Hungary: Not everything is getting more expensive in the fruit and vegetable market

Published 2022년 6월 17일

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The article provides an overview of the price changes in Hungarian agricultural products available at the Budapest Wholesale Market in the past year. It highlights increases in the prices of green beans, round and cocktail tomatoes, yellow melon, and Bigarreau Burlat cherries, while green pea producer prices have decreased. Additionally, the article discusses Hungary's role as the largest exporter of canned green peas in the EU27 in 2021, despite a decrease in sown areas. It also mentions the changes in the market for canned and frozen green peas in the first quarter of 2022.

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The Hungarian green beans were offered at the price of HUF 1,600 at the Budapest Wholesale Market last week, which was HUF 50 higher than in the same period of 2021. On the other hand, the producer price of green peas was 28 percent (912 forints / kilogram) lower in May-June compared to the same period of the previous year. The most common price of domestic yellow melon in the second week of June was HUF 1,050, which was 31 percent higher than last year. Hungarian new potatoes (265 forints) could be bought 14 percent cheaper than last year. Potatoes without variety designation increased by 13 percent (to HUF 175), while potatoes from France were up 18 percent (HUF 250) more than in the same period in 2021. Depending on the size, domestically grown round tomatoes sold for 500 and 550 forints the most in the previous week, which was 43 and 53 percent higher than a year earlier, respectively. Cluster tomatoes with a berry diameter of 40–47 millimeters were sold for 725, while ...

Source: magyarmezogazdasag