Market News
The Balatoni Crown voucher has been introduced
Date: 2012-03-23 12:15:32
Navracsics Tibor Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Public Administration placed the voucher that is replacing money on the market. The Balatoni Crown is the first system, which operates...
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Food trade and drugstores also benefited from the OTC turnover in Germany
Date: 2012-03-23 12:05:57
The retail sales of nonprescription drugs and medicinal preparations (OTC) reached 8 billion euros in Germany last year. According to Nielsen market research company; this is a 2 percent increase...
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Third of the Easter meat comes from SMEs
Date: 2012-03-22 14:03:17
About a third of the meat products marketed during the Easter holidays are from Hungarian small and medium sized enterprises – said Babati Zoltán, board member of the the Livestock...
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Consumer and business confidence improved in Hungary
Date: 2012-03-22 13:22:27
In March the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index adjusted for seasonal effects rose to its 2011 late summer level following a continuous decline of almost one year (except the last two...
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150 billion HUF spent on domestic advertising last year
Date: 2012-03-22 13:20:42
One hundred and fifty billion HUF was the domestic advertising cake in 2011 – was said at the Media Market and Research 2012 conference in Tapolca. On the forum of...
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Food controls from farm to fork
Date: 2012-03-22 13:10:05
A new authority, the National Food Chain Safety Office controls the Hungarian food from farm to fork from the middle of this month – Fazekas Sándor, rural development minister announced...
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The construction works of the Hegyvidék Center are completed
Date: 2012-03-22 13:06:57
The implementation of the Hegyvidék Center in the 12th district soon to be finished. This year’s only new and modern retail development is scheduled to open its doors in mid-October....
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Beer production increased again after three years in the Czech Republic
Date: 2012-03-22 13:05:15
Last year, beer production increased again in the Czech Republic after three years of decline. The annual increase was 2.7 percent, compared to 2010 – the Czech Brewers Association announced...
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Only 13 percent of the domestic SMEs are operating a webshop
Date: 2012-03-22 12:25:23
Only 42 percent of the domestic small and medium-sized enterprises have internet sites. Only 13 percent of them are running a webshop. Since more than half of the domestic consumers...
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Water is one of the safest type of food
Date: 2012-03-22 11:35:36
There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2...
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Application for consumer protection logos
Date: 2012-03-21 12:35:50
The consumer protection authority announces the consumer-friendly logo, in order to promote quality conscious purchasing: the trademark can be won under strict conditions, in the scope of a competition –...
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Program for the revitalisation of the onion production in Makó
Date: 2012-03-21 12:30:32
The Ministry of Rural Development with the involvement of the producers develops a Makói Onion Program in order to revitalise the worldwide known and high value onion production in Makó....
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Fruits and vegetables also beautifies you
Date: 2012-03-21 11:28:52
The vegetables and fruits are not only health guards, but also beautifies you – by using them “internally”, for example not as packing cucumber on your skin. British researchers at...
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Twenty-four thousand hectares of wheat is in critical condition in Békés county
Date: 2012-03-21 11:25:34
Winter wheat is in critical condition on about 24 thousand hectares in Békés county. This is 25 percent of the county’s sown area. The crop is poorly developed, and because...
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MGYOSZ: the environmental product fee does not point towards simplification
Date: 2012-03-21 08:50:41
The Federation of Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ) has recently received several indications that the environmental product fee – introduced in 2011- puts excessive administrative burden on domestic companies in its...
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Poultry meat prices is expected to increase in three steps
Date: 2012-03-20 15:00:07
Poultry production and processing costs have significantly increased since 2006, while consumer prices grew in a much lesser extent – shows the analysis of the Poultry Product Council. Therefore, due...
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The food chain surveillance fee can disadvantage the domestic products
Date: 2012-03-20 14:18:48
The regulation that controls the food chain surveillance fee is expected to enter into force from late March, early April – the experts of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Ltd. published at a...
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AmCham: innovation is a key determinant of a country's competitiveness
Date: 2012-03-20 12:50:12
Research&Development&Innovation (R&D&I) are the key factors that basically determinate a country's competitiveness – emphasized Havas István, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) operating in Hungary at Tuesday’s press...
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More money in circulation with less debit cards
Date: 2012-03-20 12:45:07
Hungarians are trying to use their debit cards more and more economically – shows the datas of the Hungarian National Bank. Less cards were used but more money was taken...
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At the beginning of the year gross average salary was 219 000HUF in Hungary
Date: 2012-03-20 12:37:21
In the first month of 2012 gross average salaries rose in the national economy by 4.3 percent, whereas net salaries excluding family tax benefits rose by 1.4 percent in comparison...
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KSH: average gross wage changed
Date: 2012-03-20 12:30:10
The average gross earnings of the full-time employees were 219,100 HUF in January. The wage of those who are working in enterprises was 225,000 HUF, while employees at the budgetary...
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Russia bans imports of live animals
Date: 2012-03-20 12:05:18
Cattle – sheep – goat and pork imports to Russia are prohibited from Tuesday – confirmed the Russian animal health authority on Monday. According to the communication, the action is...
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China: three billion debit cards
Date: 2012-03-20 12:00:56
Late last year, the Chinese people owned a total of 2 billion 950 million debit cards, an average of two cards per one Chinese resident – the Chinese central bank...
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Magazine: Mouth care: consumers look twice at every penny
Date: 2012-03-19 13:58:20
According to Dr Mária Magdolna Dima, a Teva (Elmex) consultation partner and head of the preventive dentistry department at the Heim Pál Children’s Hospital, only less than 1 percent of...
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The world's leading brands are keeping off Hungary
Date: 2012-03-19 12:50:21
London, Paris and Moscow attract most of the top brands, these brands are only appearing at outstanding locations, which cannot be found in Hungary currently – told Jones Lang LaSalle...
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Egg prices are increasing throughout Europe
Date: 2012-03-19 12:40:44
Czechs are buying large quantities of eggs from German stores near the border, because eggs are much more cheaper there than in the Czech Republic. Therefore, German stores strict the...
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Additional restrictions to preserve the GMO-free status of the Hungarian agriculture
Date: 2012-03-19 12:26:18
In order to preserve the GMO-free (genetically modified organisms-free) status of the Hungarian agriculture, the rural development minister introduces additional restrictive measures. The regulation was published on Monday in the...
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Plastic shopping bags may be banned
Date: 2012-03-19 12:16:08
According to a study, the European Commission is considering to regulate the use of plastic shopping bags similar to the carbon dioxide emissions, to protect the environment, but does not...
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Wages increased the most in Fejér, decreased the most in Nógrád county
Date: 2012-03-19 10:48:12
According to the salary survey of Fizetesek.hu, operated by the Workania job portal, the national average gross salary in 2011 was 212,600 HUF. The average wage was the highest in...
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Magazine: Good housewives keep their home clean
Date: 2012-03-16 12:06:30
– Although most housewives are not particularly keen on cleaning, a clean home is important for the majority of them because a clean or dirty home reveals a lot about...
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