<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Source: FAOSTAT of the United Nations </Td> </Tr> <P> In 2014, world production of almonds was 2.7 million tonnes, with United States providing 57% of the total . As the second and third leading producers, Spain and Australia combined contributed 13% of the world total (table). </P> <P> In the United States, production is concentrated in California where 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) and six different almond varieties were under cultivation in 2017, with a yield of 2.25 billion lbs (1 billion kg) of shelled almonds . The value of total US exports of shelled almonds in 2016 was $3.2 billion . </P> <P> Spain has diverse commercial cultivars of almonds grown in Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Aragón regions, and the Balearic Islands . </P>

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