There are not enough Hungarian potatoes, imports are pouring into the country: rough, where does it come from

Based on data from the KSH, domestic potato consumption was 66.8 kilograms per person in 2005, which decreased to 60.5 kilograms in 2010, then reached its lowest point in 2017 with 57.1 kilograms, and since then it has stabilized at around 60 kilograms. Hungary's consumption is still below the EU28 average and is the lowest among the V4 countries. Production also showed a significant decline: while in 1960 it produced 3 million tons of potatoes, by the beginning of the 2000s this had shrunk to 700,000-800,000 tons. György Varga, Solanum Kft. its managing director said that potato cultivation in Hungary is currently showing a downward trend, the total sowing area can be estimated at 7.5-8 thousand hectares, which can satisfy approximately one third of the domestic consumption. Most of them grow Dutch varieties, some Hungarian ones are among them, but not too many. The Hungarian varieties are slowly coming up, but at the moment the process has stopped because there is not enough ...