As for the neighboring countries, Azerbaijan ranks 4th with 24,000 tons (4%), and Turkey is still the leader of the season. The country produced 415,300 tons of nut kernels. Turkey's share in the global production is 71%.
The 2022/23 ranking of the leading nut kernel producing countries is as follows:
Turkey - 415,300 tons. (71%)
Italy - 38,700 tons (7%)
The USA - 31,900 tons (5%)
Azerbaijan - 24,000 tons (4%)
Chile - 22700 tons (4%)
Georgia - 14800 tons (3%)
Iran - 5400 tons (1%)
Other countries - 32,350 tons (5%)
According to the average output of nut kernels in the last 5 years, Georgia ranks fifth with 16,930 tons, and its share in the global production of this period is 3%.
The ranking of the countries with the average production rate of the last 5 years is as follows:
Turkey - 365 560 tons (69%)
Italy - 45,770 tons (9%)
The USA - 24 314 tons (5%)
Azerbaijan - 21 656 tons (4%)
Georgia - 16,930 tons (3%)
Chile - 16,380 tons (3%)
Iran - 9,820 tons (2%)
Other countries - 28,529 tons (5%)
According to INC, the global harvest of nut kernels in 2022/23 was 585,150 tons, the highest figure in the last decade. For example, the global harvest for the 2021/22 seasonal year was 552,076 tons, and for 2020/21 it was 507,600 tons.