About 50,000 tons of dry pasta are bought in Hungary every year

Published Feb 27, 2024

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Hungary's dry pasta market, which sells around 50,000 tons annually, is dominated by 4- and 8-egg pastas, with a growing interest in durum and whole wheat pastas. Despite challenges such as high costs for raw materials, energy, fuel, and logistics, labor shortages, and competition from cheap imports, the 150 Hungarian pasta producers remain committed to quality. These companies employ about 2,000 workers and export 30-35% of their products. The market is also seeing a rise in popularity of alternatives like reduced-carbohydrate, gluten-free, shaped, paleo, and egg-free dry pasta.

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About 50,000 tons of dry pasta are placed in the baskets of customers in Hungary every year. Contrary to the foreign trend, the 4- and 8-egg pastas are the best sellers here, and the market for durum and whole wheat pastas is also constantly strengthening - the National Chamber of Agrarian Economy (NAK) summarized the results of its survey. According to the overview, high raw material prices, energy and fuel costs, as well as logistics expenses and labor shortages did not escape domestic pasta producers either. In addition, the significant amount of cheap imported goods also poses serious challenges to the players of the sector. However, despite the difficulties, the manufacturers still do not want to compromise on the quality of their products, they are trying to maintain their competitiveness with product and packaging developments, automation, technical standards and the quality of traditional products, the chamber concluded. In Hungary, 150 companies are engaged in the ...

Source: Trademagazin