Tag "Agrárgazdasági Kutató Intézet"
Despite the Russian export ban, EU dairy exports may increase in the region
The coming weeks probably will not produce significant changes on the dairy market. The European Commission in its July short-term view reveals that the global oversupply and price pressure from...
Read moreEuropean pigs are popular
According to the European Commission, the European Union sold 35 percent more pork (1.3 million tons) in the international markets in 2016 in the first four months, compared to a...
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Lower VAT rate for egg is demanded
According to the Hungarian Egg Association, the Electronic Public Road Trade Control System (EKÁER) is efficient in catching some of the illegal egg transports, but in order to ‘whiten’ the...
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We are running out of garlic
Experts say that because of the drought 15-20 percent less garlic was produced in Hungary in 2015 than in the previous year. Retail chains monitored by the Agricultural Economics Research...
Read moreFertilizers became much more expensive
The fertilizer distributors sold 1.5 million tons of fertilizers directly to farmers in 2015. The sales volume was eight percent higher than a year before. The fertiliser prices have risen...
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Falling chicken prices
The pig meat price index this year has been in the focus of attention, because VAT on pig carcase meat has been reduced to 5 percent in January. According to...
Read moreHungarian member in the European Commission’s new agricultural committee of experts
The European Commission formed a high-level committee of experts in order to help stabilise the situation in the agri-food market. On 12 January 2016 commissioner for agriculture Phil Hogan announced...
Read moreVine pruning at full swing
Vine pruning starts later in milder weather in the small gardens, but at the larger vineyard parcels work was going on during the whole winter. With the exception of harder...
Read moreHigher-than-expected wheat output in the European Union
French market analyst Tallage calculates with 147.5 million tons of wheat at EU level. In the second half of September the production price of milling quality wheat was HUF 48,900/ton...
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Food waste to be tracked
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) set up a working group in order to reduce the annual loss of around 200 billion HUF that comes from food waste – Kürthy...
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The dairy market is constantly changing
In the final, 2014/2015. milk quota year (1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015), the purchase of dairy products increased by three percent in the EU, compared to the previous...
Read moreWhite wines are becoming more popular
According to the data of the Agricultural Research Institute, the domestic sales volume of the protected geographical indication wines grew by four percent in first five months of 2015, compared...
Read moreEight-percent reduction in the price of pork
According to the Agricultural Economics Research Institute’s (AKI) latest report, wine production in the European Union was 167 million hectolitres in 2014, 8 percent below the level of 2013 (the...
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A reduction in the number of agricultural bankruptcies
The sectoral bankruptcy rate has risen in recent years in all sectors, but in 2013 produced a long-term decline. This trend did not last in 2014, the index by the...
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