Population
9.78 million (2017)
Official language
Hungarian
Currency
Hungarian forint (Ft)
Important Ministries
Official Statistics Office
Hungary Central Statistical Office
Trade Associations
Hungarian Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association (MKKE)
Alliance of Hungarian Libraries and Information Institutes (IKSZ)
Annual Book Fairs
Budapest International Book Festival held over 4 days in April.
Translation Programmes
Hungarian Books and Translations Office provides grants for translation costs for foreign language publishing of Hungarian authors’ works.
Contact: applications@pim.hu
VAT on Books
5% for books and 27% eBooks
Fixed Book Price System
No
Statistics
Market report Hungary (PA, 2007) [link to download/view]
Book market statistics (PA, 2017) [link to download/view]
Useful Articles/Resources
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
Publishers
Directory of Hungarian Publishers (MKKE)
Booksellers
Directory of Hungarian Booksellers (MKKE)
Book Distributors
