<p>CALIFORNIAN almond shipments have shown a moderate slow down of late but remain slightly ahead of those of a year ago.</p> <p>The seventh position report for the 2012/13 season from the Almond Board of California (ABC) showed that volumes sold overseas this February amounted to 116.83m pounds compared with 111.10m pounds in the same month of 2012.</p> <p> </p>