Abstract
The main goal of our paper is to evaluate the economic performance of processing industry and its significance within food industry, furthermore to define economic weight of processed goods made of nuts and berries. Fruit and vegetable processing industry plays a key role in Hungarian food industry: it provides 10% of its production value and revenue, its export is outstanding and its export-import balance was positive in the last 15 years. Purchase of berries has been continuously reduced in the processing industry, mostly raspberry and blackberry decreased. Nut products is and important group; their revenue was 12% of the industry’s revenue in 2012. Processed goods made of nuts and berries are high added value products, while the purchased quantity is small, the value of finished products is high, especially in case of nuts.
Highlights
Hungary is engaged in widely acknowledged agricultural production for thousands of years thanks to its natural conditions, from which major part is processed by food industry (Hajdú-Lakner, 1999)
Main objective of the paper is to evaluate the economic performance of fruit and vegetable processing industry and its significance within food industry, including the definition of the economic weight of processed products made of nuts and berries
The significance of fruit and vegetable processing industry within food industry Hungarian food industry can be divided to 9 sectors and 25 sub sectors based on the KSH defined nomenclature
Summary
Hungary is engaged in widely acknowledged agricultural production for thousands of years thanks to its natural conditions, from which major part is processed by food industry (Hajdú-Lakner, 1999). In the last 30 years food industry had to face a change of regime, EU-accession and a global economic crisis, which put the industry in difficult situation (Gyarakay, 2013). Despite food industry managed to maintain its importance, as it has the third greatest output regarding processing industries and it employs the most people. The food industry’s share in national gross output and added value but it is decreasing, in spite of the fact its value is increasing. Main objective of the paper is to evaluate the economic performance of fruit and vegetable processing industry and its significance within food industry, including the definition of the economic weight (production, commerce) of processed products made of nuts and berries
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