Turkey earned around $1.88 billion with exports of more than 235,000 tons of hazelnuts in the last 12 months, a hazelnut exporters’ association said.
The 2016-2017 hazelnut export season ended on Aug. 31, the President of Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association said.
The volume of exports decreased by 5.6 percent and the value dropped by 17.4 percent from Sept. 1, 2016 to Aug. 31, 2017 compared to the previous season, he added.
Sevinc pointed out that most of the hazelnut exports were made to the EU countries.