Nine-month Hungarian production and sales

Hungary's Central Statistical Office reports that the production of leather and leather products in Hungary in the first nine months of this year was 2.5 per cent lower than in the same period in 2004. Hungarian leather industry companies saw their sales fall by 3.7 per cent year-on-year in the January to September period, including a fall in sales of 25.3 per cent on the domestic Hungarian market and 5.0 per cent higher sales on export markets.