The Hungarian branch of Japanese car producer Suzuki generated a sales volume of 8,112 units in 2009, the company announced. This represented a massive decline of 67.4% y/y but the company still managed to retain the top position of the Hungarian market despite that overall market contraction was somewhat weaker at around 60% y/y during the year. Suzukis market share consequently slipped by 2.7pps y/y to 13.5% in 2009. The companys plant in the country meanwhile planned to maintain the level of output, producing180,000 cars in 2010. Spokeswoman for the plant, Viktoria Ruska, pointed out that a revenue growth was targeted for the current year despite the projected stagnation of sales. |
Hungary's investment funds had aggregate assets of HUF 3.657tn (EUR 11.98bn) as of end-February 2013, up by 3.2% m/m, MTI news agency reported citing data from the association of investment funds ... more
The number of employees in Hungary's public and private sectors fell for the tenth straight month in January 2013 declining by 0.6% y/y to 2.574mn, the statistics office informed. The decline ... more
The assembly of state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM) has approved the purchase of the local gas business of German power utility E.ON, Hungary AM reported, citing local daily Magyar ... more