Market News
Survey: Hungarians are not stressed by sudden visitors
Date: 2012-06-08 12:36:38
Hungarians are not particularly stressed if they suddenly have guest popping along to them – NESCAFÉ's fresh, representative research project found out. The survey, among many other things, found out...
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FAO: Food prices have decreased further
Date: 2012-06-07 13:30:03
World average food prices continued to fall in May, due to the price decrease of cereals and oilseeds. The food price index of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization...
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Public health product fee: Price increase, loss of investments, and reducing government revenues
Date: 2012-06-07 13:25:08
Forced price increase, declining sales, stagnant or declining revenues, layoffs, loss of investments – several companies taxed with the public health product fee are suffering from these negative trends, while...
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Hungary has paid 37 percent of the cohesion funds until now
Date: 2012-06-07 13:20:22
Hungary has paid 37 percent of the available 25 billion euros as a support from the European Social Fund, Cohesion Fund and structural funds between 2007 and 2013. This performance...
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The luxury industry is steadily increasing despite the crisis
Date: 2012-06-07 13:10:03
Luxury is one of the growth engines of the European economy – Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) wrote. Despite the inadequate economic environment, the industry's performance in the forthcoming years will...
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The growth of mobile sales is on nadir
Date: 2012-06-07 12:55:26
Worldwide mobile phone sales are increasing by only 4 percent this year. This is the lowest level since 2009. According to the analysis of IDC telecommunications market researcher published on...
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Soccer fever, due to the European Championship
Date: 2012-06-06 13:50:17
The major sponsors are preparing to the European Football Championship. It is a priority for them to familiarize their products with the fans. The electronics device manufacturers will present new...
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The price of pork increases further
Date: 2012-06-06 13:48:09
The purchase price of live pigs surpassed 390 HUF per kilo the last week on the Hungarian market, a rising price trend prevails in Europe – Agromonitor writes, after the...
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HNT: wine production may be less than average this year
Date: 2012-06-06 13:30:11
It is estimated that the wine production in 2012 will not reach 2.5 million hectoliters, which represents a smaller quantity than medium – said Horváth Csaba, Secretary-General of the National...
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The GDP of the Union and the Eurozone remained unchanged in the first quarter
Date: 2012-06-06 13:25:02
The gross domestic product (GDP) in this year's first quarter, remained unchanged, compared to the previous quarter in the EU and in the Eurozone – in accordance with the expectations...
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The Hungarian wine vinegar is a premium quality product
Date: 2012-06-05 13:20:47
Hungary can justly proud of premium wine vinegar, and fruit vinegar – The Wine and Fruit Vinegar Manufacturers Association works to raise this fact into public awareness. The newly formed...
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Opten: record in liquidations
Date: 2012-06-05 13:02:53
According to the director of Opten, in May the number of liquidations reached 4297, in the first five months more than 16 thousands of companies were liquidated. A significant part...
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The Slovak Ministry of Agriculture would apply more stringent checks on food imports
Date: 2012-06-05 11:40:39
The Slovak Ministry of Agriculture prepares to tighten the control of food imports and would increase the fines on poor quality imported products – the SITA Slovak News Agency reported...
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Agrya proposes to reduce the burden on the use of thermal water
Date: 2012-06-05 11:34:11
The Association of Young Hungarian Farmers (Agrya) proposes to reduce the burden on the use of thermal water for agricultural purposes, in order to alleviate the competitive disadvantage of businesses....
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Industrial producer prices stable in both euro area and EU27
Date: 2012-06-04 13:27:08
In April 2012, compared with the previous month, prices in total industry excluding the energy sector increased by 0.2% in both the euro area and the EU27. Intermediate goods rose...
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OKSZ: Sunday employment opportunities in trade will remain
Date: 2012-06-04 12:45:54
The new Labour Code that will enter into force on July 1, will make clear the possibility of Sunday's work – shows the communication of the National Trade Association (OKSZ)....
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GKI: The Flowers of Evil
Date: 2012-06-04 12:11:23
According to data of the first quarter, GDP in Hungary fell much more than in other EU countries. GKI Economic Research Co. forecasts that economic growth cannot be expected to...
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Strategic agreement among the VM and the Milk Marketing Board and Interprofessional Organization
Date: 2012-06-01 17:00:26
Fazekas Sándor, Rural Development Minister and Istvánfalvi Miklós, president of the Milk Marketing Board and Interprofessional Organization signed a strategic alliance on Friday, on the 37th International Milk Day. In...
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OKSZ: Traders are willing to support the Hungarian dairy farmers
Date: 2012-06-01 11:05:20
The National Trade Association (OKSZ) has no informations that the chains would undertake commitment for the removal of the imported UHT milk and cheese from the stores' shelves. The chains...
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No reduction in commercial consumption in the first quarter 2012
Date: 2012-06-01 11:02:56
According to the raw (no seasonal and calendary effects are adjusted) datas of the Central Statistical Office (KSH), commercial consumption did not decrease in the first three months of the...
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KSH: a moderate increase in foreign trade
Date: 2012-06-01 11:00:04
In the first quarter of this year, the volume of exports was 1.6 higher, while imports was 0.9 percent higher than the level of the previous year – announced the...
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KSH: investments are reducing since 2008
Date: 2012-05-31 16:00:23
In the first quarter of 2012, the volume of investments of the national economy fell by 8.6 percent, compared to the same period of the last year. Compared to the...
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GfK: one in ten Hungarian adults are into healthy eating
Date: 2012-05-31 13:45:37
The GfK Hungária explores the eating habits of the adult Hungarian population since 1989. The latest analysis shows that a majority of the Hungarians are eating regularly, but only ten...
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Chinese city dwellers are concerned about food safety
Date: 2012-05-31 11:45:47
According to a survey carried out in eight Chinese cities, 73 percent of the Chinese population does not consider Chinese-made food as safe. In Shanghai, more than 70 percent of...
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Retail+ for better sales performance
Date: 2012-05-31 09:25:20
The sales performance of a brand or product is greatly enhanced if the strategy of retailers and manufacturers is implemented at the point of sale. Recently in one of the...
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The popularity of wine auctions is unbroken
Date: 2012-05-31 09:20:03
While in Hungary the smaller companies are organizing wine auctions, in abroad, especially in Europe, North America and increasingly in Asia, the leading auction houses, specialist institutions are organizing them....
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Hungary household chemicals, cosmetics market stagnates
Date: 2012-05-30 14:30:08
Hungary's household chemicals and cosmetics market was worth about HUF 300 billion in the twelve months to the end of February, level with the previous twelve-month period, market research company...
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Family crisis strategy: we spend on our children's future instead of ours
Date: 2012-05-30 13:50:01
Europe remains in the captivity of the crisis: according to the “Cetelem Panorama 2012” international research, the sentiment of the consumers has reached its historical low point. The survey examined...
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Budai Gyula reconciliated with the dairy market participants
Date: 2012-05-30 12:40:48
The Secretary of State of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) met the representatives of the Hungarian dairy farmers and milk processors for the second time since their appointment in...
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