Azerbaijan — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
Azerbaijan received 16 RASFF border-rejection notifications in 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. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 19 carry the laboratory result and 18 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import nuts, nut products and seeds from Azerbaijan
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 20% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 69%; re-dispatched or destroyed 19%; held, final fate not recorded 12% (191 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 16 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 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelnut | 15 | 1,591 t | 116.9 | Aflatoxin B1 |
| Other | 1 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 15 | 1,591 t |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
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
- 2024.7610 COI certificate was signed by the German competent authority on 04.10.2024., before mentioned consignment arrived to first BCP Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 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
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds 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 40 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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