Azerbaijan — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Hazelnut
Azerbaijan received 15 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Hazelnut, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and Aflatoxin. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 116.9 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Azerbaijan over the last 3 years. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 18 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import hazelnut from Azerbaijan
Above the median. Azerbaijan ranks 2nd of 3 origins shipping hazelnut to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 116.9 — above 50% of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 20% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 1,591 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 2nd highest rejection rate of 3 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 20 t (median of 16 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 16.3 t (Georgia) to 20 t (Azerbaijan), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 73%; re-dispatched or destroyed 13%; held, final fate not recorded 13% (170 tonnes in all). A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Bulgaria (7), Italy (6), Poland (2), of 15 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, January, April, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (15).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8374 aflatoxins in shelled hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Italy. Result 59 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7377 aflatoxins in hazelnut kernel from Azerbaijan Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 9.8+/-2.9 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.6828 przekroczenie NDP aflatoksyny B1 i sumy aflatoksyn w przesyłce orzechów laskowych surowych z Azerbejdżanu // exceeding the MRL for aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 24,2+-7 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.2820 Aflatoxins In Shelled Hazelnuts From Azerbaigian Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 12,4 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.2193 High levels of aflatoxin contamination in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 11.3 +/- 3.4 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.1824 aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 9.1 +/- 2.7 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.0630 Aflatoxins and aflatoxin B1 above legal limits in shelled hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 15.0+/-6.6 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.8930 Aflatoxin B1 in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan via Türkiye Notified by Italy. Result 11.3 +- 5.0 (limit 5 mg/kg - ppm). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.7993 Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernel from Azerbaijan Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 22,4+/-6,7 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.7983 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result ∑ (B1+B2+G1+G2) 26.3+/-7.4 µg/кg (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.7397 aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 28.2+-7.8 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.5579 wykryto przekroczenie NDP zawartości aflatoksyny B1 w orzechach laskowych/// exceeding the MRL for aflatoxin B1 in hazelnuts Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result próbka a: 7,9±1,5 próbka b: 8,0±1,5 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1
- 2025.1527 Aflatoxin in raw hazelnuts kernels from Azerbaijan Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 17,7 +/-6,7 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.0473 High levels of aflatoxin B1 and Totals in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 23,6 +/-8,9 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.9312 Aflatoxin in hazelnut kernel from Azerbaijan Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result B1=12.3+/-3.7 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2023.1051 Aflatoxin in hazelnut kernels from Azerbaijan Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 49,7 +/- 18,7 (limit 15 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin
- 2023.0208 Aflatoxin B1 in hazelnuts kernels from Azerbaijan Notified by France. Reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 8.4±2.6 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2022.6809 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 27,9 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.6014 AFLATOXINS IN HAZELNUT KERNELS FROM Azerbaijan Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 13.9+/-4.2 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.3235 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched. Result 118 +/- 9 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned hazelnut from Azerbaijan found after entering the EU — 2 alerts, 1 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 67%, official control on the market 33%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 | 0 |
- 2026.6919 alertAflatoxin B1 in organic hazelnuts 9-11 mm Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 93 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.7700 alertexceedance of MRLs for aflatoxin B1 and sum of aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan//przekroczenie NDP aflatoksyny B1 oraz sumy aflatoksyn w orzechach laskowych pochodzących z Azerbejdżanu Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 133,3 ± 16,0 (limit 10,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2021.5730 info: attentionAflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Azerbaijan Notified by Germany. Company's own check, not on the market. Result 22,9 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Data and downloads
Download all 39 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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