Free of charge

Walnuts: Prices of organic nuts will persist high

October 5, 2017 at 9:24 AM , Starry Night Ltd.
Play report as audio

SOFIA. As harvest throughout the country reaches its end, the results become apparent. In the North regions, orchard owners are already recording a bumper output. In some orchards within the central and eastern South, prospects are gloomy.

BULGARIA. The current sentiments among the biggest market players are for prices of conventional walnuts to start falling down towards the middle of October as more market players enter the market, releasing their produce. However, organic walnuts are forecasted to maintain a steep price since quantities are not huge while domestic and foreign demands are already building momentum.

Walnuts: A factory under an opened sky

What a sight it must be to enter an orchard of about 100 ha, walking along the rows of trees, noticing only a few dangling walnuts here and there as if harvest had already ended. No, harvest has not even begun in this orchard and will not ever begin this year. Unexpected frosts during the blossoming period of the trees “harvested” the walnut severely. In some orchards, such an outcome repeats itself three years in a row.   

Mainly, in the orchards between central South and Southeast of the country, the fallen frosts in a row, combined with heavy winds later in the year, uncompromisingly damaged the nut. Walnut orchards within these regions got the hardest hit by unfavorable weather conditions.

On the other hand, farmers within the general North regions, and those whose orchards are closer to the coast of the Black sea are already recording a bumper output.

Organic walnuts, Bulgaria

Type

EUR/kg

light amber (mix)

8.20

in shell

4.10

EXW Bulgaria

   

Walnuts, Bulgaria

Type

EUR/kg

light kernels (mix)

7.68

light halves

8.25

light quarters

7.30

light brokens

6.30

amber kernels (mix)

6.20

amber halves

6.20

amber quarters

6.20

amber brokens

6.20

in shell

2.05

EXW Bulgaria

View related articles

Go to the News Overview
Nuts
Feb 5, 2026
ORDU. After weeks of speculation Ferrero has announced new bids for hazelnut kernels. Question is how the market will respond. Prices have taken a sharp turn. Exporters find themselves in a challenging economic situation.
Nuts
Feb 4, 2026
BRUSSELS. Noted shifts have taken place in shipments to the EU, where imports reached a record high in 2025. Kernels are still in high demand.
Nuts
Feb 3, 2026
MANILA. Dwindling price pressure indicates that the shortage of raw materials in the Philippine desiccated coconut market is slowly easing. Export prices continue to fluctuate within a narrow range; the same applies to coconut oil.
Nuts
Feb 3, 2026
VANCOUVER. For macadamias, the first crop estimates for this year are showing mixed trends. Demand is developing in differing directions. Exporters have issued price indications for the 2026 crop in Kenya.