Export receipts rise while tonnage falls
Türkiye exported 86,930 tonnes of hazelnuts worth $1,198,258,000 in January–May 2026, Hürriyet Daily News reported on June 9, citing the Black Sea Hazelnut and Hazelnut Products Exporters’ Association. The comparable 2025 figures were 125,203 tonnes and $1.03 billion.
The paired totals show a decline in exported weight alongside an increase in dollar value. This is not a contradiction: the two measures answer different questions. Weight describes the quantity shipped, while value records the monetary total associated with those shipments. Neither measure can replace the other in a description of export performance.
What the comparison measures
The comparison covers the same five calendar months in each year. It should not be extended to the whole of 2026 or presented as the result of an entire harvest season. A shipment period and a crop period are different reporting boundaries, and the publication does not establish how every exported lot maps to a harvest.
Keep three distinctions visible
- Export weight is not the quantity harvested during the reporting period.
- Export value is not the profit retained by growers, processors or exporters.
- A value-to-weight average is not a quotation for a specific grade, delivery date or contract.
A higher average does not identify every cause
With a larger value total and a smaller weight total, the aggregate value per tonne is necessarily higher. That arithmetic does not isolate the contribution of product mix, quality, contract timing or individual transaction prices. Those explanations would require a more detailed breakdown than the headline totals provide.
The figures also contain no cost account for the businesses involved. Without that account, stronger export receipts cannot be converted into a claim about improved margins. The supported conclusion remains the contrast between the two reported trade measures, not a forecast of harvest conditions, retail prices or exporters’ future earnings.
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