US pistachio shipments top 1.14B pounds in 2025-2026

U.S. pistachio shipments totaled more than 1.14 billion pounds during the 2025-2026 crop year after growers produced a record 1.59 billion-pound crop across California, Arizona and New Mexico.

Exports accounted for 906.1 million pounds, or 79% of total shipments, according to the Administrative Committee for Pistachios (ACP). Export volume increased 4.4% from the previous year. Domestic shipments totaled 238.4 million pounds, up 0.66%.

Open inshell pistachios represented 92% of exports at 829.3 million pounds. Closed shell pistachios accounted for 26.2 million pounds, shelling stock totaled 13.2 million pounds and kernels reached 37.4 million pounds.

Vietnam became the largest export destination, receiving 134.7 million pounds, or 14.87% of U.S. pistachio exports. Vietnam moved up two positions from the previous year. Hong Kong climbed eight positions with imports of 64 million pounds, while China dropped to eighth among export destinations.

The industry entered the 2025/2026 crop year with 114 million pounds carried over from the previous season. Combined with the 2025 harvest, gross inventory reached 1.71 billion pounds.

For 2026/2027, carryover totaled 167 million pounds, including 70.9 million pounds of open inshell pistachios. The ACP said the 2026 harvest was expected to produce less than 1 billion pounds during an “off” year, although current yield estimates were not yet available.

An official 2026 yield and total gross inventory figure is expected in January 2027.