There are many such onions in Hungarian stores: everything can be full of them

Published 2024년 8월 19일

Tridge summary

In 2024, Hungary saw a notable increase in red onion cultivation, with a total of 1,755 hectares, up from 1,415 hectares in the previous year. The majority of the harvest was exported to Romania, Croatia, and Slovakia, while imports, mainly from the Netherlands, Austria, Spain, and Italy, have been on a downward trend since 2020. Despite the decline in imports, Hungary experienced a significant increase in exports in the first seven months of 2023, with a 124% rise to 722.1 tons. However, the European Union's onion foreign trade balance became negative in the first half of 2023 due to a 117% increase in imports, primarily from Egypt. The Mako onion, a famous variety, is facing extinction due to high propagation costs and lack of payment for these costs in the fresh market, except by a few processing companies such as Univer.

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Original content

According to TERA's data for the year 2024, 1,755 hectares of red onions were grown in Hungary (winter and spring in total), which is a significant increase compared to last year's area of 1,415 hectares. Our most significant onion-growing counties are located in the south-southeast region of the country: Our harvest last year was around 70,000 tons, so it can be said to be stable in the last 4-5 years. Hungarian onion exports are not very significant, usually between 1-2 thousand tons per year. By far the largest quantity is delivered to Romania, Croatia and Slovakia are in second-third place, but a significant quantity also goes to Slovenia - we learned from FruitVeB. Imports, on the other hand, exceeded 20,000 tons three years ago, but have been steadily decreasing since then, and are currently close to 15,000 tons. Almost a quarter of this came from the Netherlands last year, but Austria has also been an important partner for us for a long time, and we also import a lot of ...

Source: Agronaplo