Cabbage in the open field costs less than the previous year
According to KSH data, Hungary produced 39.8 thousand tons of head cabbage in 2022, 7 percent more than a year earlier. Hungary’s head and red cabbage foreign trade balance was negative in 2022, the delivered quantity reached 4.61 thousand tons, while 2.24 thousand tons went to foreign markets.

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In the first half of this year, imports increased by 5 percent to 3.07 thousand tons compared to the same period last year. Imports from Germany decreased by 8 percent to 1.65 thousand tons, from the Netherlands by 79 percent to 89.1 tons, from Spain by 79 percent to 32.6 tons, while imports from Poland increased by 92 percent to 674.9 tons. Exports increased by 9 percent and amounted to 2.15 thousand tons, a significant proportion of which was directed to the Scandinavian countries (Finland, Norway, Sweden).
According to the data of AKI PÁIR, the primordial white head cabbage was put on the market in the Budapest
Wholesale Market in the 14th week at a price of HUF 400/kilogram The price of prime white cabbage rose by 17 percent to HUF 363/kilogram in the 14-25. week compared to a year earlier. After the end of the prime season, the price of open-field white cabbage fell by 17 percent to HUF 214 per kilogram between the 26th and 36th. week compared to the same period of the previous year.
Primer, red cabbage appeared in the range on the 21st week, the market entry price was HUF 500/kilogram
The price of prime red cabbage rose by 31 percent to HUF 472/kilogram between the 22nd and 25th. week compared to a year earlier. After the end of the prime season, the price of free-range red cabbage increased by 12 percent to 287 forints per kilogram between the 26th and 36th. week compared to the same period of the previous year.
AKI PÁIR
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