Market News
Increase in global demand for pigs
Date: 2009-12-17 00:01:02
It seems, the swine flu hysteria did not hurt the industry. The global economy will be more vigorous in 2010, so more pork meat will be sold next year –...
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The future of wine marketing is still a question
Date: 2009-12-17 00:00:55
The owners of the Hungarian Wine Marketing Non-profit Ltd. (MBM) sit down to negotiate in bad mood today. The company that is in charge for Community Wine Marketing did not...
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Euro zone’s service sector increases
Date: 2009-12-17 00:00:35
Services sector and manufacturing increased in the euro zone, in early December. According to the first estimations of Markit research company; the purchasing manager index increased to 53.7 points, wich...
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Next year, the shops should take back packaging waste from customers
Date: 2009-12-17 00:00:00
From January, the rules of environmental protection product fee payment will change again. The drink manufacturers are not satisfied with the system changings from year to year. The most important...
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Household products and cosmetics sales are over 300 billion
Date: 2009-12-16 00:02:15
According to Nielsen market research company; the household product and cosmetics retail sales grew by 3 percent in value, between November 2008 and October 2009, compared to the previous comparable...
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KSH: decreasing agricultural producer prices, declining industrial production
Date: 2009-12-16 00:01:41
Agricultural producer prices fell in October. The low prices of farmers, inter alia, are due to the EU fundings. The industry is still in bad shape, but at least it...
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GKI: the threat of global collapse averted, but we are not throught the crisis
Date: 2009-12-16 00:01:38
In the majority of the world economy, the recession technically ended in the third quarter, in Hungary it is only expected in the last quarter. The recovery can be earlier-than-expected,...
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Meat producers are in trouble
Date: 2009-12-16 00:01:35
Despite the year end family feasts meat consumption decreases by one-tenth this year, and meat prices did not increased due to the VAT increase in the middle of the year....
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We draw the wine bottle during Christmas
Date: 2009-12-16 00:01:11
Hungarians drink one fifth more during Christmas. Before Christmas the Hungarian wine and champagne market booms. An average 20 percent of more wine sold by the shops, compared to an...
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Personal loan and transaction fee: restrictions raise up on law level
Date: 2009-12-16 00:00:32
The National Assembly voted against the government's proposal on Monday, so one person can get loan once a year, with 65 percent higher annual percentage, up to 250 thousand HUF....
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German investors are pessimistic since October
Date: 2009-12-16 00:00:05
The investors' mood in Europe's largest economy Germany, is declining for the third month. The Mannheim based ZEW market researcher’s economic sentiment indicator became 50.4 points in December after the...
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Action against the expansion of the Chinese businesses
Date: 2009-12-16 00:00:02
In the future, local governments would have the right to intervene into what kind of businesses can carry on local trade in their settlement – including the law changing proposal...
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Purchase fever: Stormy weather may discourage many consumers
Date: 2009-12-15 00:00:59
It is expected to be a weaker Christmas season for retailers, than a year ago. In principle, the peak of the Christmas rush is expected for the weekend, but it...
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Hungarian meat products in the Far East
Date: 2009-12-15 00:00:58
The greatest demand for Hungarian products in the Far East markets are for pork, in particular mangalica meat, poultry, goose liver, salami and the Aszú wines of Tokaj. On the...
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A joint for agri-supports
Date: 2009-12-15 00:00:53
Twenty-two EU countries will be join, in order not to reduce the agricultural subsidies in the future. Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Malta did not participated in the...
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Euro zone’s industrial production and the number of employed reduced
Date: 2009-12-15 00:00:32
Euro zone’s industrial production showed a 0.6 percent decrease in October, compared to the previous month, while in 27 EU countries a 0.7 percent decrease was measured. On an annual...
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Women purchase alone and strong-minded
Date: 2009-12-14 00:07:39
According to GfK Hungária; In Hungary, shopping continues to be addressed to women. Half of the value of the purchasings of daily consumer goods are these kinds of purchases. Only...
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Almost six billion HUF spent on champagne during the holidays
Date: 2009-12-14 00:07:21
According to Nielsen market research company; Around half of the annual retail turnover of champagne occures around the Christmas and the New Year period. Around Christmas and New Year, the...
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Inflation was less than the average
Date: 2009-12-14 00:05:21
In November 2009, the monthly average consumer price increase was 0.3 percent, compared to last November, when it was 5.2 percent. In the first eleven months of 2009, prices were...
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A positive surprise in the U.S. retail datas
Date: 2009-12-14 00:00:50
Although the wreck premium program ended in November, U.S. retail increased by 1.7 percent – shows in the trade ministry’s report. The analysts forecasted only an average 0.6 percent growth....
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U.S. representatives and senators against too loud adverts
Date: 2009-12-14 00:00:15
Sheldon Whitehouse presented a law proposal to the Senate, which would obligate the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to regulate the volume of adverts. According to the law proposal, called (CALM)...
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The OKSZ support card usage limit fees
Date: 2009-12-11 00:06:47
The National Trade Association (OKSZ) agrees with the limiting of the extent of the so-called inter-bank fee (interchange-fee). The National Trade Association (OKSZ) emphasizes in its communication on Thursday: the...
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Mall development is in crisis
Date: 2009-12-11 00:05:21
This year, a relatively large number of shopping malls had been built, however, experts expecting a marked decline in the future. Most of the malls are obsolete, but do not...
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The domestic mineral water market is getting clearer
Date: 2009-12-11 00:05:10
The crisis cleared the market, consolidation has begun – foresaw Balogh, Levente its owner of Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd. The business has already shown signs of concentration, because the mineral...
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This year, the prices also fell in December
Date: 2009-12-11 00:03:25
On the basis of the price panorama of Privátbankár.hu; this year's December came with a significant price reduction, just like in 2008. The 2009 bill was roughly equal to the...
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Salon sugar test: only 5 out of 19 made of chocolate
Date: 2009-12-11 00:01:25
Kosár magazine tested 19 products in its Christmas salon sugar test, in four categories. Beside the four high-quality Christmas candy, a few medium-quality and two almost convenient product have been...
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FEOSZ: consumers are getting more and more vulnerable
Date: 2009-12-11 00:00:45
According to the National Federation of Consumer Protecting Associations (FEOSZ), at the creating of the legislations civil consumer protection proposals were not really taken into account. The consumer's vulnerability against...
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The morning coffee, is more important for the majority of women than makeup
Date: 2009-12-11 00:00:15
According to a recent online research; we adher coffee the most among indulgents. The Nescafe Dolce Gusto surveyed the users of the TeszVesz online auction portal, about their indulgent habits....
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Former GDR brands competes successfully
Date: 2009-12-11 00:00:01
Piroska, champagne, Spee-detergent, Florena-cream, Raderberg beer – all these brands are food brands dating back to the GDR, which are still available on the shelves of dealerships. Twenty years after...
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GDP: 7.1 percent decline, with surprising composition
Date: 2009-12-10 00:06:29
Hungarian GDP developed surprisingly. The stocks have risen for example, as well as the production of the financial and real estate sector. Experts predict smaller degree of economic decline from...
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