The cereals commodity group accounted for the majority of Hungary’s agricultural balance in 2025

By: STA Date: 2026. 04. 02. 10:30

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Hungarian exports were highly concentrated, while imports were somewhat less concentrated. 76 percent of the value of agricultural exports and 67 percent of the value of imports were accounted for by 10 commodity groups in 2025. The share of the five highest value commodity groups – animal feed, meat products, cereals, various edible preparations, and beverages, spirits, vinegar – was 49 percent of total agricultural exports. The share of the five highest import value commodity groups – animal feed, various edible preparations, confectionery products, dairy products, eggs, honey, and meat products – reached 40 percent of total agricultural imports in 2025.

The decisive share (27 percent) of Hungary’s agricultural balance in 2025 was made up of cereals. The animal feed, beverages, spirits, vinegar, meat, and animal and vegetable fats and oils had a decisive share (17–24 percent). The balance of 11 out of 24 agricultural and food industry commodity groups fell into negative territory.

Hungary conducted 86.2 percent of its agricultural foreign trade with EU countries in 2025

The share of the old member states was 45.9 percent, and that of the new member states was 35.9 percent of the total agricultural foreign trade export. The value of agricultural exports to EU member states was 10,945 million euros, and that of imports was 9,324 million euros. The value of agricultural foreign trade exports with third countries outside the European Union amounted to EUR 1,672.5 million, and the value of imports amounted to EUR 507.1 million. The surplus reached EUR 1,165.4 million. The combined share of the first five largest export markets – Germany (EUR 1,621 million), Italy (EUR 1,557 million), Romania (EUR 1,519 million), Austria (EUR 1,069 million) and Poland (EUR 798 million) – of total agricultural exports was 52.8 percent in 2025. Nearly 71 percent of exports were distributed among our ten most significant partner countries. About four-fifths of agricultural imports came from ten countries (all of which are EU member states) in both 2024 and 2025. In terms of imports, the five most important partners – Germany (1947 million euros), Poland (1489 million euros), Slovakia (861 million euros), the Netherlands (839 million euros) and Austria (667 million euros) – accounted for 57.4 percent of the total agricultural import value in the period under review.

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