Market Prospects for Groundnut in West Africa COMMON FUND ...

Contents
Executive Summary ..................................................................................... 1
1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................... 4
1.1 Groundnut and groundnut products in trade ................................. 4
2.0 West African groundnut markets .......................................................... 7
2.1 Recent trends in production and consumption................................ 7
2.2 Market characteristics of the study area ......................................... 7
2.3 Conclusions .................................................................................. 10
2.4 Strategies for West Africa ............................................................. 12
3.0 Main producing countries on the international market........................ 15
3.1 Introduction: Groundnut and groundnut products in trade .......... 15
3.2 China ............................................................................................ 16
3.3 The United States of America ...................................................... 17
3.4 Argentina ...................................................................................... 20
3.5 India ............................................................................................. 20
3.6 Vietnam ........................................................................................ 21
3.7 South Africa ................................................................................. 22
3.8 Other African origins .................................................................... 23
4.0 World market trends and quality requirements ................................... 24
4.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 24
4.2 Europe ......................................................................................... 25
4.3 The United States of America ..................................................... 28
4.4 South Africa ................................................................................ 31
4.5 Asian countries ............................................................................ 32
5.0 West Africa: Market profiles of Senegal, Mali, Niger and Nigeria ....... 33
5.1 Introduction ................................................................................. 33
5.2 Senegal ........................................................................................ 34
5.3 Mali ............................................................................................. 40
5.4 Niger ........................................................................................... 46
5.5 Nigeria ......................................................................................... 52
5.6 Sub-regional market price data: Mali, Niger and Nigeria
(2002-2003) ................................................................................ 59
5.7 Additional observations................................................................ 62
6.0 Background and methodology ............................................................ 64
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