California almonds, pistachios and other dry fruits have captured a big chunk of the $1 billion dry fruit market in India (Asia Times Online).

A number of factors including Afghanistan's recent troubles, fruit trading bans with other countries (due to fears of pests) and the large variety and good quality of Californian products has led to Californian produce getting the upper hand.

I never realised that we eat so much dry fruit. It seems obvious given our penchant for rich sweets and richly-flavored food but the numbers are still somewhat surprising.