Logo against import potatoes

The National Potato Marketing Association (OBTT) would defend domestic producers against the flood of import potatoes with Hungarian origin marking logo. The label will indicate, that the potatoe was grown in Hungarian soil.

A growing number of Hungarian labelled packaged potatoes from abroad occured in the chain of stores. These products look very similar to the Hungarian potatoes, the consumers can only get information about the origin of the product, from small printed inscriptions.
The potato growing areas are continue to decrease since 2004 in Hungary. While at the beginning of the EU membership, the sowing area was 54 thousand hectares, it is now only 21-22 thousand hectares – reports Origo.