Turkiye earns $2.26B from hazelnut exports in 2021

GIRESUN, Turkiye

Turkiye earned $2.26 billion from hazelnut exports last year, a regional trade union said on Monday.

The country exported 344,379 tons of hazelnut to 122 countries in 2021, said the Black Sea Hazelnut and Hazelnut Products Exporters' Union, the highest in the republic’s history.


Turkiye is the world's largest hazelnut exporter. 


*Writing by Gokhan Ergocun from Istanbul