Hungary: Spring brought a considerable price drop on the domestic market of snake cucumbers

Cucumber prices, which were still particularly high in February and March, reflecting a shortage of goods, fell to an unprecedented extent before Easter. In the early spring period, the import commodity base that ensures domestic supply has decreased significantly due to the extremely cold weather experienced in Spain, which produces the most cucumbers. In the case of the products produced here, there was a decrease of over 30 percent. This unexpected shortage resulted in extremely high net purchase prices of HUF 1,000-1,100/kg, which meant a gross price of over HUF 2,000/kg on store shelves. According to Zoltán Gubacsi, the vice-president of FruitVeB, this process unexpectedly turned 180 degrees in recent weeks and a large surplus of goods was formed, which rearranged the demand and supply side. We reviewed FruitVeB's material. By the time the Hungarian snake cucumber appeared in larger quantities on the markets, the producer price fell to unprecedented depths in the week before ...