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3rd July, 2025

Trade surplus lower on higher volume



Hungary’s trade surplus sank to euro 739 billion in May, down from euro 1.020 billion a year earlier, and also down from euro 1.340 billion in April, the Central Statistics Office reports.

Export volume increased by 3.2% and imports went up by 5.4% from one year earlier.

On a monthly basis, the export volume dropped by 0.6% and imports were up by 2%, according to seasonally and workday adjusted data.

The value of exports in May was up 2%, year-on-year to euro 12.198 billion, while imports went up by 4.8% to euro 11.458 billion.

The trade surplus for the first five months of 2025 amounted to euro 6.1 billion, down from euro 6.6 billion a year earlier. (ksh.hu; mfor.hu; portfolio.hu; economx.hu; novekedes.hu)
3rd July, 2025

MEKH licenses first autonomous electricity generator



MEKH has issued its first licence to a self-sufficient electricity generator, a 1.68MW solar panel operator, the energy and public utility authority announced on Wednesday.

The solar-powered unit will start production at the end of July.

The Electricity Act allows the establishment of self-sufficient electricity generation units larger than 0.5MW from January 1, 2025.

These units do not feed the energy generated into the public grid, but provide it to dedicated users. (portfolio.hu)
3rd July, 2025

AKK completes 96% of 2025 issue plan



The state debt manager AKK has announced the completion of 96% of its revised 2025 financing plan, which was amended in June.

The agency fulfilled 75% of the net issuance target for the institutional forint market, 45% for the retail forint segment, and 148% of the net foreign currency financing goal.

The average remaining maturity of central budget debt stands at 5.6 years, split between 4.1 years for forint-denominated debt and 9 years for foreign currency obligations. (portfolio.hu; mfor.hu)


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