Market News
KSH: consumption continued to recover in December
Date: 2014-02-26 12:40:55
The sales of retail networks as well as the mail order and internet sales were 2.3 percent higher in December last year, than a year earlier – the Central Statistics...
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GfK: one in four Hungarians have loans
Date: 2014-02-26 12:01:40
One in four Hungarians have loans, but only 11 percent of the Hungarian population had bank savings last year – GfK Market Researcher Institute’s survey found out. According to GfK’s...
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Eight hundred thousand species of plants are kept in the global granary
Date: 2014-02-26 11:15:36
In the Global granary, that is the largest such institution and can be found in Svalbard, more than eight hundred thousand species of plant seeds are stored. More than twenty...
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The conversion of large cash registers is in a good progress
Date: 2014-02-25 12:50:34
The pace of progress is good, the cash registers are uploaded continuously to the server of NAV, but the complete transition may last until mid-2014. In case of PC systems;...
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Hungary against GM soy
Date: 2014-02-25 11:58:55
Hungary will take measures in order to supress genetically modified (GM) soy and to decrease import dependence on the soybean market – Feldman Zsolt said at a professional meeting in...
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Bread without crust was developed in Germany
Date: 2014-02-25 11:02:36
The bread is made of the mixture of rye and wheat. The soft-edged bread provides a great help for the elder, or for those who are suffering from feeding and...
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The Czech farmers demand Czech food to the public institutions
Date: 2014-02-25 10:54:48
The Czech farmers demand Czech food products to be served into the institutions of the Czech state. The organization of the Czech farmers sent an open letter to Marian Jurecka...
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The quarter of the cigarette sales has disappeared
Date: 2014-02-24 12:20:01
Only 9.3 billion cigarettes were sold in Hungary in 2013, after the 13 billion cigarettes of 2011 and 12.5 billion cigarettes of 2012. The increase in the price of tobacco...
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The nine-month rise of the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index stopped in February
Date: 2014-02-24 11:53:53
The almost continuous nine-month rise of the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index adjusted for seasonal effects stopped in February According to the empirical survey conducted by GKI with the support of...
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The Immerse Yourself In! program continues this year
Date: 2014-02-24 11:22:36
This year, more than 13 thousand students of 204 elementary schools can get acquainted with the basics of gardening, thanks to the Immerse Yourself In! program, organized by the Hungarian...
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The Diószegi bakery is expanding in England
Date: 2014-02-24 11:21:43
Diószegi László, bakerman of Sepsiszentgyörgy opened a bakery in Luton, Great Britain – the Romanian Mediafax news agency wrote on Monday. The bakery produces about 300-400 Székely potato breads daily....
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Millions HUF worth cigarette catches on the highway
Date: 2014-02-24 11:02:25
The Finance guards of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) seized 16 million HUF worth cigarettes without tax stamps on the M1 motorway in Komárom-Esztergom county in recent days...
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The future looks rosy
Date: 2014-02-22 00:17:41
The year didn’t start well as until the middle of January it was practically spring instead of winter. However, if we don’t consider the weather, we can be hopeful about...
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New regulations for the customers of the cash machines with revoked permission
Date: 2014-02-21 12:00:27
The support and the deposit can not be reclaimed twice, after the online cash machines with revoked permissions. The National Tax and Customs Autority (NAV) became aware that the former...
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54 percent of the foreign trade surplus is provided by the agriculture
Date: 2014-02-21 11:55:46
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...
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The Szentesi pepper became a protected geographical indication
Date: 2014-02-21 11:52:01
The European Commission declared the Szentesi pepper as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) on Friday. In the Food Quality Indicator System of the European Union – the protected designation of...
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The Nébih seized about a thousand bags of fake cocoa
Date: 2014-02-21 11:51:57
The Special Affairs Directorate of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) ordered the confiscation of about one thousand bags of fake cocoa – the agency told MTI on Thursday....
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Iranian Ambassador: Hungary could deliver agricultural products to Iran instead of Ukraine
Date: 2014-02-21 11:14:33
Due to the Ukrainian events Hungary could replace the foregone agricultural shipments to Iran – Iran's ambassador said in Debrecen. Morshedzadeh Mohammad Reza, after his meeting with the local chamber...
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Investigations for fake drinks and food products in thirty-three countries
Date: 2014-02-21 11:10:46
The Interpol and Europol seized more than 1,200 tons of false or inadequate standards of food products and almost 430,000 liters of adulterated liquor in an action involving 33 countries...
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Six hundred and fifty kilogrammes of meet will be processed at the I. Pápai Böjtelő festival
Date: 2014-02-21 10:58:18
Six hundred and fifty kilogrammes of meet will be processed at the I. Böjtelő festival in Pápa. where thousands of visitors are expected. The country's best known meat processors will...
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Household chemicals and cosmetics were sold for 310 billion HUF last year
Date: 2014-02-20 12:50:09
The food retail sold about 310 billion HUF worth household chemicals and cosmetics in 2013, 1 percent more than in a year earlier. The Nielsen consumer information and knowledge services...
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Imports decreased by 43 percent on the dairy market
Date: 2014-02-20 12:30:53
Dairy imports decreased by 43 percent on the internal market, Hungarian products were managed to incease their share ratio – the Minister of Rural Development said in a press conference...
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The government's zero tolerance concerns all GMO products
Date: 2014-02-20 12:10:38
The government's zero tolerance concerns all GMO products and on this basis the Rural Development Department (VM) will continue to do everything they can to maintain Hungary’s GM-free status –...
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Compensation due to the withdrawn cash registers can be three billion HUF
Date: 2014-02-20 12:05:43
The taking over of the claims of the entrepreneurs for the withdrawn cash registers may cost three billion HUF to the State, but a portion of the amount, or even...
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People this year is expected to take up 5,200 billion HUF from ATMs
Date: 2014-02-20 12:00:05
The demand for cash did not decrease since last year in Hungary. ATM cash traffic can be around 5,200 billion HUF this year, just like last year. This represents an...
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Everyone ordered new cash registers
Date: 2014-02-19 12:20:00
Everyone ordered new cash registers, instead of the banned SAM4S and S&E cash registers – MTI reports about the press conference of the NAV. Within a few months, turnover datas...
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NGM: the online cash registers will reduce the administration of the enterprises
Date: 2014-02-19 12:18:40
The Ministry in its communication released on Wednesday reminds, that those businesses that chose the billing option, instead of using the online cash registers – can take it, in compliance...
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Irrigation can be free in agriculture
Date: 2014-02-19 12:11:38
Irrigation can be cheaper or even free in agriculture. Lázár János Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office at a public forum told in the next EU budgetary period, the Interior...
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Grain growers: autumn-sown crops overwintered well
Date: 2014-02-19 12:10:24
The autumn-sown crops overwintered well – Vancsura József, President of the National Association of Grain Producers (GOSZ) told MTI on Wednesday. Vancsura József drew attention, that due to the mild...
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We drown in the black brandy
Date: 2014-02-19 12:00:26
Pálinka in a newer seen amount can reach the black markets, from last year’s distilled stocks – agrarszektor.hu. wrote. Even 20 million liters of the tax-free home-made or custom-made distillates...
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