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The economy grew by four percent last year
Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 4.0 percent in 2017 after the 2.2 percent of the previous year. The calendar-effect adjusted data doubled from 2.1 percent to 4.2 percent....
Read moreKSH: export is over 100 billion euros, trade surplus is over 8 billion in 2017
Exports of goods last year reached 100.581 billion euros, 8.2 percent higher than a year before, while imports increased by 11.1 percent to 92.499 billion euros. The 8.082 billion euros...
Read moreNGM: Nearly 6,500 billion HUF investments have been implemented in Hungary in 2017
Last year, nearly 6,500 billion HUF worth of development was made in Hungary, which represents an increase of almost 17 percent, compared to the previous year, considering the volume of...
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KSH: investment grew with a record extent in 2017
Investments grew with a record extent with 16.7 percent in 2017 after a 16.0 percent drop last year. The volume of investments in the fourth quarter was 14.4 percent higher...
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KSH: 4 million 436 thousand was the average number of employees in January
In the November 2017 to January 2018 period, the average number of employees was 4 million 436 thousand, 35 thousand more than a year before. The employment rate of the...
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KSH: the online questionnaire for fruit plantation census can be filled out until Thursday
The farmers can fill out the online questionnaire for fruit plantation census of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) until Thursday – the KSH said. The Office announced on Monday that...
Read moreKSH: Retail sales increased by 6.1 percent in December
In December, retail sales grew by 5 percent, according to the raw data. Calendar effect adjusted, the growth was 6.1 percent. In 2017, the volume of turnover – according to...
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KSH: 12.9 percent increase in average earnings last year
The gross average earnings were 327,700 forints in December last year, 13.5 percent more than a year before. In January-December 2017, the gross average earnings were 297,000 forints and net...
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The price increase of agricultural products has slowed down
In December last year, agricultural producer prices rose by 5.1 percent, compared to the year before, following the 7.7 percent increase of November. The price of vegetable products increased by...
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KSH: the cattle population has grown, the number of pigs has decreased
Over the past year, cattle grew by 18,000, the sheep stock with 6,000, while the number of pigs decreased by 37,000 pigs and the humber of hens by 183,000 –...
Read moreThe Hungarian economy grew by four percent last year
According to the raw data, the gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 4.4 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, compared to the same period of last year. According...
Read moreKSH: Cigarette, alcohol and food prices have risen the most
In January, consumer prices were 2.1 percent higher than in the previous year and were 0.3 percent higher than in December – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Tuesday....
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Magazin: More land used to grow wheat on the Northern Hemisphere
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that farmers will soon finish sowing wheat seeds on the Northern Hemisphere. According to...
Read moreTourism Agency: tourism achieved outstanding results last year
The tourism industry in Hungary has achieved remarkable results last year, and the number of guest nights has expanded by more than 6 percent in the past four years, the...
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Good end-of-year performance from retail trade
In December 2017 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 4.7 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 5.9 percent – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
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Prices grew by 2.4 percent on average last year
In December 2017 consumer prices were 2.1 percent higher than in December 2016. Food prices increased by 3.5 percent. The price of egg soared by 39.4 percent, dairy products’ price...
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Home delivery may become more expensive this year
In the 3rd quarter of 2017 prices were growing rapidly for postal and courier services in Hungary, by nearly 10 percent. According to Ádám Bengyel, the CEO of Hungary’s No.1 parcel...
Read moreKSH: Foreign trade surplus decreased to 8.2 billion euros in 2017
The Hungarian foreign trade closed last year with a surplus of 8.234 billion euros, which is 1.487 billion euros less than in the previous year, according to a first estimate...
Read moreKSH: Tourism grew by 6.7 percent last year
Last year, the number of nights spent by foreign guests was 7.9 percent, while the number of nights spent by domestic guests was 5.6 percent more than the year before,...
Read moreDynamic growth in retail sales continues
Retail sales will increase in the next few months at a rate similar to last year, according to analysts interviewed by MTI. On the basis of the data released by...
Read moreKSH: retail sales increased by 4.8 percent last year
Together with the 4.7 percent increase in December, retail sales grew by 4.7 percent last year as a whole, compared to the previous year. According to the calendar effect adjusted...
Read moreKSH: foreign trade surplus has decreased
Last November, the euro-denominated exports grew by 6.4 percent, imports increased by 8.1 percent year-on-year, and foreign trade surplus was 84 million euros less: 713 million euros, according to the...
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Analysts: the labor market has reached full employment
The Hungarian labor market has reached the state of full employment in economic terms in 2017, which is why the unemployment rate may decline only marginally this year – market...
Read moreInflation was 2.5 percent in November
In November, annual inflation was again 2.5 percent, compared with the previous month, consumer prices increased by 0.4 percent on average – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Friday....
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KSH: employment remained at a 68.8 percent record level
In the fourth quarter of last year, the average number of employees was 4 million 447 thousand, 36 thousand ie 0.8 percent more than a year before. The employment rate...
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Censuses in the orchards again
There will be orchard census in Hungary between 14 February and 16 April. Compared with previous censuses, the list of fruit species is expanding – agrarszektor.hu wrote. According to the...
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NGM: The demand for industrial goods increases retail turnover
As the result of investments from household savings, the trade of non-food products continues to grow further this year – the Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of National...
Read moreKSH: Retail sales increased even higher than previously indicated
In November last year, retail sales were 6.7 percent higher than in the previous year, according to both the raw and calendar adjusted data, according to a second estimate of...
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Foreign trade: imports have increased
In October, exports in euro increased by 11.8 percent, imports increased by 17.0 percent, compared to the same period of last year, and after the 5.6 and 6.7 percent of...
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Heppenheimer is the top egg
This year, the Heppenheimer Egg was awarded with the Gold Ribbon Quality Certification. The trademark indicates the exceptional quality and flavor, and the goal is that the product awarded with...
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