Kernland imposes a high tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure that the nuts are sold to domestic processing plants  If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashews were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growing cashews
However, since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government' s effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years
Some of the by-products of processing cashews are used for manufacturing paints and plastics.