Macadamia prices today
Macadamia is one of the world’s more specialised tree nuts, grown across a small number of origins, and Expana’s coverage reflects South Africa’s role as a leading supplier, with style-graded CFR Europe benchmarks, alongside Chinese in-shell pricing and growing-region weather tracking across Australia, Kenya, Malawi, Brazil and Guatemala.
Use Expana to track current macadamia prices, compare styles and origins, and understand the historical patterns across this premium nut.
Macadamia price chart
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| 9.9 | ↓ 5.3% | ↓ 5.3% | — | |
| 10.45 | → 0.0% | → 0.0% | — | |
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| 10.45 | → 0.0% | ↑ 1.5% | — | |
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| 10.45 | → 0.0% | ↓ 0.5% | — | |
| 10.45 | → 0.0% | ↓ 0.5% | — | |
| 10.45 | → 0.0% | ↓ 0.5% | — | |
| 10.45 | → 0.0% | ↓ 0.5% | — | |
| 10.45 | → 0.0% | ↓ 2.3% | — | |
| 10.45 | → 0.0% | ↓ 2.3% | — | |
| 10.45 | ↑ 1.5% | ↓ 3.2% | — | |
| 10.45 | ↑ 1.5% | ↓ 5.9% | — | |
| 10.45 | ↓ 0.5% | ↓ 7.5% | — | |
| 10.45 | ↓ 0.5% | ↓ 7.5% | — | |
| 10.45 | ↓ 0.5% | ↓ 7.5% | — | |
| 10.3 | ↓ 1.9% | ↓ 8.8% | — | |
| 10.3 | ↓ 1.9% | ↓ 8.8% | — | |
| 10.5 | ↓ 1.9% | ↓ 7.1% | — | |
| 10.5 | ↓ 1.9% | ↓ 7.1% | — | |
| 10.5 | ↓ 5.4% | ↓ 7.1% | — | |
| 10.5 | ↓ 7.1% | ↓ 7.1% | — | |
| 10.7 | ↓ 5.3% | — | — | |
| 10.7 | ↓ 5.3% | — | — | |
| 10.8 | ↓ 4.4% | — | — | |
| 11.1 | ↓ 1.8% | — | — | |
| 11.3 | → 0.0% | — | — | |
| 11.3 | → 0.0% | — | — | |
| 11.3 | → 0.0% | — | — | |
| 11.3 | → 0.0% | — | — | |
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Expana: the independent source for macadamia pricing and market intelligence
Expana provides independent macadamia price assessments produced by specialist reporters, grounded in market indications rather than modelled from second-hand data. Our coverage spans South Africa and China, across multiple kernel styles, alongside weather monitoring across the crop’s other major growing regions.
Macadamia coverage is led by Nick Moss, Market Reporter, Nuts. Explore related coverage on our nut prices, almond prices and walnut prices pages.
South African style grading
Three distinct styles (1, 2 and 4) by kernel size and halves content, all CFR Europe.
Chinese in-shell benchmark
In-shell macadamia pricing ex-works China, reflecting that market's growing supply.
Global growing-region tracking
Weather monitoring across South Africa, Australia, Kenya, Malawi, Brazil, Guatemala and China.
Premium kernel focus
Benchmarks concentrate on premium whole and half-kernel grades, the most commercially traded specification.
Price history and trend data
Price history with month-on-month, quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year change.
Market commentary
Analysis explaining what is moving macadamia prices.
Our macadamia intelligence includes:
What drives macadamia prices
Macadamia prices move with South African harvest size, the leading export origin Expana benchmarks, weather across the crop’s several growing regions worldwide, and demand from premium food and snacking manufacturers.
- South African harvest size and the proportion of premium-grade kernels it yields.
- Weather during flowering and nut development across growing regions.
- Growing production in Kenya, Malawi, Australia and China adding to global supply.
- Demand from premium food, confectionery and snacking manufacturers.
- Processing capacity for cracking and grading kernels by style.
- Currency movements, particularly the South African rand.
Expana’s market commentary explains which of these drivers is behind each price move.
Our macadamia price assessment methodology
Expana’s macadamia prices are produced by specialist reporters following a published, consistent methodology, so the data you benchmark against is transparent, independent and comparable over time.
- Market price basis
South African styles are graded by kernel size and the proportion of whole versus half kernels, with style 1 the largest, premium grade and style 4 a smaller premium halves specification. - Specialist reporting
Reporters collect and cross-check market information before each assessment is published. - Consistent price history
Assessments follow the same basis over time, so current prices can be compared with historical levels.
This approach gives buyers, processors and traders a reliable reference point for negotiations, budgeting and contract timing.
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Macadamia Market FAQs
What drives macadamia prices?
Macadamia prices are set by South African harvest size, the leading export origin Expana tracks, weather across the crop’s various growing regions, and demand from premium food and snacking manufacturers. Because macadamia trees take years to mature, supply responds slowly to price signals.
What do the South African macadamia styles mean?
Styles 1, 2 and 4 describe kernel size and the proportion of whole kernels versus halves. Style 1 is the largest, most premium whole-kernel grade, while style 4 is a smaller premium halves specification.
Why does Expana track weather across so many macadamia regions?
Macadamia is grown commercially in South Africa, Australia, Kenya, Malawi, Brazil, Guatemala and China. Tracking weather across all these regions helps anticipate supply shifts even where detailed price benchmarks are still developing.
What macadamia benchmarks does Expana cover?
Expana covers South African premium kernel styles priced CFR Europe, alongside a Chinese in-shell benchmark, with weather data supporting a view across the crop’s other major growing regions.
Why is South Africa the lead origin for macadamia pricing?
South Africa is one of the world’s largest macadamia exporters with an established, transparent trading market, which is why Expana’s primary kernel-style benchmarks are grounded there.
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