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GVH’s decision in suspected melon cartel case is expected after the authority gains informations
Date: 2012-07-23 12:50:20
The Competition Authority’s (GVH) decision in suspected melon cartel case is expected after the authority gains informations – GVH told MTI on Monday. According to the communication, the authority was...
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The sunflower honey yield will be less than expected in Szabolcs County
Date: 2012-07-23 12:40:00
The sunflower honey yield will be less than expected in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where the weather made totally impossible the acacia honey collection during the spring – the regional adviser of...
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Trade with China increased significantly
Date: 2012-07-23 12:08:15
Last year, the economic cooperation between China and Hungary increased to its twenty-threefold and was a total of 9.2 billion USD. Food trade was only 34 million USD, which shows...
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Increase in world trade turnover
Date: 2012-07-23 12:04:18
According to the Monday released datas of the Dutch CPB economic analysis center, world trade turnover increased in May. The volume of commercial transactions in the world rose by 2.5...
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Pig population can decrease further
Date: 2012-07-23 11:00:04
The pork industry is in crisis again. Due to their losses, the farmers are forced to reduce the number of their animals or forced to eliminate jobs and close their...
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Food security alert system by eu proves to be successful
Date: 2012-07-23 10:28:17
The three-day European union Food And Give Food Short Warn Technique (RASFF) Work Getting Together With began on Beijing within the 6th. For European Money Health and Utilization Generally Wellbeing...
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Nielsen: the sales of household chemical goods and cosmetics increased in value, reduced in volume
Date: 2012-07-20 14:00:27
Retail reached about 150 billion HUF sales revenues from household chemical goods and cosmetics in the first half of the year, compared to January-June 2011. This represents a one percent...
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Grain prices at record level due to the U.S. drought
Date: 2012-07-20 12:59:32
Drought rages in North America, has not seen for several decades so the farmers and traders are also concerned that there will not be enough exportable grain. Several foregone sales...
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The FruitVeB would simplify the application system
Date: 2012-07-20 12:55:43
The Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organisation and Product Board (FruitVeB) would simplify the system of tendering and would make it more transparent for the next EU budget period. The...
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The 120-year old pálpusztai cheese is applying for the Hungaricum title
Date: 2012-07-20 12:40:52
The pálpusztai cheese celebrates its 120th birthday this year. The old cheese specialty can still compete with the world-famous Dutch and French products on the domestic market. The “odor” feature...
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The European food safety alert is effective
Date: 2012-07-20 12:12:39
The report of the European Commission highlights that thanks to the EU food and feed safety alert system (RASFF) a number of food safety risks were resolved or eased –...
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Meteorite flavored wine
Date: 2012-07-20 10:55:29
Thanks to Ian Hutcheon, owner of the observatory Centro Astronomico Tagua Tagua, in Chile, you might one day see “meteorite” join these enological flavors. The Englishman, who also owns a...
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The Hungarian government adopted the Hungarian Product Regulation
Date: 2012-07-19 13:00:20
The government adopted the Hungarian Product Regulation on Wednesday – announced Fazekas Sándor, Rural Development Minister in Thursday morning's 180 perc show of MR1 Kossuth Radio. The Minister summarized the...
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The number of Internet users increasing slower than before
Date: 2012-07-19 12:55:38
In Hungary, 62 percent of the population aged 15-69, almost 4.6 million people uses the internet at least monthly. Although Internet penetration has not stopped, the pace slowed down considerably,...
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KSH: average gross wage was 220,700 in the first five months
Date: 2012-07-19 12:50:20
In the first five months of 2012 the gross average wages increased by 4.4 percent, the net average wages without taking the family allowances into account rose by 1.7 percent...
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Magazine: Consumer demand targets quality paper products
Date: 2012-07-19 12:34:55
The household paper market is stable, with a small restructuring taking place. Experts agree that the crisis is not over yet, consumers are price-conscious and promotion-sensitive. According to Judit Tóth,...
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QR-code payments before a break-through in Hungary
Date: 2012-07-19 12:20:48
Until the end of next year the number of buyers who are able to pay with QR code can reach the critical threshold of about 200 thousand smart phone users....
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OKSZ: trade’s position can improve
Date: 2012-07-18 13:20:57
The most important elements of the job protection action plan is expected to contribute those sectors that have diverse employment structure, such as the trade – told the National Trade...
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Melon Market: cooperation with the trading companies
Date: 2012-07-18 12:40:05
To reach success in the Hungarian agriculture, including the watermelon sector cooperation is essential – emphasized Fazekas Sándor Rural Development Minister on Wednesday in Budapest, at the opening event of...
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HENT: every seventh Hungarian bought fake products in the past year
Date: 2012-07-18 12:35:29
In the past year, 14 percent of the population purchased fake products at least once, while in the previous year this figure was 13 percent – the National Board Against...
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NÉBIH: most of the wheat, barley and canola has been harvested
Date: 2012-07-18 12:20:08
Most of the wheat, barley and canola has been harvested. Harvest is completed on 81 percent of the arable land of the three plants on more than 1.4 million acres...
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Magazine: Western trends in Hungarian grill product counters
Date: 2012-07-18 11:48:57
Grill product importer Landhof Hungária Kft. is also working on bringing international innovations to Hungary. Key account manager Péter Gnám told us that demand for new products is growing. This...
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Extreme pizzas are popular
Date: 2012-07-18 08:20:27
The health authorities of Zurich banned pizzas that contain spider,- scorpion, and snake poisons. Poisonous pizzas only contain non-lethal, only a small dose of poison. “My poisonous pizzas were very...
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More than Two-thirds of global consumers surveyed changed spending habits to save money
Date: 2012-07-17 14:04:08
Global consumer confidence declined three index points to 91 in Q2 2012, and is up two index points from the same period the previous year (Q2 2011), according to global...
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GfK: sports events can increase the beer and snacks sales
Date: 2012-07-17 13:30:15
The major sport events can increase the sales of beer and snacks, but the general economic situation and the weather significantly affect the turnover as well. According to the household...
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KSH: growing cattle, decreasing pig population
Date: 2012-07-17 13:10:39
In the past six months, the number of cattle and sheep increased, while the number of pigs decreased – announced the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday. The number of...
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Bread prices will increase significantly in the autumn
Date: 2012-07-17 13:00:26
According to the grain-milling industry participants, bread prices may increase significantly by as much as 15 percent in the autumn. Retailers, consider that a more moderate, single-digit price increase will...
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The dairy farmers can be the big losers of the land law
Date: 2012-07-17 12:10:28
The agricultural companies could only have the right to lease lands with the pre-employment of a certain number of employees – can be read in the land law submitted to...
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The removal of wine by-products and distillation will be simplified
Date: 2012-07-17 11:50:28
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) simplifies the procedures related to the removal of wine by-products (marc and lees) and the procedures related to distillation will be more simple as...
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Samsung leads on the market of smart phones
Date: 2012-07-17 11:42:49
Samsung increased its lead in front of Apple and Nokia on the global smartphone market – states the analysts of the Reuters news agency. Samsung, thanks to its new top...
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