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Population

9,730,000 (2021)

Official language

Hungarian

Currency

Hungarian forint (Ft)

Capital

Budapest

Time Zone

UTC+1 (CET); Summer UTC+2 (CEST)

Dialling Code

+36

Area (sq. miles)

35,920

GDP

$359,901 bn (PPP)

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Important Ministries

Ministry of National Resources

VAT on Books

5% for books and 27% eBooks 

Fixed Book Price Systems

No

Trade Associations

Hungarian Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association (MKKE)

Alliance of Hungarian Libraries and Information Institutes (IKSZ) 

Statistics

Market report Hungary (PA, 2007) [link to download/view] 

Book market statistics (PA, 2017) [link to download/view]

Annual Book Fairs

Budapest International Book Festival held over 4 days in April. 

Translations Programmes

Hungarian Books and Translations Office provides grants for translation costs for foreign language publishing of Hungarian authors’ works.

Contact: applications@pim.hu 

Useful Contacts

British Council

Email: information@britishcouncil.hu
Tel: +36 1 483 2020 or 2030 

Department for International Trade

Email: Commercial.Budapest@fco.gov.uk
Tel: +36 (1) 266 2888

Booksellers

Directory of Hungarian Booksellers (MKKE) 

Publishers

Directory of Hungarian Publishers (MKKE) 

Distributors