{"id":41012,"date":"2026-03-12T15:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/?p=41012"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:22:24","slug":"hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Ukraine & Hungary economic dialogue<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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\u20ac2.6 bn<\/h4>\n

HU is a net exporter of goods with a surplus of \u20ac2.6bn in 2025, and is an important supplier of energy resources \r\nin Ukraine<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Services trade is stable, \r\nand Hungary remains a net exporter, supporting trade routes between Ukraine \r\nand the EU<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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4.2mln<\/h4>\n

Ukrainians entered the EU through the UA-HU border during 2022-2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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UA, as a part of the automotive cluster, exports both electrical components and processing services<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Centre for Economic Strategy (CES), an independent Ukrainian think tank that analyzes key public policies and promotes support for reforms.<\/p>\n

With donor support, CES has launched a series of studies on trade relations between Ukraine and the European Union countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Free movements of goods and services<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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HU exports to UA mainly natural gas, fuel and electricity, electrical machinery, pharma and vehicles<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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UA exports to HU electrical machinery and equipment as part of the automotive cluster, as well as sugar, confectionery, cereals, oilseeds, and wood<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\u20ac236 mln<\/h4>\n

HU is a net exporter \r\nof services, with a surplus \r\nof \u20ac236 mln in 2024, focusing on transport, logistics, \r\nand travel services<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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UA exported processing and transport services. Transport services have more than doubled on both sides since 2021<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Trade Balance UA-HU 2024<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Free movement of persons and capital<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Pre war:<\/div>\n
15k<\/div>\n

Ukrainians in Hungary in 2021<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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43k<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

late-2025, largely women and minors, with man flow in 2024-2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n

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157k<\/div>\n

ethnic Hungarians \r\nconcentrated in Zakarpattia, reported by UA in 2001<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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8.9k<\/div>\n

HU-language student numbers (2024\/25)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n

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Refugees in HU, Nov.2025<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Tighter co-operation potential<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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    Cross-border logistics and transportation will benefit foreign trade and the economic development of both countries.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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    HU’s complete rejection of russian oil in favour of Adria\/JANAF capacity will increase demand for HU fuel from UA.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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    Supply chains deepening between firms in the automotive industry, agrifood, construction materials, pharma and financial services will require additional investments amid EU standards and rules.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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    Interesting fact<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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    HU is the largest supplier of electricity to UA with almost 40% share.<\/p>\n

    Flex Mukachevo in Zakarpattia produces coffee machines for global brands, including Nespresso, exporting through HU.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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    The brochure is produced\u00a0by\u00a0Centre for Economic Strategy\u00a0\u00a0with the support of the\u00a0Askold and Dir Fund\u00a0as a part of the\u00a0the Strong Civil Society of Ukraine \u2014 a Driver towards Reforms and Democracy project,\u00a0implemented by ISAR Ednannia,\u00a0funded by Norway and Sweden. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of\u00a0Centre for Economic Strategy\u00a0and can in no way be taken to reflect the views\u00a0the\u00a0Government of Norway, the Government of Sweden and ISAR Ednannia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    HU is the largest supplier of electricity to UA with almost 40% share. Flex Mukachevo in Zakarpattia produces coffee machines for global brands, including Nespresso.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":41103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-country-research.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[660],"experts":[662],"news_type":[140],"class_list":["post-41012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-list-en","tag-eu-partnerships","experts-nataliia_kolesnichenko-en","news_type-researches"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41012"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41993,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41012\/revisions\/41993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41012"},{"taxonomy":"experts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experts?post=41012"},{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=41012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}