The food industry may be given one hundred billion HUF support from the GINOP

After professional negotiations, the food industry may be given 100 billion HUF support from the support funds of the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme (GINOP), the government decided on Wednesday – Lázár János, Minister leading the Prime Minister's Office told at a press conference in Budapest on Friday.

Lázár János stressed that food processing should be developed in order to improve competitiveness, therefore the government has decided to allocate a tender line for the food processing in the GINOP. The government can mobilize 50 billion HUF non-repayable and 50 billion HUF repayable support for the development of the food industry.