LANIT 99 Ltd. 

Russia POPKOV, NIKOLAI - Trading House LANIT 99 Ltd. 

Singapore KHIRBAT, AMIT - Olam International 

Singapore KRISHEN, ASHOK - Olam International 

Singapore KRISHNASWAMY, BRIJESH - Olam International 

Singapore PETERS, MATTHIAS - Olam International 

Singapore VIJAY, SUBASHINI - Vijay International Pte Ltd 

South Africa DAVIDSON, CHRIS - Emvest Nuts (Pty) Ltd. 

South Africa DUNCAN, ALLEN - Golden Macadamias 

South Africa KNIGHT, HEDLEY - Golden Macadamias 

South Africa MACGREGOR, DUNCAN - Golden Macadamias 

South Africa WHYTE, JILL - Green Farms Nut Company (Pty) Ltd. 

South Africa WHYTE, ALEX - Green Farms Nut Company (Pty) Ltd. 

South Africa DONKIN, DEREK - SA Macadamia Growers' Assoc. (SAMAC) 

South Africa STEWART, ALISTAIR - The Molozi Trust 

Spain LLOPIS, MARIA JOSE - Almendras Llopis S.A. 

Spain PASTOR, VICENTE - Almendras Llopis S.A. 

Spain FORTUNY, JOAN - Borges S.A.U. 

Spain MARTI, JORDI - Borges S.A.U. 

Spain PONT, ANTONIO PONT, MERCEDES Borges S.A.U. 

Spain SERRANO, VICENS - Borges S.A.U. 

Spain HERRERO, PABLO RIBELLES, CARMEN C. Barbera Cervera S.A. 

Spain HERRERO, ALEJANDRO - C. Barbera Cervera S.A. 

Spain ROS, EMILIO - Clinic Hospital 

Spain MIRA, FRANCISCO - Colefruse Internacional, SA 

Spain MIRA, ENRIQUE - Colefruse Internacional, SA 

Spain PONT S., ANTONIO - Crisol de Frutos Secos 

Spain ESPEJO, ADELA - Frutos Secos Fuster S.L. 

Spain FUSTER, ROQUE - Frutos Secos Fuster S.L. 

Spain LLOP, CARMEN - Frutos Secos Ramon Llop SA 

Spain LLOP, EDUARDO - Frutos Secos Ramon Llop SA 

Spain PONS, JUAN ANTONIO VARO, ASCENSION Importaco S.A. 

Spain PONS, FRANCISCO SANCHO, BARBARA Importaco S.A. 

Spain BALLESTE, MARTA - INC 

Spain GIRONES, IRENE - INC 

Spain GUASCH, GORETTI - INC 

Spain RIBE, MAR - INC 

Spain RICO, RICARD - INC 

Spain FUENTES, ANTONIO - Incus Technology, S.L. 

Spain FUENTES, ISRAEL - Incus Technology, S.L. 

Spain BODDY, CHARLES - Jose Borrell S.A. 

Spain ROIG, JOSEP - Jose Borrell S.A. 

Spain ROCHINA, JORGE - Jose Luis Rochina 

Spain SANSIVIERO, MARIA - Kraft Foods Europe GmbH 

Spain BARRIACH, JOAQUIM - La Morella Nuts 

Spain SANS, OSCAR - La Morella Nuts 

Spain MARÍ, TONI - Levantex 

Spain GONZÁLEZ, ALBERT - Pinfruse 

Spain ROMEU, ANTONI OLIACH, MARIA JOSÉ Rovira i Virgili Univ. Biochem. Biotec. Dep. 

Spain SALAS-SALVADÓ, JORDI - Rovira i Virgili Univ. Human Nutr. Unit 

Spain AHUIR, ROSA - Sunfruval, S.L. 

Spain ERSEN, MELTEM - Sunfruval, S.L. 

Spain BALANZÁ, JOSE LUIS FRESNEDA, REME Tioga Trading and Services, S.L. 

Spain ESTEVEZ, JOSE MARIA ZARAGOZA, BELEN Zaragoza Almendras, S.A. 

Spain ZARAGOZA, FRANCISCO PEREZ, SILVIA Zaragoza Almendras, S.A. 

Sweden BODÉN , STEFAN - AB Bodén & Lindeberg 

Sweden RÖNNBERG, CAROLINE RÖNNBERG, DAVID AB Bodén & Lindeberg 

Sweden FRISTEDT, ANDREAS - Caldic 

Switzerland HESS, URS - Cafe Gourmet Ag/Swiss Gourmett 

Switzerland FÜRER, DAMIAN WATKINS, MARK A. Gemperli AG 

Switzerland FÜRER, ALEX K. FÜRER, BEATRICE Gemperli AG 

Switzerland HERNANDO, FABIAN - GNC 

Switzerland PULFER, DANIEL PULFER, TEREZA GNC 

Switzerland SCHNACK, STEFAN - GNC 

Switzerland BENSEGGER, BARBARA - Kraft Foods Europe GmbH 

Switzerland OESTERLE, MARTIN - MDM-Dreyer AG 

Switzerland IVARSSON, CAMEON - Napasol AG 

Switzerland KUNDIG, DIETER - Napasol AG 

Switzerland KUIS, RIK - Pepsico Europe 

Switzerland ANNOVAZZI-JAKAB, LILIANA - UNECE Trade and Timber Div., Trade Pol. & Gov. 

Thailand PHONPHAISAN, VITTAVAT - Heritage Snacks & Food Co., Ltd 

Thailand PHONPHAISAN, VAREE - Heritage Snacks & Food Co., Ltd 

Tunisia BOUJEBEL, MOHSEN BOUJBEL, SOUAD Boudjebel SA VACPA 

Turkey ALHARAL, ELIYA - Aegean Exporters' Associations 

Turkey ALPER, SEZMEN - Aegean Exporters' Associations 

Turkey CELEP, BIROL CELEP, OLCAY Aegean Exporters' Associations 

Turkey ELMAS, TAHSIN - Aegean Exporters' Associations 

Turkey GABAY, MENASE GABAY, RIFKA Aegean Exporters' Associations 

Turkey KARAMAN, ECE - Aegean Exporters' Associations 

Turkey OZ, OSMAN OZ, SADIYE Aegean Exporters' Associations 

Turkey PAGY, GUILLAUME - Aegean Exporters' Associations 

Turkey SENTURK, HASAN - Aegean Exporters' Associations 

Turkey ÖZGE, AHMET SUAT - Arslantürk S.A. 

Turkey AYDIN, YASIR - Aydin Kuruyemis San Ve Tic Ltd. 

Turkey AYDIN, METIN - Aydin Kuruyemis San Ve Tic Ltd. 

Turkey ÇAKICI, MUHSIN - Aydin Kuruyemis San Ve Tic Ltd. 

Turkey TOLGA, OLIVER - Balsu Gida Sanayi ve Tic. A.S. 

Turkey ZAPSU, CUNEYD - Balsu Gida Sanayi ve Tic. A.S. 

Turkey ARSLANTÜRK, SEBAHATTIN - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey GÜREL, KÖKSAL - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey GÜRSOY, DURSUN OGUZ - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey IBRAHIM, SENEL - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey KILIC, TAYFUN - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey POYRAZ, MUSTAFA - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey SENOCAK, CEM MEHMET - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey SEVINÇ, ILYAS EDIP MÜZEYYEN SEVINÇ, HATICE Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey TORAMANOGLU, SELÇUK - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey YAVUZ, KAMIL - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 

Turkey YILMAZ, AZMI - Blacksea Hazelnut and Prod. Exporters Union 



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Turkey INAN, HALIT - Bys Dis Ticaret A.S. 

Turkey NARIN, ENGIN TAN NARIN, YELDA Bys Dis Ticaret A.S. 

Turkey - NARIN, MEHMET TAN Bys Dis Ticaret A.S. 

Turkey SENOL, GOKHAN - Bys Dis Ticaret A.S. 

Turkey KARANIS, GÜLSEN - Cuneyd Zapsu Danismanlik A.S. 

Turkey ATIK, CAN - Dost Findik Ltd. Sti. 

Turkey BASAR, AYKUT - Durak Findik San. Ve Tic. A.S. 

Turkey DURAK, HÜSEYIN - Durak Findik San. Ve Tic. A.S. 

Turkey DURAK, KADIR - Durak Findik San. Ve Tic. A.S. 

Turkey AKSOY, UYGUN - EGE University Faculty of Agriculture 

Turkey KURT, BORA - Era Nuts & Species Ltd. 

Turkey ERCAL, SAIT - Ercal Findik Oto San. Tic. A.S 

Turkey GÜRSOY, HALIT - Gürsoy Tarimsal Ürünler Gida San ve Tic A.S. 

Turkey ALPER, BURHAN - Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey ANBARLILAR, AHMET BILGE - Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey CAKMAK, AHMET - Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey GOREN, ALI HAYDAR - Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey KARSLIOGLU, NURETTIN - Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey KURT, HALIL - Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey ÖZONGUN, UFUK - Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey SARI, ILYAS - Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey TOKGÖZ, TAHSIN TOKGÖZ, ASUMAN Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey YILMAZ, MITHAT - Istanbul Exporter Unions 

Turkey OLTAN, ORHAN OLTAN, EMEL Oltan Gida 

Turkey YILMAZ, SELIM - Ozyilmaz Fin. San. Ve Tic Sti 

Turkey UZUNLAR, ALI - Poyraz Poyraz Hazelnut 

Turkey SABIR, SABIT SABIR, NESE Sabirlar Findik HIR. Ltd. 

Turkey CANPOLAT, FAHRETTIN - Southeast Anatolian Dried Fruits Exporters Union 

Turkey ÇIKMAZ, ABDULKADIR - Southeast Anatolian Dried Fruits Exporters Union 

Turkey DEMIR, ALI - Southeast Anatolian Dried Fruits Exporters Union 

Turkey GEYIK, YALÇIN - Southeast Anatolian Dried Fruits Exporters Union 

Turkey ARAR, BILAL - Tiryaki Agro Gida San. Ve Tic. A.S 

Turkey DOQQA, MAZEN A. A. - Tiryaki Agro Gida San. Ve Tic. A.S 

Turkey GÖRGÜLÜ, SERKAN - Tiryaki Agro Gida San. Ve Tic. A.S 

Turkey KAN, MUSA - Tiryaki Agro Gida San. Ve Tic. A.S 

Turkey TIRYAKIOGLU, FATIH - Tiryaki Agro Gida San. Ve Tic. A.S 

Turkey ÖZAY, GÜNER - Tubitak 

Turkey VIDINLI, NECATI - Vidinli Findik Tic Ltd. Sti 

Turkey YILMAZ, HASAN - Yilmaz Tarim AS. Turkey 

U.A.E. DAVIES, TIM - Agrimax Ltd 

U.A.E. MOALLEM, JAFAR - Jafar Moallem Trading Co. (LLC) 

U.A.E. ARAR, TALAL - Arar Trading Co. Llc 

U.S.A. ESTEVE, LAURENT ESTEVE, TAMMY A.P. Esteve Sales 

U.S.A. ESTEVE, ANDRE-PAUL ESTEVE, MARIE A.P. Esteve Sales 

U.S.A. NISSAN, VICTOR - Agrinut, Inc 

U.S.A. GAILLARD, OLIVIER GAILLARD, HELLA Agri-World 

U.S.A. ADAMS, JULIE - Almond Board of California 

U.S.A. MASON, MIKE - Almond Board of California 

U.S.A. WAYCOTT, RICHARD - Almond Board of California 

U.S.A. BAIR, BARBARA - Alta California Foods, Inc. 

U.S.A. JONES, THOMAS M. - American Council For Food Safety & Quality 

U.S.A. KEIPER, SAM KEIPER, TAMARA American Council For Food Safety & Quality 

U.S.A. ZINKE, DAN ZINKE, JENNIFER Ann's House of Nuts 

U.S.A. PACE, LLOYD PACE, LAURA Atlas World Food and Agriculture 

U.S.A. PHILLIPS, CHARLEY - Atlas World Food and Agriculture 

U.S.A. JOHNSON, BRENT - B & B Marketing 

U.S.A. MANSEAU, BOB - B & B Marketing 

U.S.A. SOETAERT, VAN - Baldwin Minkler Farms 

U.S.A. BILLINGS, MATT - Billings Marketing 

U.S.A. ERQUHART, DEREK - Billings Marketing 

U.S.A. COHEN, WARREN COHEN, MONIQUE Blue Diamond Growers 

U.S.A. GAFFNEY, JOHN - Blue Diamond Growers 

U.S.A. JANSEN, MARK JANSEN, CAROLYN Blue Diamond Growers 

U.S.A. MORECRAFT, WILLIAM MORECRAFT, CHERI Blue Diamond Growers 

U.S.A. SHICK, CLINTON - Blue Diamond Growers 

U.S.A. CARRIERE, BILL - Borges of California 

U.S.A. DOYLE, MATT - Borges of California 

U.S.A. VAN ZEE, LARRY - Cablevey Conveyors 

U.S.A. HACKETT, HAROLD - Cal Nut Marketing, Inc 

U.S.A. JORGENSEN, MARK - Caldak International Llc. 

U.S.A. LITTEN, CHIP - Caldak International Llc. 

U.S.A. LITTEN, SABINE - Caldak International Llc. 

U.S.A. STEVENS, KEVIN - Caldak International Llc. 

U.S.A. BALINT, DENNIS A. - California Walnut Commission 

U.S.A. CAMPOS, ANTONIO CAMPOS, JULIET Campos Brothers Farms 

U.S.A. DUERR, CRAIG - Campos Brothers Farms 

U.S.A. GRECH, JEANNINE - Campos Brothers Farms 

U.S.A. RODRIGUEZ, ALEXI - Campos Brothers Farms 

U.S.A. BARTH, LESLIE - Capay Canyon Ranch 

U.S.A. BARTH, TOBIN - Capay Canyon Ranch 

U.S.A. HUBBARD, SKIP HUBBARD, NANCY Chico Nut Company 

U.S.A. VANN, GARNETT - Chico Nut Company 

U.S.A. CRAIN, WILLIAM CRAIN, MARY ANN Crain Ranch 

U.S.A. - CRAIN, GEORGIA Crain Ranch 

U.S.A. CRAIN JR, CHARLES OWEN, JULIE Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc. 

U.S.A. LAPERA, VICTORIA PINNOW, JANE Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc. 

U.S.A. SWANSON, GORDON - Cran Chile 

U.S.A. OTTO, JOE BERG, RANDI Davis Foods 

U.S.A. GAUTHIER, LIZ - Debbie Roy Brokerage Co., Inc. 

U.S.A. ROY, DEBBIE - Debbie Roy Brokerage Co., Inc. 

U.S.A. DERMENJIAN, AGO - Derco Foods Inc. 

U.S.A. MARGARIAN, JEFF - Derco Foods Inc. 

U.S.A. SMITH, DETRIE - Detrie International 

U.S.A. SMITH, MATTHIAS - Detrie International 

U.S.A. WOLF, DICK - Diamond Foods Inc 

U.S.A. ZAFFARANO, STEVE - Diamond Foods Inc 

U.S.A. HANSEN, JAY - Evergreen Agricultural Enterprises 

U.S.A. LARSON, CAMERON - Evergreen Agricultural Enterprises 

U.S.A. BEARD, KAREN - Export Import Assoc. Inc.



U.S.A. BEARD, RODNEY - Export Import Assoc. Inc. 

U.S.A. BERETTA, BRUCE FORTUNE, MELISSA Famoso Nut Company 

U.S.A. CATTANI, ARNOLD CATTANI, SYLVIA Famoso Nut Company 

U.S.A. CROSS, GARY CROSS, DONNA Famoso Nut Company 

U.S.A. ESHGIAN, GARY ESHGIAN, SOSSY Famoso Nut Company 

U.S.A. SETH, MOHNISH SETH, VERSHA Farmers International, Inc. 

U.S.A. ABID, CLARENCE - Fisher Nut Company 

U.S.A. BECK, GRACIELA LIN, LITA Fisher Nut Company 

U.S.A. FISHER, RON - Fisher Nut Company 

U.S.A. SMITH, JARED - Fisher Nut Company 

U.S.A. GALLAHER, DANIEL D. - Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota 

U.S.A. HUSSAIN, SYED - FoodSource, Inc. 

U.S.A. BILLEK, ANN - Global Nut Company 

U.S.A. FINN, THOMAS - Global Nut Company 

U.S.A. BINGER, THOMAS C. BINGER, LISA Globe Runners, Inc. 

U.S.A. MOLINARI, SANDRA - Golden International Dist, Inc. 

U.S.A. MARTELLA, JENNIFER - Grower Direct Nut Co. 

U.S.A. SALAZAR, LUCIO - Grower Direct Nut Co. 

U.S.A. NARAGHI, WENDELL NARAGHI, H. Naraghi Farms 

U.S.A. VEYETTE, PAUL - Harris Woolf Almonds 

U.S.A. INMAN, DARWIN - Harris Woolf Almonds 

U.S.A. CHASE-LANSDALE, COMPTON - Hazelnut Growers of Oregon 

U.S.A. MCCLELLAN, DOUG - Hazelnut Growers of Oregon 

U.S.A. EWING, PAUL - Hilltop Ranch, Inc. 

U.S.A. LONG, DAVE - Hilltop Ranch, Inc. 

U.S.A. LONG, CHRISTINE - Hilltop Ranch, Inc. 

U.S.A. ANGLE, TY - Hughson Nut Inc. 

U.S.A. COBURN, LORI - Hughson Nut Inc. 

U.S.A. WARD, LEANNE - Hughson Nut Inc. 

U.S.A. MEMMOTT, HUGH - Int'l Nut Co., LLC 

U.S.A. WARNER, JAMES - J. Warner, Inc. 

U.S.A. CURRY, JEFF CURRY, MICHELE Jeff Curry & Associates 

U.S.A. DOWNIE, ANDREW - Jess Smith & Sons Commodities 

U.S.A. JESSUP, MARK C. - Jessup, Norris & Trunick, Inc 

U.S.A. TRUNICK, JIM - Jessup, Norris & Trunick, Inc 

U.S.A. MELEGOS, LORI - John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. 

U.S.A. SIETSEMA, SHIRLEY - John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. 

U.S.A. ASHKARIAN, RAFFE - Just Nuts International Inc. 

U.S.A. BAS, JOHN BAS, ELIZ Kalustyan Corp. 

U.S.A. - BAS, TANYA Kalustyan Corp. 

U.S.A. KEENAN, ROBERT M. - Keenan Farms, Inc. 

U.S.A. SAUER, BOB - Kraft Foods, Inc. 

U.S.A. PARISE, MIKE PARISE, JANICE M Parise Associates 

U.S.A. AGUIAR, JOHN - Mariani Nut Company 

U.S.A. MARIANI, JACK MARIANI, MARJIE Mariani Nut Company 

U.S.A. MARIANI, MARTIN - Mariani Nut Company 

U.S.A. MARTIN, JOHN MARTIN, CINDY Mariani Nut Company 

U.S.A. RICCI, JOHN RICCI, JOANN Mariani Nut Company 

U.S.A. GLEN, BUTLER - Mariani Packing Company 

U.S.A. MARIANI, MARK A. - Mariani Packing Company 

U.S.A. SOUSA, STEVE - Mariani Packing Company 

U.S.A. ZION, JIM STORY, GLORIA Meridian Nut Growers 

U.S.A. CASAZZA, ANGELA - Mid Valley Nut Company 

U.S.A. THORNTON, COX THORNTON, TAMARA Mid Valley Nut Company 

U.S.A. HUDGINS, DAVE - Minturn Nut Company 

U.S.A. RIGG, KEITH - Minturn Nut Company 

U.S.A. NISSAN, EDWARD ZEITZER, HELEN Monarch Commodity Exports 

U.S.A. MUNGER, KABLE - Monarch Nut Company 

U.S.A. MUNGER, KAMIE - Monarch Nut Company 

U.S.A. ZEFF, STEVEN A. ZEFF, JENNIE Montpelier Nut Company, Inc 

U.S.A. ZEFF, EVAN ZEFF, STEPHANIE Montpelier Nut Company, Inc 

U.S.A. HOOVER, JIM - Multiple Organics 

U.S.A. JURGENS, ROY - Multiple Organics 

U.S.A. LANSTEIN, DAVE - Multiple Organics 

U.S.A. JOHNSON, TROY - MWT Foods USA 

U.S.A. EMENAKER, NANCY - National Cancer Institute, Div. of Cancer Prevention 

U.S.A. BROWNING, TONY - New Aces, Inc 

U.S.A. POTTER, JOHN - New Aces, Inc 

U.S.A. TERNUS, MAUREEN - Nutrition, Research and Education Foundation - NREF 

U.S.A. DOLEMAN, LEE - Ocean Spray Cranberries 

U.S.A. IONTA, KIM - Ocean Spray Cranberries 

U.S.A. PHIPPEN, JORDAN - Pacific Coast Sales 

U.S.A. PHIPPEN, EDWARD - Pacific Coast Sales 

U.S.A. LAWRENCE, MICHAEL LAWRENCE, DANIELLE Pacific/Atlantic Crop Exchange 

U.S.A. ROQUE, FRANK ROQUE, STACY Panoche Creek Packing, Inc. 

U.S.A. DIENER, STEVEN DIENER, CATHERINE Paramount Farms International LLC 

U.S.A. ENGELS, DOMINIC - Paramount Farms International LLC 

U.S.A. EZELL, BRIAN - Paramount Farms International LLC 

U.S.A. HOHMANN, MICHAEL - Paramount Farms International LLC 

U.S.A. MASTEN, MARK - Paramount Farms International LLC 

U.S.A. RESNICK, STEWART - Paramount Farms International LLC 

U.S.A. STEIR, BERT - Paramount Farms International LLC 

U.S.A. SZEFLIN, DAVE - Paramount Farms International LLC 

U.S.A. POINDEXTER, MIKE POINDEXTER, HEIDI Poindexter Nut Company 

U.S.A. TORMEY, BRIAN TORMEY, CHERYL Premiere Almonds 

U.S.A. WISE, MURRAY WISE, VALERIE Premiere Almonds 

U.S.A. ISAAC, MARCELO - Primex International Trading Corp 

U.S.A. MONTAVA, STEPHANIE MONTAVA, BERNARD Primex International Trading Corp 

U.S.A. TOMESANI, MARINA - Primex International Trading Corp 

U.S.A. GOTO, GLEN - Raisin Administrative Committee 

U.S.A. SCHULZ, GARY - Raisin Administrative Committee 

U.S.A. PHIPPS, DANIEL - Red River Foods, Inc. 

U.S.A. ROSENBLATT, DAVID - Richard Franco Agency, Inc. 

U.S.A. ROSENBLATT, RICHARD - Richard Franco Agency, Inc. 

U.S.A. SMITH, BARBARA A. - Riverwest Processing, Inc. 

U.S.A. SMITH, DARWIN - Riverwest Processing, Inc. 

U.S.A. CAWTHORNE, PETER - Satake USA Inc. 

U.S.A. HOWE, JOHN - Satake USA Inc. 

U.S.A. NAOKI, JUNJIRO NAOKI, HIROKO Satake USA Inc. 


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U.S.A. BAJAJ, DINESH - Select Harvest U.S.A. 

U.S.A. NUNES, ROBERT NUNES, SHAWNA Select Harvest U.S.A. 

U.S.A. WHEELER, SHERYL - Select Harvest U.S.A. 

U.S.A. COHEN, MIA - Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella 

U.S.A. COHEN, LEE - Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella 

U.S.A. RITSMA, PAUL - Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella 

U.S.A. SETTON, JOSHUA - Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella 

U.S.A. SINAR, BANU - Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella 

U.S.A. GREENE, ALAN L. HAGEN-GREEN, JEANIE Shoei Foods USA, Inc. 

U.S.A. SOETAERT, DONALD J. - Shoei Foods USA, Inc. 

U.S.A. TAKEYAMA, NAOMI - Shoei Foods USA, Inc. 

U.S.A. LYNCH, RUSSELL LYNCH, EILEEN SLD Commodities, INC 

U.S.A. MOORE, CODY - South Valley Company 

U.S.A. WAGNER, KEVIN - South Valley Company 

U.S.A. FRANKLIN, BRIAN FRANKLIN, KAREN Specialty Commodities, Inc. 

U.S.A. DARLING, DALE - Summit Almonds LLC 

U.S.A. SILVEIRA, BOB - Summit Almonds LLC 

U.S.A. KRIEBEL, BARRY F. KRIEBEL, PAMELA Sun-Maid Growers of California 

U.S.A. TIETJEN, CARSTEN - Sun-Maid Growers of California 

U.S.A. ARDUAIN, ERIN - SunnyGem LLC 

U.S.A. LAKE, REX - Terra Nova Trading 

U.S.A. LAMOTHE, ALLISON - Terra Nova Trading 

U.S.A. LINDBERG, MAI - Terra Nova Trading 

U.S.A. MCALLISTER, STUART - Terra Nova Trading 

U.S.A. BAZAR, DAVID - The Almond Company 

U.S.A. HARRIS, RUSSELL HARRIS, ANNE The Almond Company 

U.S.A. BRAUNER, SUSAN - The Cracker 

U.S.A. CARIS, BRUCE FRASER, LISA The Green Valley Pecan Company 

U.S.A. GAUDET, RICHARD - The Green Valley Pecan Company 

U.S.A. HODGSON, TONY - The Green Valley Pecan Company 

U.S.A. WALDEN, RICHARD - The Green Valley Pecan Company 

U.S.A. WALDEN, NAN STOCKHOLM - The Green Valley Pecan Company 

U.S.A. GREEN , ADAM GREEN, MYRIAM The Hemisphere Group, Inc. 

U.S.A. HORIIKE, DEAN - Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. 

U.S.A. AUGER, CEDRIC - TRC Trading 

U.S.A. MEYER, JONATHAN - Treehouse California Almonds, LLC 

U.S.A. TURKHAN, ULASH - Turkhan Foods 

U.S.A. STAPLETON, TOBIAS - US Cranberry Marketing Committee 

U.S.A. RUTTMANN, LARS RUTTMANN, EWA Vicam, A Waters Business 

U.S.A. BURKHOLDER, KELLY - Western Milling 

U.S.A. MOTTA, THOMAS MOTTA, ANDREA Western Nut Company 

U.S.A. GEIGER, CONSTANCE - Western Pistachio Association 

U.S.A. MATOIAN, RICHARD MATOIAN, JULIE Western Pistachio Association 

U.S.A. KJAR, CECILIA - Westside Trading Company, Inc. 

U.S.A. RIVERA, MICHAEL E. - Westside Trading Company, Inc. 

U.S.A. TURNER, RYAN - Westside Trading Company, Inc. 

U.S.A. WILBUR II, RICHARD ROBERTS - Wilbur Packing Company 

United Kingdom ARUSTAMOV, DMITRIY - Adsco Ltd 

United Kingdom MELIK, SIMON - Besana Group 

United Kingdom GUNAWARDENA, CHARITH GUNAWARDENA, SHALA Buhler Sortex Limited 

United Kingdom RAFAEL, RIO - Buhler Sortex Limited 

United Kingdom SEARS, BRAIN - Buhler Sortex Limited 

United Kingdom VALLETTE, SCOTT - Buhler Sortex Limited 

United Kingdom VETTER, KARSTEN - Buhler Sortex Limited 

United Kingdom DYAS, IAN - C.G. Hacking & Sons Limited 

United Kingdom HACKING, GILES HACKING, SARAH C.G. Hacking & Sons Limited 

United Kingdom TURTLE, JAMES - C.G. Hacking & Sons Limited 

United Kingdom DORMAN, MARK DORMAN, VICTORIA California Prune Board 

United Kingdom WHITTAKER, JOHN WHITTAKER, NICOLA Clyde & Co Llp 

United Kingdom RAY, JONATHON - Community Foods Ltd. 

United Kingdom STAPLES, STEVEN - Community Foods Ltd. 

United Kingdom HIGGS, JENNETTE - Food to Fit 

United Kingdom ROME, MARTIN ROME, JANE Frucom 

United Kingdom ABIDALI, AMMAR - Helios Ingredients Ltd. 

United Kingdom ABIDALI, SHABBIR - Helios Ingredients Ltd. 

United Kingdom HIDER, DUNCAN HIDER, LEAH Hider Food Imports Ltd. 

United Kingdom ROBERTS, PAUL - John Morley (Importers) Ltd. 

United Kingdom BENJAMIN, MARK - Kenkko Commodities 

United Kingdom LANG, JOSEPH LANG, ORLI Kenkko Commodities 

United Kingdom PENNA, GIANPAOLO - Kenkko Commodities 

United Kingdom SMITH, GEORGE - Midsummer Marketing Ltd. 

United Kingdom BAVESTER, FIONA - NDFTA Dried Fruit 

United Kingdom DICK, CAMERON - Primex Group of Companies 

United Kingdom PATEL, DIVYESH - Pritesh International Nut Ltd 

United Kingdom KOHEN, CEM - Ronly Holdings Limited 

United Kingdom OGLE, PHILIP - Ronly Holdings Limited 

United Kingdom BORG, NICHOLA - Tesco Stores Ltd. 

United Kingdom JEAVONS, ALISON - Tesco Stores Ltd. 

United Kingdom LEIBERTZ, JENNY - Tesco Stores Ltd. 

United Kingdom ORPHELIN, OLIVIER - Tesco Stores Ltd. 

United Kingdom WADDY, JAMES - Tesco Stores Ltd. 

United Kingdom GALE, JULIAN - The Public Ledger 

United Kingdom DANON, ROBY DANON, NAOMI Voicevale Ltd London 

United Kingdom HARRIS, MICHELLE - Voicevale Ltd London 

United Kingdom O'TOOLE, MARTIN O'TOOLE, PAULA Voicevale Ltd London 

United Kingdom ALFORD, DAVID - Whitworths Ltd. 

United Kingdom BEARDMORE, DAVID - Whitworths Ltd. 

United Kingdom DELANEY, TOM - Whitworths Ltd. 

United Kingdom DICKENS, NEIL - Whitworths Ltd. 

United Kingdom EASTERBROOK, CAROLINE - Whitworths Ltd. 

United Kingdom GILL, CHARLIE - Whitworths Ltd. 

United Kingdom JAMES, PAUL - Whitworths Ltd. 

United Kingdom MIGO, TOM - Whitworths Ltd. 

United Kingdom STEPHENS, COLIN - Whitworths Ltd. 

United Kingdom PERROTT, JASON - Wm Morrison Supermarket PLC 

United Kingdom WOOD, MARTIN - Wm Morrison Supermarket PLC 

Vietnam GIANG, DANG HOANG - Vietnam Cashew Association 

Vietnam TUAN , TRAN DUC - Vina Commodities Corporation

Congress Highlights 


Mr. Pino Calcagni welcomes 

participants to the Scientific Seminar 


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With compliments 

Welcome Cocktail Sponsored by 

Blue Diamond Growers

Congress officially opens. From left to right: Mr. Cheng Hung Kay, former Congress 

Co-Chairman, Mr. Pino Calcagni and Mr. Károly Bognar, Congress Co-Chairmen 

and Jack Mariani, INC Chairman. 

Welcome by Dr. Sándor Fakezas, 

Minister of Rural Development. 


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General Assembly 

INC Ambassadors 

Global Cashew Representatives Sign Task Force Agreement

Tesco Stores Ltd receives the Golden Nut Award 


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INC Executive Committee and Staff

We look forward to seeing you in Singapore 

May 18-20, 2012 

www.nutfruit.org 

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See you in Singapore!

World Nut & Dried Fruit Congress BUDAPEST 2011 - Myfruit

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