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Contact Suppliergroundnut is the major oilseed of india. it accounts for around 25% of the total oilseed production of the country. annual production of indian peanuts and indian peanuts oil are around 5-8mln and 1.5 mln tons respectively. peanuts production is highly vulnerable to rainfall deviations and display huge fluctuation between years.
regional estimates are gujarat (1-3.5 million tons), tamil nadu (1million tons), andhra pradesh (1-2 million tons), karnataka (0.5 million tons), maharashtra (0.5 million tons) are the major producers of peanuts.
around 75% of the crop is produced in khariff (june - september) and remaining 25% in rabi (november - march). india exported around 100000 tons of groundnut oil in 2003-04 after 4 decades, as crop failed in senegal and argentina. peanuts or groundnut kernels are approx. 70% of weight in shells and kernels have an oil recovery of 40-42%.
china (2-2.5 million tons), india (1.5-2 million tons) is the major producers of groundnut oil, followed by sub-saharan african countries and central and south america.
global trade of peanuts or groundnut oil is to the maximum of 100000 tons a year. eu and us are major importers. senegal and argentina are the major peanuts exporters.