Hungary - Gateway to Europe
Business Forum – Ulaanbaatar
5 September 2014
Sándor Holbok
President
Hungarian-Mongolian Committee of the HCCI
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Hungary in the heart of Europe
Land: 93,030 km2
Population: 9,962 million people
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Hungarian economy at a glance
• Presence of the most important
global companies (GE, IBM,
GM, TATA Consulting, ALCOA,
Suzuki, Nokia, Ericsson,
Flextronics, Mercedes-Benz,
GEA, EDF, Exxon, Vodafone,
Deutsche Telekom etc.)
• Companies with regional impact
(MOL, OTP, TriGránit, Fornetti
etc.)
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Hungarian economy at a glance II.
• SMEs provide 60 % of
employment, contribute to GDP
by 40 %
• Strong focus on exports
• Reliance on imported energy
sources
• Excellent geographical location
and transportation routes despite
being landlocked
GDP growth
Source: Eurostat
Inflation
Source: Eurostat
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Industrial Production (billion HUF)
Source: HCSO
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Stock of Foreign Direct Investments in Hungary
Million EUR
Source: National Bank of Hungary, 2014
New methodology
from 2008
Repurchase of
MOL shares ;
Devaluation of HUF
Foreign Direct Investment Stock of
Hungary (M Euros)
Source: kormany.hu
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FDI by investor countries
Source: kormany.hu
Mongolian-Hungarian economic relations
• Bilateral trade volume is very low
• Currently no Mongolian investments in Hungary
• Hungarian Export to Mongolia: 12 000 000 USD
• Mongolian Export to Hungary: 24 530 USD
• Hungarian export growth was 20,4% in 2013
• Hungarian-Mogolian Joint Committee
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Most important goods exported from
Hungary to Mongolia in 2013 (Million USD)
• Pharmaceuticals:
2,3
• Office and data processing machines:
0,5
• Electrical machines, appliances, instruments:
0,35
• Food:
0,32
Cooperation and business opportunities
• Agriculture: food safety, plant protection, butchery
• Water- and environment-related solutions
• Construction: infrastructure, urbanization, restoration of
buildings, industrial parks
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Hungarian-Mongolian Committee
• Established in 2013
• Goals:
- transfer information on business opportunities in Mongolia
- strengthening the economic relations between the two countries
• Take part in business events related to Mongolia such as business
meetings, forums, conferences and delegations to Mongolia
• Secretariat provided by the Hungarian Chamber of Coomerce and
Industry
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The Hungarian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
• The chamber system is governed by the Act on Chambers (Public law
chamber)
• National Chamber coordinates the activities of 23 regional chambers
• The chamber represents the whole Hungarian economy: micro, handicraft,
small, medium, big and also multinational companies
• Largest entrepreneurial association – assurres the legitimacy of the special
position and the weight of the observations on legislation
• Registration of trade and industry companies (excluding agriculture) from
1 January 2012 (more than 500.000 registered companies)
• Public tasks in vocational training
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The Hungarian Chamber system
• Leaders are active CEOs and company owners
• More than 600 employees and 90 regional offices covering the whole
country
• Chambers have an important role in the regulatory bodies of the regional
economic life
• Increased support, increasing importance of Chamber-managed public
tasks (Vocational training, master of crafts, register of construction
companies and grant consultants, management of newspapers etc.)
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Services offered by the HCCI
• Transfer of business information and business
offers
• Issue and certification of trade documentation
(Certificate of origin, ATA Carnet etc.)
• Organization of information sessions, trainings,
seminars
• Development of bilateral economic relations
• Counselling on applications for EU funds and
grants
• Internet portal and newsletters
• Széchenyi Card System - financial support for
SMEs
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International relations of the
Hungarian chambers
• Brussels Office, bilateral chambers in 5 neighbour countries
• HCCI is a regular member of Eurochambres, the association of the
European Chambers of Commerce and Industry
• 5 European Enterprise Network offices in 5 regional Chambers of
Commerce
• Establishment of 10 bilateral committees in priority relations (China,
Arab countries, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Russia, Turkey, Western-Balkans)
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A core activity by each of the Chambers is
the facilitation of market entry and the
establishment of business relations for
its members
 Organization of seminars,
conferences and B2B meetings
 Participation in international projects
and initiatives
 Partnership and agreements with
foreign chambers in 70 countries
 Regular contact and events with
embassies, trade commissioners and
trade promotion organizations
Thank you for your kind attention!
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