<p></p><p>A Commerce Department report showed exports of cashew nuts unshelled totaled nearly $ 2.5 million in the first six months of this year, with 2,800 tons were exported, an increase of 200% compared to the same period last year .</p> <p>Despite this growth, officials and industry leaders said Cambodia had produced nearly 6 times the export figure recorded. </p><p>In Kampong Thom, cashew growing provinces of the country's largest with more than 23 680 hectares planted, Siv Ngy, president of the Association of Kampong Thom cashews said he doubts the official export figures by the average cashew production stood at 70,000 tons / year. </p><p>He said "the trader to buy at least 200 tonnes of raw cashew nuts from farmers during the harvest date, the activities from February to the end of the month 7 merchants then exported grain to Vietnam" . "Not sure that the domestic market consumes too many nuts. Only demand for processed cashews in the domestic market and supply is still low due to our lack of processing facilities." "Raw Cashew Nut only demand from neighboring countries such as Vietnam". </p><p>Um Uon, president of the Association of Prasat Sambor cashews in Kampong Thom, the largest producer of cashew nuts this province, said a lack of funding meant his organization can only afford to buy 6 tons of raw cashew nuts for processing of only 1.2 tons / year. The remaining seeds are sold to traders, farmers who pay cash. When asked about where the particles have not been recorded, Ken Rath spokesman at the Ministry of Commerce said that the amount of particles can be reduced through a small corridor on the border where the data have not been recorded. </p><p> </p><br><p></p>