Turkey exports over 90,000 tons of hazelnut in 3 months

By Tuba Sahin</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Turkey sold abroad over 90,337 tons of hazelnuts in the first three months of the export season, according to data from the Black Sea Exporters Association on Monday. </p> <p>The volume of hazelnut exports between Sept. and Nov. fell 10.6 percent compared to the same period last year.</p> <p>Turkey earned $493.4 million in hazelnut exports, down 24 percent during the same period. </p> <p>The EU countries remained the top export market of Turkish hazelnut with purchasing nearly 77 percent, or 69,487 tons, of Turkey's total hazelnut exports.</p> <p>Turkey as the world's largest hazelnut exporter earned $1.78 billion with nearly 287,000 tons of hazelnut exports last season, from September 2017 to the end of August 2018.