Less lettuce is grown in Hungary

Published 2023년 3월 15일

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Hungary has seen a decrease in both the cultivation area and harvest of lettuce in recent years, according to KSH data. This decline has been mirrored in both imports and exports of the vegetable, with a 50% drop in imports and a 13% drop in exports in 2022. The value of these transactions also fell by 9% for exports and 44% for imports. Meanwhile, the price of domestic lettuce in Budapest Wholesale Market has increased by 19% in 2022-2023.

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According to the data of the KSH, the growing area of lettuce in Hungary, along with the amount of the harvested crop, showed a decreasing trend in the previous years - points out the AKI. According to the analysis, 8.45 thousand tons of lettuce were produced on 237 hectares in 2021. AKI's analysis reveals that Hungary's lettuce imports fell by 50 percent (to 989 tons) in 2022 compared to a year earlier. Exports decreased by 13 percent to 938 tons - primarily to the Czech Republic and Austria - in the same comparison. The value of Hungary's lettuce exports decreased by 9 percent to HUF 409.9 million, and the import value decreased by 44 percent to HUF 627.5 million in 2022. According to AKI PÁIR data, the producer price of domestic lettuce on the Budapest Wholesale Market rose by 19 percent to HUF ...

Source: AgroForum