German cabbage is pouring into Hungary, but then where does the domestic cabbage go?

Published 2021년 9월 29일

Tridge summary

The European Union's cabbage production saw a decrease due to unfavorable weather conditions, with Poland being the largest producer and the Netherlands the largest exporter. In 2020, Poland's production decreased by 13%, resulting in a negative foreign trade balance for the EU. Hungary also experienced a decline in headed cabbage production, with the smallest amount produced in 2020 compared to the past decade. The price of white cabbage in Hungary increased by 20% in the middle of April, reaching HUF 410 per kilogram, and continued to rise throughout the season.
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Original content

The European Union harvests an average of 3.6-3.7 million tonnes of cabbage a year. Poles are the largest cabbage producers in the community, with yields ranging from 0.8 to 1.0 million tonnes in 2015-2020, accounting for about 27% of EU production. In Poland, cabbage production decreased by 13% in 2020 to 800 thousand tons. Experts say this year, due to unfavorable weather, they can harvest less quality and 700,000 tons of cabbage. In the Community's internal market, the largest exporter of head cabbage and red cabbage was the Netherlands, and the largest importer in 2020 was the Czech Republic. In the first half of this year, the Netherlands sold 41.1 thousand tonnes of headed cabbage on the EU market, similar to the previous year, while Germany increased its deliveries by 14% to 33.4 thousand tonnes and Poland by 3% to 14.9 thousand tonnes. The EU's foreign trade balance in head cabbage and red cabbage was negative in 2020, as exports increased to 37.9 thousand tonnes, while ...
Source: Agrarszektor

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