Events
Mall building stop can come next year
Date: 2011-06-09 14:01:07
Fidesz liked the mall building stop idea of the LMP – writes in the Index. If the opposition party's proposal will be accepted the next year only 800 square meters...
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The hamburger will be skipped from the hamburger tax
Date: 2011-06-09 12:15:27
The government would introduce public health product fee on too salty and sugary foods and drinks from next January. The resulting 20-30 billion HUF revenue would go for medical purposes....
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The Ministry of Rural Development causes a competitive disadvantage in the domestic meat industry?
Date: 2011-06-09 12:10:05
The domestic meat participants informed from Brussels sources over the government plan that intended to dictate the freeze storage of frozen meat in three months. According to representatives of the...
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The domestic brands can for the Hungarian Brands until June 20
Date: 2011-06-09 11:40:27
The organizers extended the deadline for the submission of the MagyarBrands tender until June 20. Thus, those domestic consumer and business brands have one and a half week to submit...
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Catastrophic drought hit the Yangtze River basin
Date: 2011-06-09 11:10:08
Catastrophic drought hit China'sYangtze River basin. From January to May an average 40-60 percent less rain fall in the region. 80 percent of the Chinese water resources can be found...
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The European Commission confutes: Eastern Europe does not receive lower quality food
Date: 2011-06-08 14:40:51
The accusations are unfounded, that the multinational companies deliver lower-quality products to Eastern Europe – states the European Commission. The companies were not obliged to market the same products under...
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One hundred and fifty million euros rescue package to the EU vegetable sector
Date: 2011-06-08 14:10:55
The EU support the farmers with an emergency aid, and the Member States are also expected to help the farmers. The Russian market remains closed, and still noone knows what...
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According to the FAO index; food prices decreased slightly
Date: 2011-06-08 14:05:50
Food prices decreased slightly, due to cheaper world price of sugar and grain. Therefore, the FAO index became “only” 232 points in May, after April's 235 points. The FAO price...
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1,500 acres of sugar beet is waiting for the new sugar plant
Date: 2011-06-08 13:30:53
So far, more than fifty farmers growing sugar beet on a total area of about 1,500 hectares expressed their interest towards the Rábaköz-based sugar industrial association. According to the article...
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Eurozone's retail trade rose again in April
Date: 2011-06-08 12:20:54
In April, the value of retail sales increased by 0.9 percent in the 17 countries of the eurozone, exceeding the analysts' expectations of a 0.4 percent growth. The growth on...
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Ice teas keep going greener
Date: 2011-06-08 11:29:22
In Hungary ice tea is still considered a premium beverage, with strong manufacturer brands. Because it is relatively new to the market and is easy to substitute, ice tea is...
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The forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. for 2011
Date: 2011-06-08 11:24:14
Some key indicators of the Hungarian economy are improving simultaneously with the easing of the global economic crisis; however, the real situation is not better than it was at the...
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Event where suppliers and retailers get to meet
Date: 2011-06-08 10:47:11
ECRM hosts category specific events that feature one-on-one, pre-scheduled meetings between retailers and suppliers. The company is hosting the Central Eastern European Supplier Review, which will enable retailers to meet...
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More and more people are interested in business in China
Date: 2011-06-08 10:16:05
For the past 12 years, SIAL China has been the leading event for the Chinese food market. Domestic and international producers and manufacturers of food products, wine and spirits, and...
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New reading-trends published
Date: 2011-06-08 09:28:00
Millward Brown has completed the first literacy report after having won the tender. Notrends have changed in this area. Millward Brown has won the tender from January 2011 to five...
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Industrial production grew by eleven percent in the first four months
Date: 2011-06-07 13:10:14
The volume of industrial production in April rose by 6.9 percent, compared to the same period of last year. The working-day adjusted index is 9.5 percent. The production in the...
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The caterers and canteens can save the cucumber industry
Date: 2011-06-07 13:02:32
Fazekas Sándor, Rural Development Minister called the domestic food processors, caterers, school and municipal canteen operators in a television program to buy the fruits from the cucumber producers and distribute...
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GFK: sports clothing, especially shoes sales are increasing
Date: 2011-06-07 13:00:14
A continuous growth can be observed on the market of sports shoes, sportswear and sport equipments. From the total turnover of footwear, men and women roughly share an equal proportion....
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Biomass Super: a Hungarian development may replace fertilizers
Date: 2011-06-07 12:59:49
A new Hungarian technology has won an Innovation Prize, which not only solve the problems of sewage disposal, but can replace fertilizers with a biologically useful yield-enhancing product. As the...
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The new loan program of OTP focuses on the agricultural sector and on the SMEs
Date: 2011-06-07 12:57:34
The OTP Széchenyi 500 Corporate Loan Program started on the 1st of June. The 100 billion HUF credit line will be offered to mainly the medium-sized enterprises – announced the...
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The ice creams of the Year
Date: 2011-06-07 12:40:42
The honey-walnut pear ice-cream and a creation called mogyorella won the gold medal at the 14th ice creams of the Year competition in the optional category in Budapest on Monday....
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The dynamic expansion of global trade continues
Date: 2011-06-07 12:28:46
In the first quarter of 2011 the dynamic growth of product trade continued in most of the industrial countries – published the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) yesterday....
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Three cakes are competing for the Cake of the Country title
Date: 2011-06-07 12:28:00
The first three winners were the császárkörtetorta (pear cake), the peach cake of Kecskemét and millet cake made with peach dressing . Fazekas Sándor Rural Development Minister emphasized, that the...
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Messe Düsseldorf with a greater revenue
Date: 2011-06-07 10:40:20
Contacts to the major economic regions can be established at Düsseldorf trade fairs. Exhibitors from around the globe make use of these presentation platforms for industry, manufacturing, trade and services...
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Online pálinka-center in Hungary
Date: 2011-06-07 10:21:35
Within the compass of the fifth Plumpálinka Ceremony of Békés, the Pálinka Center of Békés has opened its gates in order to introduce the best pálinkas of the region. Now...
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Inclination to borrow hits bottom low
Date: 2011-06-07 10:19:54
The proportion of people with loans has not decreased in Hungary in the last three years, what is more, it is still the highest among the countries of the region....
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Vámos: no unfair income occures in food retailing
Date: 2011-06-06 14:50:02
The retail price of staple foods are often higher than the cost of goods – claimed the recently published study of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI). After the article...
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Vegetable sprouts are responsible for the diarrhea epidemic?
Date: 2011-06-06 13:20:35
The consumer confidence is shaken in the domestic fruit and vegetables market – said Fazekas Sándor, Rural Development Minister. However, he said that the Hungarian products are safe to consume...
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Goose liver producerts to cooperate
Date: 2011-06-06 13:10:30
In order to strenghten the positions of goose liver in both the foreign and the domestic markets, the participants of the sector esttablished an alliance; the city of Orosháza wants...
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The Ministry of Agriculture would alleviate frost damages
Date: 2011-06-06 13:08:56
The Ministry of Agriculture develops a compensation package to help the farmers, due to the frost damages of May. The Ministry's deputy secretary, Feldman Zsolt said that at least 40...
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