Senegal’s crude groundnut oil exports climbed to 22,441 tons in 2025, the highest level in six years, as government policy increasingly favors domestic processing over raw groundnut exports. That figure is nearly triple the previous year’s total, with export revenue for the product nearly tripling to about $36 million. The shift followed measures introduced in 2024 to secure domestic supplies for processors, including a temporary suspension of groundnut seed exports. Raw, unroasted groundnut exports subsequently collapsed to 1,393 tons in 2025 from 65,308 tons a year earlier. Following the suspension, state-owned Sonacos restarted processing plants, one of which had been idle for years. The company has since announced plans to construct additional facilities for groundnut processing. With Senegal producing roughly 1 million tons of groundnuts annually, the expansion of processing capacity could help retain more value domestically.