The price of red and head cabbage also increased

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According to KSH data, Hungary’s head and red cabbage foreign trade balance was negative in 2023, when the delivered quantity reached 4.31 thousand tons, while 2.55 thousand tons went to foreign markets. In the first half of this year, imports increased by 9 percent to 3.83 thousand tons compared to the same period last year. Imports from Germany decreased by 3 percent to 2.01 thousand tons, and from Poland by 9 percent to 619.76 tons. At the same time, significantly more cabbages arrived from the Netherlands, 866.47 tons (compare: first half of 2023: 89.54 tons). Exports decreased by 2 percent, amounting to 2.10 thousand tons, a significant proportion of which was directed to the Scandinavian countries (Finland, Sweden), as well as to Romania, the Czech Republic and Austria.

According to the data of AKI PÁIR, in the 14th week of the Budapest Wholesale Market, the primordial white head cabbage went on the market at a price of HUF 700/kilogram

The price of prime white cabbage decreased by 1 percent to HUF 367/kilogram in the 14-24. week compared to a year earlier. After the end of the prime season, the price of open-field white cabbage rose by 13 percent to HUF 244 per kilogram in the 25th to 37th year. week compared to the same period of the previous year. Primer, red cabbage appeared in the range on the 19th week, the market entry price was HUF 330/kilogram. The price of prime red cabbage fell by 10 percent to HUF 434/kilogram between the 21st and 24th. week compared to a year earlier. After the end of the prime season, the price of free-range red cabbage rose by 18 percent to HUF 342 per kilogram in the 25th-37th. week compared to the same period of the previous year.

AKI PÁIR