Hungary: Domestic and European poultry exports perform poorly

The ratio of exports and imports has deteriorated both in Hungary and in the European Union. The good news, however, is that slaughterhouse processing has increased somewhat. Based on data from the KSH, Hungary's poultry meat exports increased by 3 percent to almost 180,000 tons between January and October 2023 compared to the same period of the previous year. Within this, the export of chicken increased by 13 percent to 122,000 tons, while that of turkey decreased by 37 percent to 16,000 tons. The largest target markets for poultry meat were Romania (24 thousand tons), Germany (18 thousand tons), Austria (16 thousand tons) and Bulgaria (16 thousand tons). At the same time, imports increased to a greater extent: we bought 7 percent more, so imports increased to 73,000 tons in the first 10 months. The delivery of chicken meat increased by 7 percent to around 54 thousand tons, and that of turkey meat by 21 percent to 3.5 thousand tons. Most poultry meat came from Poland (29 thousand ...