USES
Making Corrosion Resistant Vanishes, Water-Proof Paint, Cashew apple, Fruit Drink & Juice, Consumed or Nut
SOURCES OF PRODUTS
Oyo, Kwara, Imo, Abia Enugu , Niger , Taraba, Kogi, Anambra, Nasarawa.
MARKETS AND EXPORT
Sell dried cashew nuts – India , Palestine , Vietnam , China , USA , Britain , Germany , Sri-Lanka.
PRICES
Prizes vary according to the size & grade.
LOCAL BUYING AND SELLING
#10-#15,000 can start the business.
PROCESSING
Take away the shell & peel it. Dry it a bit to terrain-white. Natural colour white must be maintained.
The moisture content is brought from about 7 to 3 percent by drying in an oven. This is to make sure that it will not get
spoilt before getting to its destination.
This will be repackaged by putting it in aluminum foliand adding carbon dioxide gas to prevent infestation or fungai growing
on it after which it would be exported to the US .
In the US , the nuts are seasoned with different spices such as salt and pepper to allow variety. It is repackaged, branded
and then distributed worldwide including Nigeria .
Cashew nut is not processed in the US because it would be highly costly to do so, since this is labour intensive endeavour.
People are needed to peel it manually.
You need people to do the shelling and sorting of broken nuts from the whole. This process can only be done where labour
is cheap.
For more comprehensive information on cashew nut production and export call:
Mr.Ismail AbdulAzeez,
Tel:08023050835,07033632285.
E-mail:thethyconsulting@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ismailabdulazeez.com