Imports of red onions decreased by 24 percent

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According to KSH data, in the first seven months of 2023, Hungary’s red onion imports decreased by 24 percent – 9.73 thousand tons – compared to a year earlier. Slovakia delivered 42 percent (1.74 thousand tons), Austria 61 percent (974.6 tons), and Germany 82 percent (556.1 tons) less red onions to our country. At the same time, 34 percent more onions (3.27 thousand tons) arrived from the Netherlands, and goods from Egypt (996.7 tons) and Slovenia (668.5 tons) also appeared. Hungary’s annual onion export is not significant (1-2 thousand tons).

In the first seven months of this year, exports increased by 124 percent to 722.1 tons, the majority of which went to Romania

According to AKI PÁIR data, the Budapest Wholesale Market 2023 1–15. The producer price of free-range brown-skinned red onions was 126 percent higher (HUF 333/kilogram) than a year earlier. The producer price of red onions with brown skin harvested this year (HUF 368/kilogram) 2023 24–40. per week exceeded the average price of the same period in 2022 by 67 percent.

AKI PÁIR