Slovenia's grain self-sufficiency has increased significantly in 20 years

　　According to the Slovenian News Agency on March 31, according to data from the Slovenian National Statistics Office, Slovenia's grain self-sufficiency rate has increased significantly over the past 20 years.
Between 2001 and 2020, the grain self-sufficiency rate jumped from 46% to 88%
.
According to statistics, food prices have risen by nearly 15% in the past five years, while fruit prices have risen by less than 47%
.
Between 2001 and 2020, the self-sufficiency rate of vegetables has increased from 39% to 48%, the self-sufficiency rate of meat has dropped from 100% to 84%, the self-sufficiency rate of potatoes has dropped from 79% to 60%, and the self-sufficiency rate of honey has dropped from 105% to 67%.
, the egg self-sufficiency rate dropped from 98% to 95%
.
Statistics show that from the beginning of March 2017 to the end of February 2022, food prices rose by 13.
9%
.
Fruits rose the most at 46.
8%, while vegetables rose 6.
1%
.
In 2020, 14.
3% of Slovenian households spent on food, compared to the EU average of 13.
5%
.
In 2021, Slovenia will import 2.
3 million tons of food and beverages, almost triple the amount in 2000, but down 16% from 2008, when Slovenia imported the largest amount of food and beverages
.
In 2021, imported processed food will account for 72.
3%, and primary food will account for 27.
7%
.
In 2021, Slovenia imported nearly 118,000 tonnes of wheat and sorghum, more than half of which came from Hungary and less than a third from Croatia
.
Slovenia also imported nearly 224,000 tons of corn, most of which also came from Hungary and Croatia
.
Most of the 3,205 tons of rapeseed imported by Sri Lanka came from Austria, and most of the 74,413 tons of imported edible oil came from Serbia and Hungary
.
70% of almost 114,000 tons of sugar imports come from Austria, Germany and Serbia
.
More than half of the 37,324 tons of imported potatoes came from Egypt, 10,798 tons of imported tomatoes and 9,310 tons of imported cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi and kale from Italy and Croatia, 10,220 tons of lettuce mostly from Italy, and 14,196 tons of imported onions mostly from Austria and Netherlands
.
Of the 26,161 tonnes of apples imported in 2021, one third will come from Croatia, and one quarter of the total 59,060 tonnes of citrus fruit imported will come from Egypt
.
The total amount of imported bananas was 114,659 tons, half of which came from Ecuador
.
Imports of milk and dairy products amounted to 66,832 tons, a quarter of which came from Austria and Hungary
.
Slovenia imported 77,788 tonnes of meat in 2021, of which slightly more than half was pork, about a quarter of poultry and 11% of beef, mostly from Italy and Austria
.