Events
The beer teams are getting ready for kick-off
Date: 2014-06-16 10:49:20
In 2013 the beer market reacted with a 5-percent decline in volume sales to the 10-percent excise duty increase. Especially mainstream brands suffered as demand shifted towards economically priced products....
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Outstanding performance from mineral waters
Date: 2014-06-16 09:01:26
This year mineral waters performed superbly: between December 2013 and March 2014 sales exceeded HUF 15 billion, growing by 15 percent in value and by 10 percent in volume. The...
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Magazine: The next home preserving season may be outstanding
Date: 2014-06-13 12:48:09
In Hungary a large part of home made marmalades and jams are made from fruits grown in people’s own gardens: the majority of housewives make jams and preserves because they...
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The Hungarian Association of Commerce has been formed
Date: 2014-06-13 12:20:21
To represent the interests of the Hungarian Trade, the Hungarian Association of Commerce (MKSZ) has been established – Szatmáry-Jähl Angéla, president of the association told MTI on Thursday. As she...
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OKSZ: consumption can increase by 2-3 percent this year
Date: 2014-06-13 12:10:22
Adjusted to real incomes, consumption is expected to increase by around 2-3 percent in Hungary, by considering the entire year – the National Retail Federation (OKSZ) told MTI on Friday....
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Bisnode: animal husbandry is riskier than plant cultivation
Date: 2014-06-13 12:00:49
The bankruptcy rate is 2.5 percent on the field of livestock production, forestry and wildlife management, while in crop production and fishery the rate is lower; less than 1.5 percent...
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Foods, beverages and tobacco products gave four-tenths of the trade surplus
Date: 2014-06-13 12:00:46
The food, beverage and tobacco trade balance surplus – with the exception of 2009 is increasing since 2006. Its value was 2.783 billion euros in 2013, which was four-tenths of...
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KSH: agricultural prices continued to fall in April
Date: 2014-06-13 11:32:06
Agricultural producer prices were 8.9 percent lower in April than a year earlier, after the price of vegetable products decreased by 13.6 percent and the price of live animals and...
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The agriculture ministers of the V4+4 welcomed the EU decision on GM crops
Date: 2014-06-13 11:31:08
The agriculture ministers of the V4+4 countries welcomed the EU decision on GM crops at the V4+4 Agriculture Ministers Meeting in Budapest on Friday. According to the decision, the Member...
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The number of food safety alerts decreased in the EU
Date: 2014-06-13 11:30:57
Compared to a year earlier, the number of food safety alerts indicated by the EU Member States declined by 9 percent in 2013- the European Commission announced on Friday. In...
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Animal protection campaign against the upcoming dog meat festival in China
Date: 2014-06-13 10:55:32
In some parts of China, dog meat is considered a delicacy at the dinner table and the practice of consuming dog meat has been around since 500BC, or possibly even...
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All segments expanded
Date: 2014-06-13 09:42:55
Home preserving supplies sales valued at HUF 2 billion in the April 2013-March 2014 period – in the previous cumulative year the Nielsen Retail Index registered HUF 1.3 billion. Sales...
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The audit process is underway
Date: 2014-06-13 09:39:38
Lászlóné Menczel, secretary of the Livestock and Meat Interprofessional Organisation and Marketing Board (VHT) told that in the first round they awarded the right to use the Quality Hungarian Pork...
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Hungarian meat exports to the United States can continue
Date: 2014-06-12 12:20:40
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) told MTI on Wednesday, that the Hungarian meat export to the United States can continue. According to the informations of Nébih, the final...
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Regus: exporters outperform the expectations
Date: 2014-06-12 11:50:47
According to the most recent survey of Regus, the global provider of workspaces the exporting companies have reached a higher proportion of revenue and profit growth worldwide than those companies...
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More than 30 thousand visitors at the 4th Hungarian World Summit
Date: 2014-06-12 11:16:52
The Hungarian World Summit event series in the Operetta Theatre with the highly successful concert of Mága Zoltán. The Hungarian World Summit took place between 18 and 26 May for...
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The Chinese (Guangxi) – Hungarian Investment and Cooperation Conference proved to be fruitful
Date: 2014-06-12 11:12:38
The Chinese (Guangxi) – Hungarian Investment and Cooperation Conference was held on 12 June 2014 at the Conference Hall of Hotel Helia with the participation of the Commerce Department of...
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OÉTI: the quality of school catering has improved
Date: 2014-06-12 10:59:05
The quality of school catering has improved in many ways in recent years – the the National Food and Nutrition Institute (OÉTI) explains in its latest analysis. According to the...
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Magazin: Smoother skin for the summer (Part 2)
Date: 2014-06-11 12:40:16
VEET is an expert of home depilation and the market leader in the chemical hair removal segment. Bernadett Khan-Gonda, regional brand manager with Reckitt Benckiser told our magazine that last...
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The Parliament accepted the tax on advertising
Date: 2014-06-11 12:10:05
The media companies, publishers, the utilizers of outdoor advertisings, and the publishers of Internet advertisings should pay tax after their revenues from advertising and after the costs of their own...
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E-retailers: the Online Retail Index has decreased
Date: 2014-06-11 12:07:28
The participants of the online trade market could face with declining salse revenues after the Christmas season, compared to the traditional retailers – in their case the weight of daily...
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The Békéscsaba Beer Festival and Knuckle Parade opens on Thursday
Date: 2014-06-11 11:22:04
One of Hungary’s largest, four-day-long cultural and gastronomic festival, the 14th Békéscsaba Beer Festival and Knuckle Parade opens on Thursday. Farkas Zoltán, chairman of the Békés County Assembly at the...
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Cherry Conference 2014: The future belongs to the hybrids!
Date: 2014-06-11 11:20:20
The cherry and sour cherry harvest is at full throttle at the Érd-based site of the Research Institute of Pomology of the National Agricultural Research Center, where experts gathered at...
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Representing products the Target way – experience-based professional equity building
Date: 2014-06-11 09:37:22
Target Sales Group Kft. is a 100-percent Hungarian-owned firm characterised by youthful dynamism and great expertise acquired in the ranks of multinational companies. The team communicates well and is result-oriented....
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EU: the indication of expiry date may change
Date: 2014-06-10 11:41:30
The European Union would terminate the mandatory marking of the durability of different types of food products. The two state argue that this would significantly reduce food waste. The idea...
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Spider venom may save the bees
Date: 2014-06-10 11:37:45
Venom from one of the world's most poisonous spiders may help save the world's honeybees, providing a biopesticide that kills pests but spares the precious pollinators. Bee populations, both wild...
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There will be enough melon on the markets
Date: 2014-06-10 11:36:32
The domestic melon season has started with the honeydew melon, in the next two weeks the watermelon will also arrive to the stores. The participants of the domestic melon market...
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The deadline of the new tobacco shop applications is Tuesday midnight
Date: 2014-06-10 11:36:02
Those who want to run a tobacco shop can submit their applications for the fifth tender until midnight 10 June. According to the informations of the ND National Tobacco Trade...
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National Company Database: German interests dominate among the foreign-owned firms in Hungary
Date: 2014-06-10 11:35:55
Among the Hungarian companies more than 40 thousand enterprises can be connected to foreign owners. The German companies and private individuals have the highest proportion in the National Company Database...
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London analysts: improving growth in Central Europe
Date: 2014-06-10 11:34:27
The quality and dynamics of economic growth in Central Europe improve – London financial analysts said in their prognosis on the region compiled on Monday. They also improved the Hungarian...
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