BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 16. Azerbaijan exported 503,164 kilos of hazelnuts worth 3.226 million euros to EU countries in January 2024, Eurostat told Trend.
The data shows that this is 26.55 percent less in quantitative terms and 8.25 percent less in value terms compared to the corresponding period in 2023.
During the reporting period, Azerbaijan exported hazelnuts to various countries:
- Germany received 180,109 kilograms (a decrease of 38.74 percent), valued at 1.175 million euros (down 21.95 percent).
- Italy imported 242,055 kilograms (a decrease of 8.66 percent), valued at 1.551 million euros (an increase of 9.87 percent).
- Poland received 21,000 kilograms (a decrease of 4.55 percent), valued at 118,364 euros (an increase of 8.51 percent).
- France imported 40,000 kilograms (a doubling), valued at 244.783 euros (a growth of 2.46 times).
- Lithuania received 20,000 kilograms (not exported last year), valued at 135,234 euros.
EU countries imported 8,100 tons of hazelnuts from Azerbaijan in 2023 (19.9 percent decrease compared to 2022) worth 44.6 million euros (23.2 percent decrease).