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The NAV detected a suspiciously cheap UHT milk distributor
The National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) detected a suspiciously cheap UHT milk distributor in Budapest. The tax officers detected an almost 55 million HUF net tax difference. According to...
Read moreWhite wines are becoming more popular
According to the data of the Agricultural Research Institute, the domestic sales volume of the protected geographical indication wines grew by four percent in first five months of 2015, compared...
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Ranch development applications can be submitted again
The program to be launched for the renewal of farm management, value conservation and reduce the disadvantages of farm life. The ranch development program to be relaunched. The electronic application...
Read moreNew sales director at Kaiser Food Kft.
17 July 2015 Csaba Vajdahunyadi joins Kaiser Food Kft., who is going to replace László Benedek in the sales director position. Csaba Vajdahunyadi graduated as a building contruction engineer, and...
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Magazine: Impulse buying drives the ice cream market
Good news for ice cream makers and sellers: despite the rainy summer the market expanded once again in 2014. Enikő Grán, trade marketing manager of Unilever Magyarország Kft. told Trade...
Read morePig population is on nadir
The domestic pig population is on the level of the 1940s and the post-war times – was said at the event of the K&H and the Agrár Európa Kft. In...
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FAO: the growing income levels in developing countries also affect eating habits
People in developing countries can expect the growth of population, income levels, food consumption as well as the rate of urbanization to increase. All of these factors will have an...
Read moreCareful with import wines because added sugar can be found in them
The domestic wineries withdraw and block their stocks of Italian wines – the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) draws their members attention. The organization was informed recently from Italian...
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Fair egg trade in a Brussels way
The representatives of the European Parliament recently listened to Mark Williams, the Secretary of the European Egg Packer, Distributor and Manufacturing Trade Association (EUWEP). Mark Williams addressed a call to...
Read moreThe harvest started well
This year's harvest started well in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where half of the barley has been harvested, and the average yield right is better than medium – Rácz Imre, president of...
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Magazine: Being different matters in a routine category too
According to Eszter Hegedűs, junior brand manager of SCA Hygiene Products Kft. last year household paper consumption started to move in the direction of products with an added value. For...
Read moreGfK: the price advantage of private label products has decreased
The price advantage of private label products has decreased last year, partly because their price rose in several other product categories – GfK’s commercial brand analysis study reveals. According to...
Read moreMedián: Hungarians do not like the Sunday store closure
Medián’s latest survey has been published about the Sunday store closure – index wrote. Accordingly, there is a growing camp of opponents, particularly the opinion of the Fidesz supporters changed...
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MNB: the turnover of electronic payment modess increased in the first quarter
According to data of the National Bank of Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Bank, MNB), the turnover of electronic payment modess increased in the first quarter of 2015.The most striking increase can...
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Inflation in the euro zone declined slightly in June
In June, inflation in the euro zone declined slightly, but remained positive – the EU's statistical office, the Eurostat announced on Tuesday. According to preliminary data, consumer prices in the...
Read moreGerman retail sales decreased in May
Instead of the expected growth, retail sales in Germany declined in May, compared with a year before – the German federal statistics office the Destatis announced on Tuesday. According to...
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Misinterpreted collection flat rate
According to MAZARS, probably only the modification of the new Civil Code will solve the problem caused by the misinterpretation that affects tens of thousands Hungarian companies, making it obligatory...
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NGM: ekáer has a positive effect on VAT revenues
In the first five months, the Value Added Tax revenues increased by 7 percent, by 84 billion HUF. In addition to the economic growth, the use of online cash registers,...
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The EU eggs are in competitive disadvantage
The egg market of the European Union is in a competitive disadvantage, compare to countries producing eggs with lower levels of food safety and animal welfare standards. Therefore, at the...
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The FM favors the small farms
The strategic cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) and the Hungarian Farmers' Societies and Co-operatives (MAGOSZ) enhances the opening towards small farms – Nagy István, the Minister of State...
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The ministry encourages the purchase of Hungarian melon
From next week, a large amount of Hungarian watermelon will appear on the market, so the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) urges consumers to choose Hungarian melon, instead of Greek imports...
Read moreThe producers are facing with low cherry prices
According to the producers, the tin factories offer price for cherry that is below the cost price. The Hungarian and the German export market is stagnating as well – Világgazdaság...
Read moreThe winter wheat harvest may begin at the end of the week
The rainy weather of the recent days caused a slight delay in the beginning of the harvest, but the winter wheat harvest may begin at the end of the week...
Read moreA Hungarian website offered more than one hundred types of fake medicines
Within the international Pangea action a Hungarian website was detected that was offering more than one hundred types of counterfeit medicines. All of the medicines were fake, dummy, or illegal....
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Why food becomes moldy?
People think that mold on foods are due to inadequate cleanliness and hygiene. Nowadays, however, the common belief came to light that mold in foods are natural. That is how...
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Dietary supplements: fighting fatigue and strengthening the immune system
According to the results of the Ipsos health survey, published in spring 2014, one quarter of Hungary’s population think of themselves as fit. 30 percent of men and 19 percent...
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Tolerated specialists
Demand is increasing for functional food products with a special composition – the main buyers of these groceries are people suffering from some kind of food intolerance and health conscious...
Read moreFM: a central authority responsible for food safety is needed
The results of the past years have shown that there is a need for a central authority, which is responsible for the food safety of the food chain – Bognár...
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