Turkey earns $2.4 billion from 186,400 tonnes of hazelnut exports in 11 months

Export revenue holds near previous-period level

Turkey generated $2,400,360,066 from hazelnut exports during the first 11 months of the 2025/26 export season, according to a written statement from the Black Sea Hazelnut and Hazelnut Products Exporters’ Association. Shipments totaled 186,400 tonnes between September 1, 2025 and July 31, 2026.

The figures, reported by Anadolu Agency and Haberler.com, show a marked divergence between export volume and revenue. Turkey shipped substantially fewer hazelnuts than in the comparable previous period, but the value of those sales remained only slightly below the earlier result.

In the previous period, exporters sold 295,046 tonnes abroad and earned $2,433,755,328. The current season’s 11-month volume was therefore more than 100,000 tonnes lower, while revenue stayed close to $2.4 billion in both periods.

Lower tonnage supports a higher implied export value

The combination of lower shipments and relatively stable revenue indicates a considerably higher average value per exported tonne. The association did not provide a price series, contract terms, destination breakdown or explanation for the change, so the published figures alone do not establish whether the increase came from market prices, product mix, processing levels or other commercial factors.

For producers and processors, the result means that reduced physical availability or sales volume did not translate into an equivalent decline in foreign-currency earnings. For exporters, however, lower tonnage can still affect capacity utilization, logistics demand and the volume available for established customers, even when unit values provide revenue support.

The reporting period covers September through July and leaves one month before the completion of the 2025/26 export season. The sources did not provide a full-season forecast, monthly shipment profile or target for the remaining month. The final annual result will depend on additional sales recorded after July 31.

Trade implications for buyers and suppliers

The data are relevant to international food manufacturers, ingredient buyers and traders that rely on Turkish hazelnut supply. A large contraction in available export tonnage can tighten procurement options or change purchasing schedules, while the resilience of total revenue suggests that exporters retained substantial value from a smaller physical flow.

No destination countries, buyer industries or product categories were identified in the association’s statement. It is therefore not possible from the released data to determine which markets absorbed the reduction in volume or whether sales shifted between raw hazelnuts and processed products. The clearest signal is that Turkey’s hazelnut export business preserved nearly the previous period’s revenue despite a pronounced fall in shipments.