Only one of the four apples in the stalls are grown in Bulgaria

Only 26% of the apples or only a quarter of the quantities offered on the Bulgarian market are produced in our country. The rest are imported, according to a report by the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets, quoted by BNR. The document traces the origin and prices of basic foods and shows that in the past year the Bulgarian market is dominated by the supply of some imported food products, especially in vegetables and fruits. However, 73% of the bread, 70% of the meat and 69% of the dairy products sold in Bulgaria are produced in Bulgaria, the report reports. At the same time, according to the data, only 36% of the traditional tomatoes for our country are of domestic production, the remaining 64% are from Turkey, Greece and Northern Macedonia. The situation is not particularly good with cucumbers, as the ratio between Bulgarian and imported is 55 to 45 percent. Against the background of complaints from potato growers that they produce enough to fully meet the needs ...