Peanut exports exceeded 80 million dollars

According to the data of the Southeastern Anatolia Exporters' Association, Türkiye earned 178 million 203 thousand dollars from its peanut exports to 94 countries last year.

Pistachio exports, which were 151 million 827 thousand dollars in the January-September period of last year, were recorded as 80 million 906 thousand dollars in the same period this year.

In the 9 months of the year, the highest peanut export was to Italy with 19 million 248 thousand dollars. This country was followed by Germany with 13 million 668 thousand dollars and Kazakhstan with 7 million 724 thousand dollars.

Faruk Akbaş, President of the Central Union of Turkish Pistachio Producers, stated that peanuts, with their wide usage area, are a strategic product that is evaluated in many sectors, from food to dessert, from snacks to chocolate.

Reminding that peanut production is naturally high one year and low the other year, Akbaş said that 2026 is considered a "no year" in the sector.

Akbaş explained that the adverse weather conditions experienced last year also had an impact on this year's yield, and that the new season products were harvested and started to enter the market.