Hungarian gardeners expect high prices for apples

Due to the weak European harvest, there is a high demand for Hungarian apples, which predicts an increase in prices. According to the forecasts of the Hungarian fruit and vegetable association FruitVeB, this year's apple harvest will be significantly lower than last year's 472,000 tons, and only 330,000 tons is expected, which is the second weakest result in the last 10 years. This is reported by Trademagazin. "It is becoming increasingly difficult to meet the domestic consumption of apples, as the production of apples for the fresh market is slightly reduced, and the number of industrial apples - significantly. The expected harvest of apples for the fresh market is about 90-100 thousand tons, which will not be enough to meet the domestic demand of 110 thousand tons. The situation with industrial apples is even more critical: the expected harvest of 230,000-240,000 tons does not cover the full capacity of the domestic processing industry," the report says. It is noted that due to ...