Profitability Analysis and Marketing Structure of Hazelnut Establishments in Sakarya

In the study, it is aimed to calculate the marketing margin and the profitability analysis of hazelnut production enterprises in sakarya province. a survey was carried out in 152 farms operating hazelnut production in 6 provinces of sakarya. hazelnut garden size was found to be 12.13 da. the average yield of shell hazelnuts is 141.61 kg/da, the total cost of production is 714.27 ₺/da, sum of varying costs is 596.30 ₺/da and the cost of shell hazelnut is 5.044 ₺/kg. gross profit in per decar was 1 440.05 ₺ and net profit was 1 322.08. marketing margin was calculated as 7.62 ₺/kg for shell hazelnuts and 21.44 ₺/kg for inner hazelnuts.