Guinea-Bissau’s transitional government today set the price of cashew nuts at 410 CFA francs (€0.63) per kilogram at producer level and $1,050 (€901) per tonne for export.
The reference price for the new campaign of Guinea-Bissau’s main economic product is unchanged from 2025. The marketing campaign for Guinean cashews will be officially opened on Wednesday in Bissau at a ceremony attended by transitional prime minister Ilídio Vieira Té.
The prices were set today at the weekly Council of Ministers meeting chaired by the country’s transitional president, General Horta Inta-a, at which guidelines for the cashew marketing campaign were reviewed. The transitional government also determined that the purchase price of cashews in Bissau by trade intermediaries will be 478 CFA francs (€0.73) per kilogram, according to the final communiqué of the Council of Ministers published by local media.
The communiqué, read by government spokesman Abduramane Turé, highlighted the transitional president’s call for strengthened oversight of the campaign, which this year will be held under the motto: “zero tolerance for cashew smuggling 2026.”
Guinean authorities denounce every year the existence of cashew smuggling to neighbouring countries — operations they consider to deprive the state of significant tax revenues. Horta Inta-a said he wants the 2026 cashew campaign to be “the ultimate opportunity for the valorisation” of the product, so that the revenues collected by the government can help improve the living conditions of Guineans.
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The Guinean cashew marketing campaign runs from March to September. Last year, the government announced exports of 210,000 tonnes involving 61 companies. India and Vietnam are the main buyers of cashew nuts, which account for 90% of Guinea-Bissau’s exports.
