Leather and leather products manufacturers’ sales in the first quarter were 37.9% higher year-on-year, with an increase in sales of 4.6% on the domestic Hungarian market and 43% higher sales on export markets.
The number of cattle in Hungary on April 1 this year was 695,000, compared with 710,000 on the same date in 2007.
Hungarian first quarter production
Hungary's Central Statistical Office reports that the production of leather and leather products in Hungary in the first quarter of this year was 38.1% higher than in the same period in 2007.