Georgia’s Hazelnuts Exports Hit $53.8 million; TOP Markets

Georgia’s hazelnuts exports from August 1 to November amounted to 10,179 tons worth $53.8 million. According to the Agriculture Ministry, the exports in the reporting period rose by 39% (up 2,853 tons) year on year.

The annual growth in export value constituted $17.9 million (+50%). The country has exported hazelnuts to Germany (2,977 tons), Italy (1,966 tons), Czech Republic (550 tons), Poland (320 tons), Lithuania (289 tons), Bulgaria (279 tons), Spain (308 tons), France (218 tons), Greece (97 tons), Estonia (88 tons), Latvia (62 tons), Luxembourg (60 tons), Slovakia (64 tons), Austria (22 tons) and Croatia (10 tons), Russia (496 tons), Armenia (497 tons), Belarus (240 tons), Turkey (530 tons), Ukraine (176 tons), Algeria (173 tons), Brazil (186 tons), Canada (114 tons), Saudi Arabia (74 tons), Mexico (67 tons), Jordan (38 tons), Syria (50 tons), Switzerland (47 tons), Iraq (24 tons), Great Britain (22 tons), the USA (19 tons) and others.

“Starting in 2016, amid the spread of marmorated stinkbug and fungus disease, hazelnuts production started declining (consequently, exports) and the figure dropped to 17,000 tons in 2018. Thanks to the government’s anti-stinkbug program and joint large-scale measures by state offices and farmers, the country has harvested the high-quality hazelnuts in 2020”, the Ministry representatives noted.