TURKISH HAZELNUT EXPORT  

Besides being the biggest hazelnut producer in the world, our country is also the biggest hazelnut exporting country. Our hazelnut export is mainly aimed at the European Union countries and the share of these countries increase in parallel with the increase in our exports. The share of the EU countries in our total exports is about 80-85%, though it changes over the years.

As for our hazelnut export to other countries, we have been making hazelnut exportation to about 90 countries . Below is the annual distribution of statistical data concerning our hazelnut export between 2001 and 2011.