LOGISTICS &

TRANSPORTATION
INDUSTRY

IN HUNGARY
HUNGARY
SMART.
AMBITIOUS.
COMPETITIVE.
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6 ABOUT HUNGARY

14 WHY HUNGARY?

16 LOCATION

18 INFRASTRUCTURE

38 LABOUR FORCE

HUNGARIAN INVESTMENT Published by the Hungarian Investment

42 Promotion Agency, HIPA
PROMOTION AGENCY (HIPA) All rights reserved © HIPA, 2018
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ABOUT HUNGARY
MAIN FIGURES

CURRENCY GDP (PPS) GDP GROWTH

FORM OF
GOVERNMENT FORINT EUR 192,855 4.0%
PARLIAMENTARY (HUF) MILLION (2017, HCSO)
(2016, HCSO)
REPUBLIC

AREA TIME ZONE

GMT + 1 HOUR
93,023 m 2

INFLATION
2.4%
(2017, HCSO)

HUNGARY

OTHER MAJOR CITIES

POPULATION

POPULATION CAPITAL Debrecen (201,981)

BUDAPEST Szeged (161,137)
9,797,561 POPULATION Miskolc (157,177)
(2017, HCSO)
1,752,704 Pécs (144,675)
(2017, HCSO) Győr (129,301)

CLIMATE RISK OF NATURAL

TEMPERATE DISASTERS
(similar to the rest of VERY LOW
the continental zone)

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS
EU, UN, OECD, WTO, NATO, IMF, EC
EU member since 2004 (Source: HCSO
= Hungarian Central Statistical Office)
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 9

ABOUT HUNGARY

H
FDI IN FOCUS ungary is an open economy where particu-
lar emphasis is placed on encouraging foreign
direct investment (FDI). Partnership with
potential investors is a national priority; special atten-
tion is paid to the needs of companies already settled
in Hungary, and to the further improvement of the
business climate.

66%
YOU CAN 62%
51%
COUNT ON THE 40%
GOVERNMENT’S 32%
Inward FDI stock

COMMITMENT amounted to 66% of the

GDP (2016) the highest
TO FURTHER ratio in the region.

IMPROVE THE HUNGARY CZECH

REPUBLIC
SLOVAKIA POLAND SLOVENIA Source: wiiw FDI Database

BUSINESS CLIMATE
 11

ABOUT HUNGARY ...has modified its

taxation and incentive
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT system related to R&D
activities to make
Hungary the innovation
hub of CEE.
INVESTMENTS IN FOCUS

...offers companies a
…is committed to strategic partnership,
further reduce taxes and provides them
on employment. with fast access to the
Government.

IN ORDER TO IMPROVE
THE BUSINESS CLIMATE ...is helping
companies to function
THE HUNGARIAN reliably by providing a
clear agenda on economic
GOVERNMENT... development and FDI
strategy.

...further improved
the practice-based
dual education system
built on industry
needs.

...has created
...has introduced its
...has introduced a the most competitive
unique economic
new incentive scheme CIT in the EU
development plan
supporting with 9% flat rate.
based on Industry 4.0
technology intensive
requirements.
investments.
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 13

HUNGARIAN EXPLORE THE COUNTRYSIDE

ABOUT HUNGARY PARLIAMENT
Hungary’s diverse countryside offers a wide
BUILDING
QUALITY OF LIFE ranked range of outdoor activities: 11,000 kilometres

10th
in world's top 10
landmarks for 2018
by TripAdvisor
of hiking routes; more than 4,000 kilometres of
cycle paths; 14 golf courses; 10 national parks;
and many protected nature reserves for those
in love with fresh air. The protected Puszta-
region, the Great Plain, the romantic Danube
Bend with its historic sites, and pretty baroque
towns, such as Eger, attract visitors all over the
year. Lake Balaton, the largest fresh water lake
in Central Europe, is a perfect holiday resort.

HUNGARY
ranked among the

TOP 5 COUNTRIES
in the BOCUSE D'OR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS
competition Expatriates looking to stick with the curricula
in 2017
of their home countries can choose from a
range of private international schools for
their children. There are also many English,
German or French public and private pre-
schools for children aged from three to six.
The school year starts in September and
ends in June, and school buses are usually
available at private schools. There are many
opportunities to study in a foreign language
at universities too.

GASTRO STORY
The dining scene in Budapest is livelier
than ever, practically you can find the
cuisines of every culture in the capital,
from high-end Michelin-star restaurants
to no-frill eateries, small bistros and
must-try food trucks.
Did you know that…
EXPATS LIKE HUNGARY …the kindergarten and the elementary
Budapest is a city full of surprises and school division of the International School of
wonders, with its lively centre, pretty parks, Debrecen will start to operate in September
majestic river, tall church spires, and lavish 2019 and its upper school education starts
spas. One of the most exciting cities in the running from September 2020?
world, Budapest is full of secrets, hidden spots
to explore, and old favourites to revisit. This is
the city where being bored is not an option.
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 15

ABOUT
WHY HUNGARY?
HUNGARY HUNGARY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES AN IDEAL LOCATION Direct flights
to 129 destinations
FOR REGIONAL from Budapest
DISTRIBUTION Airport

CENTRES

Customised logistics Nr. 1 in length of

solutions by top motorways in CEE
27h international service (EU Transport in
providers Figures 2016)
DENMARK

18h 1500 km
2.5h

1000 km
9h
1.5h 500 km
1h
World-class quality
Budapest infrastructure

36h 18h
54h

Meets the special storage

Easy access to both
and handling needs of
Western and Eastern
perishable, pharmaceutical
European countries
and biotech products
from the heart of the
continent
MALTA
CYPRUS

GMT + 1 hour
World-class
warehousing
solutions
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haven Bremerhaven

17
Swinoujscie
Bremen
Hamburg Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary
Rostock
Osnabrück Szczecin

Hannover Poznan
Berlin

LOCATION
Duisburg
Dortmund Magdeburg
Csaba Szuchy
Braun-
schweig Group Distribution Centre Director,
PROXIMITY AND EASY ACCESS Frankfurt
Leipzig
Erfurt Oriflame
Wroclaw
Mainz Dresden
Würzburg
Mann-
heim Nuremberg Plzen Pardubice Ostrava

Karlsruhe Prague Kosice “As a leading Swedish cosmetics producer, logistics is cen-
Regensburg
Brno Zilina
tral to our competitiveness and service. Given the growth of
Strasbourg
Stuttgart Vienna Bratislava
our company, it was clear that we needed a new distribution
Munich Salzburg Wels/Linz centre to serve our customers better and more efficiently.
Debrecen
After analysing various options, we selected Hungary and
Budapest
Győr Suceava the city of Üllő, near Budapest, as a central hub for the distri-
Iași
bution of our products to 12 countries around Europe. With
Cluj-Napoca its central location, we can deliver orders within 48-72 hrs.
Brașov
Bordeaux
Lyon
Trieste Ljubljana
Arad Excellent road infrastructure, being in close proximity to the
Venice
Toulouse Turin Milan
Timișoara
international airport, and having access to a skilled labour
Zagreb Ploiești Sulina
Novara Padova Koper Bucharest
force were other key factors in our decision. To develop our
Craiova Constanța
ao
Avignon
Verona
Slavonski Brod Vukovar
Calafat Giurgiu
new and modern facility, we selected Goodman, a global
Narbonne Bologna

Genova Ravenna
Rijeka Vidin Ruse leader in the ownership, development and management of

European Commission, REGULATION (EU) No 1316/2013 O.J. L348 - 20/12/2013

Barcelona
Marseille/
Fos-s.-m.
Nice
La Spezia Burgas logistics space, who met all our expectations and delivered
Zaragoza Sofia Plovdiv
Tarragona the facility in only six months.”

drid

Valencia

TRANS-EUROPEAN
Thessaloniki Alexandroupolis
Igoumenitsa
Alcázar
de San Juan
Murcia

TRANSPORT NETWORK
ba
Cartagena
Athens/Piraeus
ra/
a
Almería Patras TEN-T CORE NETWORK CORRIDORS
Lefkosia
Limasol

H
ungary is located at the crossroads of three
TEN-T Core Network Corridors, granting
easy access to the 500 million consumer
market of the European Union. Several major Euro-
pean ports are nearby, as are the rapidly growing
markets of the Balkans, the CIS states and Turkey.
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 19

INFRASTRUCTURE
MOTORWAY NETWORK

MOTORWAY NETWORK
COVERING THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY
Source: EU Transport in Figures – Statistical Pocketbook 2017

LENGTH Existing
Future development
OF MOTORWAYS IN CEE
UKRAINE
(km) 1884 SLOVAKIA
Záhony

Vienna M30
1800
1559
Beregdaróc
Bratislava
1600 M3 Vásárosnamény
M15 M2 M49
1400 AUSTRIA M25 M3
1200 M1 M10
M3
1000 M86
M0 M35
800 776 747 734
BudapestM0
M4
600 463 M4

400 M8
M8
200 M9
M44
HUNGARY POLAND CZECH ROMANIA BULGARIA SLOVAKIA M5
REPUBLIC M7
SLOVENIA
M9
M9 ROMANIA
M9 M43
M6
M60

Zagreb SERBIA
CROATIA
MOTORWAYS IN HUNGARY

T
hanks to Hungary’s highly developed M1: Budapest – AUT
transport infrastructure and an estab- M3: Budapest – RO/UKR/SK
lished background in logistics, compa- M5: Budapest – SRB
nies can benefit from remarkably high efficiency M6: Budapest – Pécs
and added value – enabling them to dramati- M7: Budapest – SLO
cally improve the quality of their services.
Hungary has one of the highest motorway den-
sities in all of Europe and the third highest road
density, after Belgium and the Netherlands.
6 European capitals can be reached from Buda-
pest within only a few hours’ drive on motorway.
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 21

INFRASTRUCTURE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT

RAILWAY NETWORK CONNECTION
BETWEEN FAR EAST AND EUROPE
Bremerhaven
Hamburg
Rotterdam

Duisburg Moscow Nizhny

Nowgorod Ekaterinburg
Tyumen
Moscow
Linz Omsk
Novosibirsk
Munich Vienna Záhony/Chop Osinki
Tayshet Ulan-Ude

Chortomlyk Bryansk Krasnoyarsk Irkutsk Chita

Salzburg Iletsk Zabaykalsk/Manzhouli Harbin
Trieste Budapest Aktogay Vladivostok
Arad Ploiesti Shenyang
Dalian
Druzhba/Ala Shankou

Koper Rijeka Belgrade

Peking
Tianjin Incheon
Constanta Tokio
Qingdao Busan
Osaka
Shanghai

Chongqing

Distance (km) Transit time (days)

Piraeus Rail 11,000 19–22

Sea 20,000 24–47

H
ungary has direct connection to all
significant harbours and terminals in
Europe. Several main train lines connect
Hungary with the main ports of Western Europe
(e.g. Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam), the
Adriatic (Koper, Rijeka, Trieste), the Mediterranean
(Piraeus) and the Black Sea (Constanta) with
RAILWAYS regular block train services.
Záhony, the Hungarian border city plays a significant
role in the East-West rail transport: this is where the
Scheduled Non- Scheduled European standard gauge railway network meets
block trains scheduled barge service the eastern broad gauge system, and the transfer
takes approximately 19 to 22 days to China.
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 23

INFRASTRUCTURE THE HUNGARIAN

RAILWAY NETWORK RAILWAY NETWORK
RFC lines in Hungary 2016

km7,712
HUNGARY
km

HIGHLY DEVELOPED
NATIONAL RAILWAY
NETWORK

T
he railway network spans the entire country LEGEND
and is an integral part of the international Stations
railway network, thus providing easy access RFC 11: Amber RFC
by international express trains from the neighbour- main line
RFC 6: Mediterranean RFC
ing regions and numerous other European coun-
diversionary line
tries. The total length of the Hungarian railway main line
system is 7,712 km, of which 1,224 km (15.9%) is RFC7: Orient/East-Med RFC
double-track, whilst the electrified railway network diversionary line
has a total length of 3,083 km (40%). main line

HUNGARY IS
RANKED
Nr. 6
BY RAILWAY LINE DENSITY
IN EUROPE
*Source: Eurostat
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 25

INFRASTRUCTURE DANUBE-RHINE-MAIN
WATERWAYS AND PORTS CANAL
TEN-T Core Danube ports: Komárom, Budapest

TEN-T Comprehensive Danube ports:

Győr-Gönyű, Dunaújváros, Paks, Baja, Mohács

Major inland ports are located in Győr-Gönyű,

Komárom, Budapest, Dunaújváros, Paks, Baja
and Mohács.

Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp

Constanta

THROUGH THE CONTINENT

H
ungary is landlocked but has access to the
North Sea and the Black Sea via the river
Danube. The Danube-Rhine-Main Canal
connects Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp and
the industrial centres of Western Europe with the
Black Sea, through the Danube–Black Sea Canal
with Constanta.
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 27

NUMBER OF DIRECT FLIGHTS

INFRASTRUCTURE FROM BUDAPEST A WEEK
AIR TRANSPORT / FLYING TIME IN HOURS
TO SOME MAJOR DESTINATIONS

Amsterdam Berlin Doha Istanbul Munich Prague

Note: Summer flight schedule 2018

38 / 2:10 40 / 1:30 14 / 5:20 28 / 2:05 31 / 1:15 43 / 1:25
Astana Brussels Dubai Kiev New York Rome
2 / 5:15 39 / 2:00 9 / 5:20 11 / 1:40 4 / 9:45 25 / 1:50
Athens Cairo Dublin Lisbon Oslo Tel Aviv
11 / 2:00 4 / 3:05 13 / 3:20 11 / 3:55 10 / 2:30 21 / 3:15
BUDAPEST Baku Chicago Frankfurt London Paris Toronto

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2 / 3:45

Beijing
2 / 10:15
Copenhagen
49 / 1:45
Helsinki
91 / 2:50
Moscow
42 / 2:20
Philadelphia
10 / 9:40
Vienna
THE FASTEST GROWING 4 / 9:55 8 / 1:50 37 / 2:20 21 / 2:30 7 / 10:30 21 / 0:45

CEE AIRPORT Zurich

21 / 1:40

DIRECT FLIGHTS
FROM DEBRECEN

Munich Dortmund*
5 / 1:30 2 / 2:05

H
ungary is within two hours by air from most London Barcelona*
major European capitals, and provides a 9 / 2:55 2 / 2:45
key link between Europe and the rapidly Paris Basel-
expanding markets of the East. 2 / 2:40 Mulhouse-
Budapest Airport had 14.5% increase in passen- Győr-Pér Milan Freiburg*
Debrecen
ger numbers and 13.4% increase in cargo volumes 2 / 1:50 2 / 2:00
in 2017, serving millions of businesses and pas- BUDAPEST Eindhoven Doncaster/
sengers. More than 125 direct flights are operated 3 / 2:20 Sheffield*
from Budapest to North-America, Middle East, Malmö 2 / 2:55
China and almost all European countries. Sármellék 2 / 1:55 Larnaca*
Tel Aviv 2 / 2:45
BUD: 2020 2 / 3:15
As part of the current EUR 160 million bud: 2020 Pécs-Pogány Moscow *new flights
Development Program, Cargo City a 16,000 sqm 2 / 2:10 from December
2018
new dedicated air cargo handling facility will be
handed over in Q2 2019, and will expand the hub’s
cargo handling capacity to 250,000 tons per year.
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 29

INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECT FLIGHTS

AIR TRANSPORT FROM BUDAPEST Tampere

St. Petersburg
Helsinki
Bergen
Oslo
Reykjavik Stockholm (ARN, NYO) Moscow
(SVO, VKO)
MORE THAN
125
Stavanger

Gothenburg Riga
13 MILLION
Glasgow Edinburgh
PASSENGERS
Copenhagen
IN 2017
MORE THAN Billund
Malmo
Minsk

125 CITIES
Leeds Bradford
Dublin
Liverpool Manchester

ARE DIRECTLY
Chicago Nottingham
New York Birmingham Hamburg Warsaw
Hanover

AVAILABLE
Philadelphia Bristol Amsterdam Berlin (TXL, SXF)
Kiev
Toronto London (LHR, LGW, LTN, STN) Rotterdam
Eindhoven Dortmund
Dusseldorf
Brussels (BRU, CRL) Cologne
Krakow
Frankfurt Prague
Nuremberg*
Paris (CDG, BVA, ORY) Stuttgart
Baku
Munich Vienna
Kutaisi
Basel Zurich Budapest
Tirgu Mures
Geneva
Lyon Bergamo Bucharest
Bordeaux Venice
Milan Belgrade

Santander Bologna
Chicago Nice
Pisa Bourgas
New York Porto
Marseille
Istanbul (IST, SAW)
Philadelphia
5X
Rome
Toronto Barcelona
FCO, CIA)
Madrid Bari Thessaloniki
Naples
Lisbon Alghero
Corfu
Valencia Palma de Mallorca

BEST AIRPORT
Ibiza
Alicante
Faro Athens
Zakynthos
Rhodes
IN THE EASTERN Malaga
Palermo
Catania
Larnaca
Paphos

EUROPE REGION Algiers

Heraklion Tel Aviv
Astana
(Skytrax, 2014, 2015, Malta
Beijing
2016, 2017, 2018)
Doha
Dubai
Marrakech Cairo
Tenerife
Agadir
Las Palmas Fuerteventura Hurghada
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 31

INFRASTRUCTURE CLICK ON HUNGARY!

TELECOMMUNICATIONS & ICT The government is
implementing
an info communication
development program
to create
Digital Hungary

THE GOALS
From 2019 at least OF THE
30 Mbps DEVELOPMENTS
internet will be available
Assessing
in every household, and
the relationship
100 Mbps
between public
internet in every
transport and
second household
Hungary's fourth e-mobility
generation (4G)
mobile Internet coverage
Improve will be complete by the
Zoltán Kaszás the efficiency end of the year. The Digital
CEO of public The current rate is 95 % Workforce Program
T-Systems Hungary administration and compared to the 59 % places emphasis on the
the management EU average training of a workforce
of day-to-day
”The Government's role played in the support of with a high level of digital
affairs
digital values and skills as well as the advanced professional qualifications
state of the Hungarian infocommunication industry within the scheme of
have created such a unique eco-system in Europe The Industry vocational training
that provides a firm basis for Hungary to be an 4.0 program
international flagship country in the fields of Adult education, supports digital
digital infrastructure and the incorporated smart retraining transformation in
services. This is a significant achievement because and continuation all sectors of the
every industry, service provider and production training Hungarian
company needs info communication, and thus the economy
development of infocommunication pulls along the
entire economy almost automatically.”
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 33

INFRASTRUCTURE HIGH STANDARD

LOGISTICS PREMISES & SERVICES LOGISTICS SERVICES

T
he Hungarian logistics market comprises
both the world’s largest contract logistics
providers and Hungarian-owned companies
offering sophisticated services, consistent flexibility,
complete reliability and competitive prices.

WORLD-CLASS
LOGISTICS PREMISES

I
n 2017 Q3, prime logistics space in Budapest area
costs EUR 44.4/sqm/year, according to Cushman
& Wakefield. The prime rent in Hungary is one of
the lowest in the region, thanks to its low property
and building costs.

INDUSTRIAL PRIME RENTS (EUR / sqm / annum)

Logistics activities The logistics Over
EUR / sqm are the most often industry accounts 250,000
70 63.0 outsourced services more than 6% of the jobs related to
in Hungary. Hungarian GDP. this sector.

44.4
60
49.8
Source: Cushman & Wakefield

50
43.2
40
30
Sept 2017

20 Major Hungarian players, including the

10 Masped Group, Waberer’s and Trans-
Sped, have enhanced their regional role
0
by investing in neighbouring countries.
HUNGARY SLOVAKIA CZECH REPUBLIC POLAND
(Budapest) (Bratislava) (Prague) (Warsaw)
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 35

INFRASTRUCTURE
INDUSTRIAL & LOGISTICS FACILITIES

MORE THAN

2.04
MILLION
SQUARE METRES
MODERN LOGISTICS
AND WAREHOUSE
PARKS

MODERN INDUSTRIAL
& LOGISTICS FACILITIES

H
ungary offers a diverse range of industrial
parks: investors can currently choose from
more than 2.04 million square metres Warehousing Customs Forwarding
modern logistics and warehouse parks. arrangements

Green- and Good access to Excellent New technology Administration Financial Legal Extra
brownfield highways infrastructure and logistical (authority services consulting services
investments services parks permits)
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 37

INFRASTRUCTURE MORE THAN

120 250 800

INDUSTRIAL & LOGISTICS FACILITIES

INDUSTRIAL OFFICES GREEN- AND

PARKS BROWNFIELD
ARE WAITING FOR SITES
YOUR INVESTMENT
INDUSTRIAL PARKS
IN HUNGARY

Salgotarján
Miskolc Nyíregyháza
Eger

Győr Tatabánya
Budapest
Debrecen
Székesfehérvár
Veszprém
Szombathely
Szolnok
Zalaegerszeg
Kecskemét Békéscsaba Weifeng Zheng
CEO of Huawei
Hungary
Kaposvár
Szekszárd Szeged
Pécs “Huawei Technologies is a world leading ICT
solutions provider. The company manufactures
in Hungary since 2009 and also established its
European logistics centre in Hungary near the
capital Budapest in 2013. It supplies 55 countries
from Hungary. Such as European, North African
countries and the Middle East, plus Russia. The
centre is operated by an EMS partner, DHL. Huawei
has chosen Hungary as a hub for its continental
level logistic operations because of the excellent
geographical location, transportation infrastructure
and cost effective, but qualified labour.”
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 39

LABOUR FORCE
EDUCATION
YOU CAN MAJOR HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITIES
WITH AVAILABLE LOGISITICS EDUCATION
RELY ON GLOBALLY
ACKNOWLEDGED BUDAPEST
Corvinus University of Budapest
HUMAN CAPITAL AT Budapest Business School
Budapest Metropolitan University

A COMPETITIVE COST Szent István University

Tomori Pál College
King Sigismund University

GYŐR TATABÁNYA GÖDÖLLŐ MISKOLC

Széchenyi István Edutus College Szent István University
University University of Miskolc
TERTIARY EDUCATION
IN HUNGARY SOPRON
University
of Sopron
ACADEMIC YEAR DEBRECEN
2016/2017 SZOMBATHELY
University
of Debrecen
Eötvös Loránd
University GYÖNGYÖS
Eszterházy Károly
NO. OF INSTITUTIONS University

65 VESZPRÉM
University
of Pannonia KECSKEMÉT, SZOLNOK
John von Neumann
University

KAPOSVÁR SZEGED BÉKÉSCSABA

Total number of students Kaposvár University Szent István

287,018 University of Szeged University

of which 205,560
are fulltime

6 Hungarian universities appear in the QS World

University Rankings® 2018 (which is one of the
most widely read university comparisons listing
Each year around
5,000 students
Strong cooperation
between Hungary’s most
Competitive
wages
the world’s top 959 universities) listing the world’s study for vocational prestigious universities and in the service
top 959 universities). qualifications international companies sector.
related to logistics. (Audi, Daimler, Huawei).
Source: HCSO
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 41

LABOUR FORCE In the school year 2015/2016, 559,272 Hungarian

primary school students and 495,701 secondary
LANGUAGES school students were learning foreign languages,
mostly English and German. Hungary has approxi-
mately 200 bilingual primary and secondary
educational institutions, where over 40,000 young
Hungarians study mainly in English, German, French,

200 Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese.

In the academic year 2016/2017, over 50,000 full-time
BILINGUAL PRIMARY students were studying 36 different foreign languages
& SECONDARY in universities or colleges. All tertiary education
EDUCATIONAL degrees include a foreign language certificate and
INSTITUTIONS computer skills. The most common languages taught
at universities are English, German, French, Spanish,
and Russian, but more exotic languages such as
Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Japanese,
Chinese, Portuguese, and Arabic are also taught.

PART OF ERASMUS
INTERNATIONAL
STUDY PROGRAM

Thomas Straumits
Managing Director,
MSD Hungary

“MSD Regional Distribution Centre started its

operation in 2014 June in collaboration with UPS as

S
ince Hungary’s entry into the EU, there has
been a growing number of native language
speakers at our universities, and an increas-
ing number of Hungarians study abroad. Since 1997,
Hungary has been part of Erasmus, the EU’s largest
and most successful mobility program. Hungary is
also an active participant in the Life Long Learning
program, which helps to provide international intern-
ships for students.
service provider. RDC is located in Budaörs. It is an
ideal location in middle of CEE, surrounding countries
connected through motorways. RDC is serving 14
countries currently. Engagement, ambition, flexibility
combined with multi-lingual capacity is an ultimate
advantage of the people working in the distribution
centre. RDC team is an excellent role model for the
whole region and best practices are shared within the
operations of MSD.”
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 43

HIPA
OUR SERVICES

HOW DO WE
SUPPORT YOUR
LOGISTICS PROJECT?

BEFORE AFTER
YOU MAKE A DECISION YOU HAVE CHOSEN
WE OFFER YOU…. HUNGARY

….one-stop-shop …tailor-made incentive …location search We are open to your We support your
management offers and information & evaluation feedback and offer mediation further expansion
consultancy services packages on the + between government and plans.
to address your business environment, site visits. and business based
business needs. labour market, tax on your inputs.
regulations, etc.

PLEASE CONTACT US
…meetings with …reference visits
…assistance with Address: 1055 Budapest, Honvéd utca 20.
HR & real estate agencies, at companies that are
your incentive Customer service: investment@hipa.hu
law firms and already established
application. Telephone: +36 1 872 6520
other consultants in Hungary.
Web: www.hipa.hu
based on your needs.
 Logistics & Transportation Industry in Hungary 45

HIPA GOVERNMENT Regional grants are the most typical forms of

incentives for greenfield / brownfield investments
INCENTIVES OVERVIEW INCENTIVES or reinvestments. The maximum amount of regional
incentive is shown on the regional aid intensity
map. The map above illustrates that regional aid
available for investment for a large enterprise may

A
s a member of the European Union, Hungary’s be up to 50% of the eligible costs of the investment,
regulations on incentive opportunities are in depending on the region. For investments not
accordance with the EU rules. One of Hungary’s exceeding EUR 50 million, the maximum intensity
TRAINING PROGRAMS
competitive advantages over other countries in the ratio can be increased by 10 percent for medium-
region is the Government’s strong commitment to sized and by 20 percent for small enterprises.
FOR EMPLOYEES
increase the competitiveness of SMEs and large MAY BE SUBSIDIZED
enterprises in Hungary.
Alongside the regulatory tools that contribute to the
CENTRAL HUNGARY, Budapest
competitive business environment of local companies,
Hungary offers wide-ranging incentives to facilitate
foreign direct investments and reinvestments by
0 / 20 / 35% Miskolc

35%
local enterprises. In addition to the "Made in Hungary"
type investments, increasing emphasis is being put NORTHERN

25%
HUNGARY
on "Invented in Hungary" type of projects with the
aim of supporting the implementation of Industry Győr Debrecen
4.0 solutions and the strengthening of Hungary as an

50%
CENTRAL NORTHERN
innovation hub of Europe. TRANSDANUBIA GREAT PLAIN

From the beginning of 2017, favorable changes have WESTERN Székesfehérvár

been introduced in the non-refundable VIP cash grant TRANS-
DANUBIA
system supporting R&D projects and technology-
SOUTHERN
intensive investments. SOUTHERN GREAT PLAIN
TRANSDANUBIA
Szeged

Pécs Different preferential

terms for eligibility
THESE INCENTIVES INCLUDE,
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
The maximum available aid intensity decreases if
the investment is a large investment (exceeding
EUR 50 million): 50% of the maximum aid intensity
TAX INCENTIVES determined in the regional aid map is available
CASH SUBSIDIES reduction of for investment between EUR 50 and EUR 100
for investments, corporate tax, million, with 34% of the maximum aid intensity for
training, social tax, or for investment over EUR 100 million.
job creation LOW-INTEREST encouraging R&D TRAINING For information on up-to-date and individual
and R&D LOANS activities… SUBSIDIES incentive packages please contact HIPA directly.
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