Intending to estimate and analyze the commercialization costs and identify places and forms of the cashew commercialization it was accomplished, during the year of 2000/01, interviews with farmers, technicians of agronomic assistance, intermediate agents and professionals of public research agencies. Also information were obtained within the General Warehouses Company of São Paulo State (CEAGESP). The aggregate costs to the cashew by the commercialization segment, derives, in large extent, to the carrier costs until the great wholesale centers, and also to the commission imposed by the wholesaler. For the farmers of the northwest region of São Paulo State, the correct would be to direct their production to the months of January and June, thus guaranteeing higher prices and more satisfactory results.
dwarfed cashew; production; commercialization
