Ministry of Agriculture: Hungarian agricultural exports must be increased

Hungarian agricultural and food exports need to be increased, which requires both traditional and new markets, the Deputy State Secretary for International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture said in Szekszárd on Thursday. The Ministry of Agriculture would increase agricultural exports to the east Dávid Bencsik added at a press conference held at the fifth stage of his journey to boost agricultural exports: 82.5 percent of Hungarian agricultural exports go to Western European countries. In his opinion, this one-sidedness should be moved towards balance by involving eastern and southern markets in order for Hungarian products to reach as widely as possible. The Deputy Secretary of State stated that this year opened a new era in agricultural diplomacy, fundamentally changed the focus according to the foreign economic priorities of the country and the government. The focus was on the development of agricultural exports, agricultural logistics, export coordination, the mapping of ...