Turkey has had its best season ever as it managed to export 337,000 tons of hazelnuts between September 2019 and August, according to data from the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KIB).
The exports in the 50-week period of the 2019-2020 season, have brought in around $2.27 billion (TL 16.74 billion).
Some 269,623 tons of hazelnuts were exported in the 2018-2019 season.
The country’s hazelnut exports were mainly to the European Union, which has contains food industries to process the nuts.