Market News
Restructuring in the pet food market
Date: 2014-09-17 08:57:04
The growth rate of the pet food market is slowing down this year. Zsolt Forczek, marketing manager with Nestlé Purina told Trade magazin that single-portion wet cat food and treats...
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FM: the government immediately helps the apple producers
Date: 2014-09-16 12:20:07
The government provides immediate financial assistance to apple growers; can not wait for Brussels, and launches a program to deal with the situation in an amount of 3.16 billion HUF...
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Agreement between the CO-OP Hungary Zrt. and the Dairy Product Board
Date: 2014-09-16 12:10:57
The CO-OP Hungary Zrt. – after becoming a member of the Council dated – signed a cooperation agreement with the Dairy Interprofessional Product Board. The CO-OP is the fourth among...
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Opten: the number of liquidations is reducing
Date: 2014-09-16 11:20:21
The number of liquidations was as low as in Agust 2014 almost a year ago, in September 2013. The registry court deleted 2309 companiey in August 2014, while the indicator...
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Milk farmers demonstrate for better market conditions
Date: 2014-09-16 09:54:48
This summer farmers demonstrated on the roads to call attention to the import dumping of dairy products – many of which are imported illegally and sold at very low prices....
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60 billion HUF a year can be spent on agricultural subsidies linked to production
Date: 2014-09-15 12:00:59
From the next year unil 2020, an annual 60 billion HUF can be spent on the production of specified crops, on the support of horticulture and for protein crops –...
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The harvest begins in the Tokaj wine region
Date: 2014-09-15 11:32:12
Despite the rainy weather the harvest is expected to be started in the Tokaj-hegyalja historic wine region on Monday – the Tokaj Kereskedőház Zrt. told MTI. The company told that...
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The tenth of the sunflower was harvested in Komárom-Esztergom county
Date: 2014-09-15 11:25:11
Only 1,300 hectares of sunflower was harvested from the planted 11 thousand hectares of sunflower in Komárom-Esztergom county. The rainy weather is an obstacle in harvesting the rape as well...
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Nearly 16 tons of fish to be planted to the lakes and watercourses of Vas county
Date: 2014-09-15 11:21:16
Nearly 16 tons of fish to be planted to the lakes and watercourses of Vas county during the autumn. On Thursday, about 2.7 tonnes of carp and grass carp to...
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A supermarket was opened in China without staff
Date: 2014-09-15 11:05:01
The supermarket is equipped with vending machines. No staff is required in the supermarket opened in Qingdao Northeast China – the sina.com news portal reported. China's first ever shop without...
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Mushroom production may double
Date: 2014-09-15 10:47:01
By 2020 Hungary’s mushroom production may double, from the current 25,000-30,000 tons/year to 50,000-70,000 tons. Information from FruitVeB’s mushroom branch reveals that production value may rise to HUF 30-40 billion...
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Changing price level
Date: 2014-09-15 08:52:18
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) keeps monitoring and publishing the world’s agri-food prices and trends. Their latest report reveals that at the Budapest Wholesales Market on week 31 the...
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KSH: Agricultural producer prices fell 5.1 percent in July
Date: 2014-09-12 12:00:58
In 2014, the agricultural producer prices declined by 5.1 percent, compared to the same period of 2013- the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Friday. The price of plant products...
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Cash register raid: the NAV closed restaurants and a café
Date: 2014-09-12 11:50:22
The National Tax and Customs Authority closed two restaurants and a café, due to irregularities in several occasions. The inspectors of the tax authority held raids with an intensity never...
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Only a few farmers have have checked in for the temporary support
Date: 2014-09-12 11:20:38
The European Commission opened extraordinary and temporary support measures to the producers of some kind of fruits and vegetables with a budget of 125 million euros in order to help...
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More livestock
Date: 2014-09-12 09:37:59
In the first half of 2014 Hungary’s pig stock improved by 82,000 and the cattle stock increased by 5,000 – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). In the middle of...
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FruitVeB plans cooperation with Milan wholesale market
Date: 2014-09-12 09:35:28
Hungary’s Interprofessional Organisation for Fruit and Vegetable (FruitVeB) and Milan wholesale market Sogemi are negotiating the conditions of a future cooperation. Hungary’s fruit and vegetable sector aims at increasing production...
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Hungary’s favorite fish is the carp
Date: 2014-09-11 11:40:59
The carp is the clear winner of the fish popularity contest – Hungarians like carp the most among the fish. The survey on the domestic fish consumption also revealed that...
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The EU applications can get the green light
Date: 2014-09-11 11:35:37
“After the new finalized EU partnership agreement, the next step will be the adoption of the operational programs. The specific call for applications is expected to be released in the...
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The NAV is welcomed as a regular in the patisserie
Date: 2014-09-11 11:30:44
It is a beautiful tradition that the regulars get their mug at restaurants. In the Auguszt patisserie in Budapest a new name was painnted on the mug: the NAV also...
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The environmental burden of the households decreased by a quarter in the ÖkoKör
Date: 2014-09-11 11:00:09
The household water and energy consumption, as well as the waste production of the 650 households that are taking part in the ÖkoKör reduced by about a quarter since 2010....
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This year’s wheat is at a safe place
Date: 2014-09-11 10:13:20
Farmers just about completed the harvest by 1 August all over Hungary. Data by the Grain Producer’s Association – Hungary (GOSZ) show that average yields were as forecasted in the...
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Fruit harvest may be 1 million tons
Date: 2014-09-11 10:10:34
This year’s fruit harvest may reach 1 million tons – according to a survey conducted by Hungary’s Interprofessional Organisation for Fruit and Vegetable (FruitVeB). The reasons behind this are the...
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Supply chain management and technology share a common future
Date: 2014-09-10 23:01:06
A global IBM survey asked logistics and supply chain managers about how technology is changing their work. The study has been conducted with the participation of more than 200 managers...
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Developments may make rural tourism competitive
Date: 2014-09-10 22:51:15
Géza Szabó, vice president of the National Association for Village and Farm Tourism (FATOSZ) has called attention to the importance of development projects, thematic routes and training programmes in order...
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Thirty percent of the Hungarian fruit and vegetable exports would be transported to Russia
Date: 2014-09-10 11:50:47
The Hungarian producers would like to transport 30 percent of the Hungarian fruit and vegetable sector’s export to Russia by 2020; therefore the Russian embargo has extremely negative effect on...
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Czerván: the output of agriculture expanded by 4.2 percent
Date: 2014-09-10 11:45:08
The value of the total output of agriculture in 2013, calculated at basic prices was 2,265 billion HUF, which was 4.2 percent above the previous year's result – the Minister...
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Nielsen: 76 percent of the newly introduced goods fails in the first year
Date: 2014-09-10 11:40:01
Thousands of new products that are introduced to the market fail in the first year and cause losses to the manufacturers, who could make the process profitable if they would...
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A new application for Pálinka trade mark: the system including 61 products to be expanded further
Date: 2014-09-10 11:33:13
The Pálinka Trademark System announced a new nomination period from 10 September 2014. This unique initiative in Hungary guarantees that the consumers will find high quality pálinka in the bottles...
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The number of export-able SMEs is less than stated earlier in the statistics
Date: 2014-09-10 11:30:25
The number of truly export-able small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is less than it is stated in the official statistics. The embargo against Russia rather indirectly affect the businesses in...
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