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Ali Haydar Gören, Chairman of the Board of Istanbul Hazelnut and Products Exporters' Association (İFMİB), said, "Hazelnut industry has contracts made until September." Ali Haydar Gören, Chairman of İFMİB Board of Directors, stated that the biggest recipient of Turkish hazelnut is EU countries, especially Italy. Indicating that chocolate production in Italy did not decrease even during the fastest period of the epidemic, Gören informed that the Turkish hazelnut industry had contracts made until September. Pointing out that the Turkish Grain Board (TMO), which has released 20 thousand tons of the 2018 crop in its stocks, has put 20 thousand tons of hazelnuts in the tender, Gören notified, "These will be reflected in exports as well. There has been no shrinkage in demand until now. We think that this situation will continue in April but our only concern is that we might face possible problems in terms of logistics. If the countries close their doors, if the entr...

Ali Haydar Gören, Chairman of the Board of Istanbul Hazelnut and Products Exporters' Association (İFMİB), stated that despite the coronavirus (Covid-19), the exports of the sector increased by 53.3 percent last month. Ali Haydar Gören said that the demand has not shrunk so far. "We think it will continue in April as well," he added. According to the statement made by the Association, total exports of the hazelnut and its products sector increased by 53.3 percent in March to $ 209 million from $ 136 million. In this period, the exports of the Association rose by 105.4 percent from $ 46.7 million to $ 96 million. The increase in exports in the sector continued in the first three months of the year. In this context, the exports of the hazelnut and its products industry, which was 432.8 million dollars in January-March period of 2019, increased by 28.7 percent in the same period of this year and reached 557 million dollars. In the same period, exports of the Associa...

Dursun Oğuz Gürsoy, Vice Chaiman of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters' Association, said that their end of season targets are 325 thousand tons of hazelnut exports and 2.5 billion dollars in foreign currency. Expressing that these developments in hazelnut exports are very pleasing, Gürsoy said that the industry representatives feel satisfied. Gürsoy emphasized that one of the most pleasing developments in addition to the export of hazelnuts to Germany and Italy in the traditional markets is the increase in exports to China. Noting that positive developments in China will increase the possibility of selling hazelnuts to Far East in the future, Gürsoy said, "In the coming years, China may even be in the top 3. This is a situation we always expect." Gürsoy stated that there was a slowdown in consumption in the market chains in February due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in China, but they expect this slowdown to end and the sector to move again. ...