Hungary: Agricultural Biotechnology Report 2005
USDA/FAS GAIN report EZ5008

HIGHLIGHTS

Hungary’s biotechnology policy for feed corn production, corn seed production, and soybean product (soybean meal) imports negatively impacts U.S. exports to Hungary. Field corn and seed corn production (about one fifth of the EU’s corn crop) is dominated by American varieties. Four corn varieties passed the evaluation process and are waiting approval, two others are still under field trials. In January 2005, the GOH imposed a moratorium on the varieties of the MON 810 corn event. Legal and technical debates about the moratorium and coexistence regulation (in preparation) may hamper the commercialization of biotechnology crop varieties in Hungary over the next few years.

Full report in PDF format: http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200507/146130198.pdf