1. Structural characteristics of the Hungarian Agriculture and Food Industry 1990-2004 Rome 29 June – July 2005 Éva Laczka Joint UNECE /EUROSTAT/FAO/OECD Meeting on Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe

2. Structure of my presentation Introduction Food consumption in Hungary Hungarian Agriculture Hungarian „Farms” Hungarian Food Industry Agriculture and Food Industry in the GDP Agriculture and Food Industry in Employment Agriculture and Food Industry in External Trade Conclusion

3. Population volumes and Agriculture (per cent) 1990-2004 (Index: average of years 1999-2001=100,0) Year WorldEuropeHungary populationagriculturepopulationagriculturepopulationagriculture 1990 86,780,668,582,0103,5123,4 1991 88,181,068,781,9103,2129,0 1992 89,583,199,6106,4102,999,0 1993 90,883,699,7103,9102,689,8 1994 92,185,799,897,6102,392,1 1995 93,587,699,997,7102,091,4 1996 94,891,4100,0100,8101,798,0 1997 96,193,5100,0100,9101,3101,6 1998 97,495,1100,098,6100,9101,5 1999 98,798,2100,0 100,494,8 2000 100,0100,2100,0100,1100,093,5 2001 101,3101,6100,099,999,6111,6 2002 102,5103,099,9101,499,197,4 2003 103,8105,899,898,398,796,0 2004 109,0103,8110,2

4. Food consumption in Hungary (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2003) Products Food consumption per capita, kg/capita 19901994199820022003 Meat, meat products, fish 73,169,063,775,472,0 Milk 169,7140,0149,6143,1138,3 Fats 38,638,136,239,039,1 Eggs 21,618,814,716,716,5 Flour, rice 110,391,384,187,888,1 Potatoes 61,058,267,465,364,5 Sugar, honey 38,636,242,132,933,2 Vegetables 83,385,894,3111,7113,7 Fruits 72,369,667,591,686,4

5. The Hungarian Agriculture Utilised agricultural area 60 per cent Utilised agricultural area per capita 0,6 hectare Dominance of cereal production Limited orchard and vineyard areas Decreasing animal husbandry

6. Agricultural enterprises 7 800 Average agricultural area 503 hectare 71 per cent Crop farming 11 per cent Livestock farming 18 per cent Mixed farming Cattle and pig

7. Private holdings (1) 766 000 Average agricultural area 3 hectare 37 per cent Crop farming 25 per cent Livestock farming 38 per cent Mixed farming Pigs, cattle, sheep, horses

8. Private holdings (2) 59 per cent for family consumption 12 per cent for market 29 per cent for family consumption and for market

9. Food processing in enterprises and holdings (2000, 2003) Denomination Share of agricultural enterprises private holdings engaged in food processing (per cent) 2000200320002003 Meat processing 1,150,760,410,40 Milk processing 0,390,380,130,62 Fruit and vegetable processing 1,320,780,210,50 Wine bottling 1,011,270,040,03

10. The Hungarian Food Industry Denomination Number of food processing factories 19901994199820022003 Meat processing and preservation 8786132232249 Poultry processing 3429427479 Processing of fruits and vegetables..74102176180 Dairy processing 3347527066 Production of milling products 48.. 111102 Production of bread and fresh pasta 127118430948963 Production of sugar 1211855 Breweries 109113834 Production of soft drinks 24..318396

11. Key characteristics of the Hungarian Food Industry Decreasing state ownership Decreasing investment Reduction of employment Recreasing productivity

12. Agriculture and Food Industry in the national economy

13. Agriculture and Food Industry in Employment

14. External Trade of cereals and cereal products

15. External Trade of vegetables and fruit products

16. External Trade of meat and meat products

17. External Trade of dairy products

18. Conclusion The change-over to the market economy hit the Agriculture and Food Industry The share of Agriculture and Food Industry in the GDP declined The share of Agriculture and Food Industry in Employment declined The transformation process continues Agriculture and Food Industry should find the place and role in the EU economy

19. Thank you for your attention