The price of cabbage in Hungary

Published 2022년 10월 2일

Tridge summary

Hungary has seen a decrease in cabbage production and an imbalance in trade for the past year, with imports falling by 38% in the first half of 2022. The country produced the smallest amount of head cabbage in the past decade, 37.2 thousand tons, in 2021. The price of cabbage has significantly increased at the Budapest Wholesale Market, with primordial white head cabbage costing 58% more than last year and prime red cabbage costing 4% more. The price hike is due to high utility costs and unexpected increases, which have made cabbage less affordable and more expensive, ranging from HUF 450 to HUF 500 per kilogram.
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Original content

Cabbage is one of the most versatile vegetables, as it can be eaten sweet, salty or sour, it depends on our taste. In the past, its price could also be tempting, since it was - until now - one of the cheaper raw materials. Not to mention that the iconic stuffed cabbage is a favorite dish of many. However, price increases have not escaped this vegetable either, but it is still considered affordable. Cabbage is one of the key foods in the EU, which is well supported by the fact that an average of 3.6-3.7 million tons of it is harvested every year. At the same time, the numbers were not the best for cabbage either, reports AKI. KSH data revealed that Hungary produced the smallest amount of head cabbage in the past decade, 37.2 thousand tons, in 2021. Our country's head and red cabbage foreign trade balance was negative in 2021, the delivered quantity reached 6.92 thousand tons, while 2.24 thousand tons went to foreign markets. In the first half of this year, imports decreased by 38 ...
Source: Magro

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