Austrian agricultural products achieve a surplus in 2020

According to a report from the Austrian News Agency on April 5, Austria's foodmate.
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8 million euros for the first time.
In 2019, Austria’s agricultural trade had a deficit of 441.
6 million euros, and the deficit in 2018 was as high as 664.
1 million euros.
In 2020, Austria’s foodmate.
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8 billion euros.
Of Austria’s total exports, agricultural and food products account for 9%.
Although Austria’s total exports fell by 7.
5% year-on-year, the share of agricultural and food products in total exports increased by 3.
9%.
In 2020, about 73% of Austria’s agricultural products were exported to EU countries, a year-on-year increase of 4%, or 9.
29 billion euros.
In addition to Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Hungary are also Austria’s major exporters to the EU.
The main categories of agricultural exports include fruits (1.
2 billion euros), cereal products (1.
1 billion euros), milk and dairy products (925 million euros) and meat (845 million euros).

 

　　Austrian Minister of Agriculture Kristinger stated that according to statistics, in 2020, Austria's high-quality agricultural products have achieved great success, and Austria has thus achieved the first ever positive balance of agricultural product trade in history.