Events
A 30 percent growth is expected in online purchasing this year
Online shopping increases much faster than “anything else” in the sector. Compared to the previous year a roughly 30 percent increase is expected – Glattfelder Béla, Minister of State for...
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MNB: a duality characterized the corporate loans in the second quarter
A duality characterized the corporate lendings in the second quarter, the overall corporate loan portfolio decreased by 3.4 percent, compared to a year before, while the small and medium enterprise...
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TOP 500 regional companies: Hungary is in the forefront in terms of revenue growth
The Central and Eastern European region's Top 500 companies generated a turnover of 572 billion euros in 2014, which exceeds even half of the aggregated 2014 nominal GDP of those...
Read moreKSH: employment continued to increase further
In May and July this year, the number of employees was 4 million 224 thousand, 139 thousand, and 3.4 percent higher than a year before – the Central Statistical Office...
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The children will be given healthier lunches from September
The children will be given healthier and more varied breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack in nurseries, kindergartens, school canteens from September. Novák Katalin Minister of State for Family and Youth...
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Business relations between Hungary and Serbia strengthen further
There was great interest in the Hungary-Serbia business forum that the Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) organised on 2 July. The heads of 150 Hungarian SMEs and a 50-member delegation...
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Armageddon put off
Finally Greece didn’t bring Armageddon to the financial markets, at the very last moment an agreement was reached, but let’s admit it wasn’t a big surprise because nobody wanted Europe...
Read moreMagazine: Role expansion
t the moment Tesco is the biggest wine retailer in Hungary. In the last business year we were working with 82 wine suppliers, three quarters of which were Hungarian. From...
Read moreNGM: the Hungarian retail is more than three times higher than the EU average
Retail sales are expanding in Hungary for two years. The increase in June was the fourth fastest in the European Union, and it was more than three times higher than...
Read moreLess tobacco due to the drought
Because of the drought, less tobacco has been grown this year – the President of the Hungarian National Association of Tobacco Growers (MADOSZ) told MTI on Thursday. Bényei Illés, head...
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The V4 agricultural ministers discussed about frauds in the food chain and about the dairy industry
The frauds in the food chain, the dairy industry situation and the main problems of soil management were the central themes of the V4 + 4 agricultural ministerial meeting –...
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When the cat is chasing the dog
Although dog food still has a bigger market share, cat food products are getting closer to them in the pet food market. Pet food sales in general are on the...
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The chamber guide presenting the rural development program has been published
The new handbook of the National Agricultural Chamber (NAK) is completed. The handbook gives comprehensive and credible information for potential candidates about the new Rural Development Programme. The nearly 100-page...
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142 thousand children in the free summer meal programs
The summer meal program for children ended on Friday in which about 142 thousand children received free meals during the summer vacation – the Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi) announced....
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Ministry of Agriculture opens mobile marketplace
A mobile marketplace opened in the Ministry of Agriculture’s building in Kossuth Square. Fresh vegetables and fruits, jams, syrups, honey, smoked meat products, dairy products and pickles can be bought...
Read moreAgriculture: production prices down 6.2 percent
In June 2015 agricultural production prices decreased by 6.2 percent from the level of June 2014. The price of vegetable products was down 3.6 percent and the price of livestock/products...
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Producers’ cooperatives to be surveyed
NAK and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) are conducting a survey on whether NAK members are ready to start cooperating in various fields. One of the questionnaires is about...
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Meeting of the Visegrád Group’s Cooperation of the Chambers of Agriculture
Representatives met for the second time at the end of June, this time in Brno in the Czech Republic. They discussed the unfair market practices of retail chains and talked...
Read moreKSH: accelerated growth in retail sales in June
In June, retail sales rose by 7.2 percent in volume compared with a year before, after the previous month's 4.4 percent increase – the second estimate of the Central Statistical...
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The Nébih found no quality errors in chocolate milks
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) examined a total of 39 products chocolate milks and drinks. During the examination of the products (19 of chocolate milks and 20 chocolate...
Read moreThe blending ratio of the wine should be indicated on the bottle
According to a forthcoming regulation amendment, it will be mandatory to indicate the blending ratio of the wine on the wine bottle – Gál Péter, Deputy Minister of State of...
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The government announces all European Union tenders by mid-2017
The government announces all tenders of the 2014-2020 European Union development cycle until 30 June 2017, in a total of 12 trillion HUF sum – Simon Róbert Balázs Ministerial Commissioner,...
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The sales of tablets decreased globally
According to the most recent projections of the International Data Corporation (IDC) IT and telecommunications market research company, the world market of tablets is shrinking higher than previously projected. Separately,...
Read moreLower chamber membership fees
NAK introduces new discounts in membership fees. This year the basis for calculating members’ fees had to be reported by the end of June and fees have to be paid...
Read moreJoining forces to support the exporting of Hungarian agri-food products
The Hungarian National Trading House Zrt. (MNKH) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) and the Agricultural Informatics Cluster: the goal is to increase to...
Read moreSárospatak hosted discussions on the EU’s wine sector reform
The meeting was held to discuss the new vine planting rules that enter into force in January 2016. Results of the wine sector reform achieved so far were also evaluated....
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Half of agri-businesses are liquidated
There are three times more companies in Hungary than in neighbouring countries, but they exist for a shorter period of time and they go out of business in a couple...
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Brussels rejects the re-introduction of milk quotas
The European Commission in Brussels rejects the idea to introduce the milk quota sytem again in the EU – Phil Hogan EU Commissioner responsible for agricultural affairs said on Wednesday....
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We eat chips for more than 160 years
Some people considers chips as a manufactured food product, but the potato slices are more than 160 years old, and they are really made of potatoes. The chips celebrated its...
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