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FM: the winter seasonal food chain control was concluded successfully
Date: 2017-01-16 11:25:27
The results of the winter seasonal food chain control improved significantly last year, compared to the previous years – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI on Monday. According to...
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Hungary’s pig exports declined
Date: 2017-01-16 11:20:17
Hungary’s exports of live pigs decreased by 7 percent in the first nine months of 2016, compared to the year before. The main partners were Romania, Austria, Slovakia and Serbia....
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Decline in agricultural producer prices
Date: 2017-01-16 11:19:14
Agricultural producer prices decreased by 5.5 percent last November, compared with a year before, as the prices of crop products decreased by 11.4 percent and the price of live animals...
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FAO’s food basket in negative territory
Date: 2017-01-16 11:18:19
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged almost 171.9 points in December 2016, unchanged from November with strong gains in the prices of vegetable oils and dairy largely offsetting a...
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Poultry Product Council: duck and goose meat lack can come to an end only gradually
Date: 2017-01-16 11:15:13
The lack of duck and goose meat can come to an end only gradually after the end of the bird flu outbreak – the CEO of the Poultry Product Council...
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Analysts: this year’s expected inflation rate exceeds 2 percent
Date: 2017-01-16 11:15:01
Macroeconomic analysts who responded to the Central Statistical Office’s (KSH) fresh data told MTI that they expect more than 2 percent inflation this year. According to the report, consumer prices...
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Peanuts can be grown economically in Hungary
Date: 2017-01-16 11:14:23
Peanuts can be grown economically in Hungary ¬ the Agrársszektor agricultural trade portal states. At the beginning of the last century peanuts were added to the Hungarian agricultural flora, but...
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NGM: 30 thousand credit card acceptance terminals will be built by the enterprises from government support
Date: 2017-01-16 11:13:34
This year, the number of debit card terminals will increase by 30 percent, due to the support program initiated by the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) – the ministry told...
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Mandatory nitrate reporting
Date: 2017-01-16 11:00:54
Those farmers who live in nitrate polluted areas have to report detailed action program rules for the protection of waters against nitrate pollution between 1 January and 31 March. The...
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A growth in the euro zone’s merchandise trade surplus
Date: 2017-01-16 11:00:38
The European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat calculated that in November 2016, the exports of goods of the euro zone to the rest of the world increased by 6 percent to...
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Serbian agricultural subsidies to expand
Date: 2017-01-16 11:00:04
The Serbian government plans to spend 43.78 billion dinars instead of last year’s nearly 40 billion dinars. (1 dinar = 2,48 HUF) This is 8.11 percent of the budget- the...
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Interpack is a huge success
Date: 2017-01-16 10:41:22
Markus Kosak, Exhibition Director of drink technology India, is pleased about the event’s success: “These results take this event to an entirely new level. dti has developed into the number...
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KSH: the turnover of hotels rose 16.4 percent in November
Date: 2017-01-16 10:40:09
The number of nights spent by foreign visitors increased by 16.5 percent, while the ghuest nights of domestic guests increased by 16.3 percent in November, compared with a year before...
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Burger King dressed as McDo – Video of the day
Date: 2017-01-16 10:14:07
The two gigachains often fight with each other, no wonder this happened after all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimBpdBnaBs...
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The EU is acting against the sales of dangerous products
Date: 2017-01-15 11:19:52
The European Commission has tabled two legislative proposals to help businesses, and SMEs in particular, to sell their products within the European Union and to strengthen the controls of the...
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The food VAT cut is part of a process
Date: 2017-01-13 11:45:35
The food VAT cut is part of a process that – depending on the performance of the economy – can continue in the future – Nagy István, the Minister of...
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Nutritional database on the Web
Date: 2017-01-13 11:41:16
The nutritional database of distributed food products is not only available to professionals on the Ministry of Agriculture’s website, but it is available for the public. An important element of...
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KSH: consumer prices increased by 0.4 percent last year
Date: 2017-01-13 11:40:10
Consumer prices rose by an average 0.4 percent in 2016, compared to the previous year and in December were an average 1.8 percent higher than a year ago – the...
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Ipsos: the volume of domestic online purchases may expand by ten percent
Date: 2017-01-13 11:30:05
In Hungary, the volume of online spending will increase by 10 percent in 2017, while the value of orders from foreign webshops is expected to increase by 19 percent –...
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The EU sold 76 percent more pork to China
Date: 2017-01-13 11:25:03
According to the data of the European Commission, the European Union sold 26 percent more pork in the international market in the first ten months of 2016, compared to a...
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The NAK offers more services
Date: 2017-01-13 11:07:50
The National Agricultural Chamber (NAK) intends to continue to expand their services this year, such as IT developments will help the economists in nutrient management and in pest management. The...
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GKI: recruitment issues in Hungary
Date: 2017-01-13 11:06:59
The GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. economy researcher in its November representative (987 respondent companies) survey revealed what are those issues for a company that is not able to recruit the right...
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Companies with billion HUF revenues are deleted weekly
Date: 2017-01-13 11:05:34
Although the vast majority of the deleted companies are micro-enterprises, we should not forget about the terminated large companies, that have a small number, but play more significant role in...
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Vincent’s Day wine competition and wine tour in Somlószőlős
Date: 2017-01-13 11:03:05
On the last Saturday in January, Vincent’s Day traditions will be revived on the Somló Hill. Saint Vincent is the patron saint of winemakers. On the occasion of Vincent’s Day...
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Only the plastic card is the valid ID card
Date: 2017-01-13 11:01:28
The primary producers need to replace their paper IDs with plastic cards. From January, the new cards will be valid only. The National Agricultural Chamber considers the replacement of the...
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Retail sales in the USA increased less-than-expected
Date: 2017-01-13 11:00:54
A less-than-expected increase occured in retail sales in December in the United States – according to the report of the U.S. Census Bureau released on Friday. In December, the seasonally...
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Sosem járt még annyi turista Spanyolországban, mint 2016-ban
Date: 2017-01-13 10:17:52
Sosem járt még annyi turista Spanyolországban, mint 2016-ban, a 75,3 millió külföldről érkezett látogató rekordnak számít – ismertette a tavalyi év adatait Álvaro Nadal, turizmusért felelős miniszter Madridban. A tárcavezető...
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Magazine: Gault&Millau award winners announced
Date: 2017-01-13 07:17:28
Every year when the new edition of the Gault&Millau guide is published, the winners of the Gault&Millau awards are also announced. In 2016 Mádi udvarház (Gusteau) became restaurant of the...
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The price of eggs may increase because of the avian influenza
Date: 2017-01-12 11:52:30
The domestic producers raise the price of eggs because of the bird flu since supply is becoming tighter in the market. Végh László, President of the Hungarian Laying Hen Hybrid...
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Fazekas Sándor: it is important to provide cheaper access to basic foods
Date: 2017-01-12 11:49:00
It is important that the people to have cheaper access to basic food products as well as to buy more Hungarian products; This is high priority in the government’s taxation...
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