Hungarian sweet corn is sought after worldwide

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2020. 08. 19. 11:27

The harvest of sweet corn, with its early varieties has begun. Hungary is the largest producer in Europe and the second largest exporter of canned corn in the world. This year – due to the drought at the time of sowing and the subsequent heavy rains – the season delays a week and a half, but the quality is good and a yield is close to the average. Around 500,000 tons is expected. 95 percent of this is traditionally exported abroad, in canned and frozen form.

In recent years, sweet corn has been grown on an average of 30-34 thousand hectares in Hungary. Hajdú-Bihar county has a production area of over 10 thousand hectares, but there are also plantations of thousands of hectares in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Csongrád and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok counties. About 70 percent of the production area is irrigated, and super-sweet varieties are widespread, with 70 percent sown.