Cruel price increase in the Hungarian markets: the fruit costs twice as much as last year

Published Jul 11, 2020

Tridge summary

The article highlights a decrease in the average price of round tomatoes in Hungary's domestic market compared to the previous week and year, with a 26-17% drop this week and 26% lower price a year earlier. Despite this, the price of sweet peppers and some other vegetables like carrots and parsley root saw slight increases. Meanwhile, the producer price of cherries in Hungary has risen significantly, from 948 forints per kilogram in the first half of 2019 to 1,048 forints per kilogram in the 2020-21-27 week, while the import price of Hungarian cherries ranged from 900-1300 forints per kilogram. Additionally, the article mentions that domestic 30 mm + size apricots were included in the selection of the Budapest Wholesale Market at frequent prices, with prices being higher for both domestic and foreign apricots compared to the previous year.

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Original content

According to the data of NAIK AKI PÁIR, the average price of round tomatoes in the domestic market (HUF 260 / kilogram) decreased in week 27 compared to the previous week and the previous year: depending on the size, by 26-17 percent this week and by 26 percent a year earlier. -27.5 percent lower, according to the latest survey by NAIK AKI. At the same time, the price of sweet peppers to be stuffed slightly exceeded the average price of the 27th week of 2019: in the size of 30–70 mm (370 HUF / kilogram) by 7 percent, in the size of shoulder diameter larger than 70 mm (460 HUF / kilogram) by 5 percent. The letcho peppers were offered at the most common price of 310 forints / kilogram in the examined week. Bulk carrots were imported for HUF 200 per kilogram and bunches for HUF 220, so the bulk was 5 percent lower, while the bunched carrots were 42 percent higher than the average price of the 27th week of last year. In the case of parsley root, both the kilogram (625 HUF / kilogram) ...

Source: Agrarszektor