54 percent of the foreign trade surplus is provided by the agriculture

The agricultural export revenue is 10 percent of the national exports. The agricultural sector provides more than half (54 percent) of the entire foreign trade surplus – Czerván György Minister of State of the Ministry of Rural Development, responsible for agri management said on Friday in Bócsa, Bács-Kiskun County.

Czerván György pointed out, that in the first three quarters of 2013, the performance of agriculture increased by 22 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year.

The achieved agricultural trade results of the past two years, are matchless in the European Union – the Minister of State added. (MTI)