Hungary: According to Ferenc Apáti, high fruit prices will remain at least until May

Published 2021년 2월 24일

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The article explains the significant increase in fruit prices, which is expected to persist until the end of spring due to crop losses from spring frost in 2020 and heavy rainfall in June. Ferenc Apáti, the chairman of the FruitVeB Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organization and Product Council, attributes the price fluctuation to changes in supply, with the annual average prices potentially fluctuating by up to 50 percent. Despite the high prices, Apáti emphasizes the importance of fruits for health and notes that bananas and citrus fruits are currently slightly cheaper than apples due to summer production in South America.

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As a result of the spring frost damage in 2020, current fruit prices are also exceeding the highest levels of the usual price range. According to Ferenc Apáti, the chairman of the FruitVeB Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organization and Product Council, it is conceivable that no change is expected until the end of the spring. Bananas and citrus fruits are now slightly cheaper on the market than apples, but that’s natural, since it’s summer in South America. The specialist spoke in a longer interview about the fruit market, we looked at this material. The 10perc.hu portal asked Ferenc Apáti, the chairman of the FruitVeB Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organization and Product Council, about the situation of the fruit market. According to him, fruits, but also vegetables, are extremely important for the immune system, as they consume a lot of bioactive substances, vitamins and minerals into the human body. However, it is a fact that at present, as in ...

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