Turkiye’s Pistachio Report for the Current Season

Turkiye’s pistachio production in Marketing Year (MY) 2023/24 is forecast at 160,000 metric tons (MT). Production volumes will decrease compared to the previous MY since MY 2023/24 is considered an “off-year” in the production cycle for pistachios. Still, production will not be as low as some of the earlier off-years. Production will be buoyed by an increase in the number of bearing trees. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), there were an estimated 58 million bearing pistachio trees at the beginning of the current marketing year, up nearly 5 percent from last year. There are also about 25 million non-bearing trees, which is about 7 percent higher than a year ago.