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The Dairy Products Council held a presentation about the position of the industry on 29 May. Domestic sales of dairy products made from Hungarian materials declined by 13 per cent last year. Milk processing plants cannot compete with low quality and cheap imports. The Council has initiated legal action against...

After the first quarter dates of hungarian milk section, the subsidence can be stop – according to Miklos Istvanfalvi, president of Hungarian Milk Marketing Board. Last year the milk output decreased with 5 percent, it was 1,35 billion liter. Bad tendency can be stop, although last year the rate was...

Food prices were 9 per cent higher on average in March than a year before. Prices of bakery products rose by net 4,8 per cent compared to February. The prices of bakery products, flour, bread, milk and cafeteria meals all grew, while only the price of pork and sugar fell...

When hyper markets lose market share in a category, while private labels are more popular than ever, it is reasonable to suspect discount stores behind this trend. Discounts stores not only sell cheap, average quality basic foods. They also sell more affordable versions of premium products and brands. It is...

MONA Hungary Kft. pursues a brand building strategy under the slogan “Montice – the family is together”. According to Ildikó Kátai marketing and sales director of MONA Hungary Kft., they pursue a dual strategy to ensure peaceful coexistence of their brands with products manufactured under private labels. Safety, high quality...

Hungarian agricultural export to Slovakia, our sixth biggest export market grew by 48 per cent in 2006. Sugar accounted for a quarter of our export, totalling EUR 40 million. Increase was 327 per cent compared to 2005. Exports of corn and wheat flour also expanded dynamically, by 230 and 400...

Exports to the Polish market of agricultural products grew by 22,4 per cent. Our export of EUR 152 million was composed of diverse products. The most significant item among these was coffee and tea, which accounted for revenues of EUR 30,7 million, while exports of vegetables and wheat were also...

Germany, traditionally our largest market for agricultural products continued to show expansion in 2006. The rate of expansion was 5,5 per cent, which was below the average, but revenues of EUR 536 million still accounted for 15 per cent of our total agricultural export. The key product was still poultry,...

2006 was a successful year for Hungarian exporters of agricultural products. Exports grew by nearly 10 per cent-over the year, while imports expanded by 10,3 per cent. Imports from the EU-25 countries grew by 12,3 per cent. Poland is a major exporter to Hungary, especially of livestock (swine). Export revenues...

The proportion of imported products on the shelves of food stores did not increase last year, but quality was better than before.. However, manufacturers and retailers do not seem to agree on this point. Easter is almost as important a season for the Hungarian meat processing industry as Christmas. The...