More expensive Christmas is coming: Both Hungarian and foreign fish is more expensive than last year
Hungary
Published Dec 12, 2021
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Hungarian fish is becoming more expensive. Typically, you have to pay 7-15 percent more for Hungarian fish this year than last year. In Budapest, on the market in Fővám tér, live carp rose from HUF 1,350 to HUF 1,450, the bush trunk from HUF 1,300 to HUF 1,400, and African catfish fillets from HUF 3,300 to HUF 3,500. The prices of those imported from abroad have also increased, and are expected to cost 10-15 percent more than in 2020. We can pay 7-15 percent more for domestic freshwater fish and 10-15 percent more for foreign fish this year. In the case of the latter, further price increases are not inconceivable.
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There is no question of a shortage of fish in any segment, in fact, from the very popular and ready-to-eat products - in addition to the African catfish - you can now get gray catfish. There are also sturgeons and trout on the market, so all curiosities are available, said Ferenc Lévai, a spokesman for the Hungarian Inter-Trade Organization for Aquaculture and Fisheries (MA-HAL). According to the expert, spring may be a bit more difficult, but MA-HAL intends to fully meet the needs of the fishing lakes, as the other big segment of the market is the fishing systems owned by the Hungarian National Fishermen's Association and the associations, where the catch must be. to evacuate. A spokesman for MA-HAL also assured students that anyone who wanted fish for the Christmas table could buy it. To facilitate this, even voluntary export restrictions have been introduced so that fish are not sold anywhere as long as there is a demand for it on the Hungarian market. On their behalf, the ...
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