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Breakdown of external trade in services data by currencies and owners

Released: 8 July 2025

The breakdown of foreign trade in services data by currency is a pilot statistic of the Central Statistical Office co-funded by the European Union.

The survey presents the breakdown of external trade in services 2023 data of enterprises residents in Hungary by currency, along with the ownership structure.

The primary objective of the project is to provide a detailed and comprehensive overview of the proportion of enterprises involved in external trade in services using different currencies - mainly the HUF, the EUR or currencies of other states - in their activities. The research also aims to provide relevant background information for policy makers.

The turnover of domestically owned enterprises in external trade in services has been realised in EUR in a proportion of 52% in  in import and 59% in export, followed by the HUF, with a share of 25% in import and 18% in  export. The export turnover of these units in US dollar was 16%. Following the three mentioned currencies, the pound sterling accounted for 2% in import trade.

The EUR accounted for 64% of foreign-owned enterprises' turnover in import and 46% in export trade direction. The HUF was their second most commonly used export currency with 23%, followed by the US dollar with 17%. In the fourth and fifth places in export were the pound sterling with a share of  3.2% and the Polish zloty with 2.8%.

Considering all companies, the EUR accounted for 60% in import and for 49% in export, the HUF participated with 15% and 22% and the US dollar with 14% and 16%.

Table 1
External trade in services by currencies and owners, 2023
(thousand HUF)
Code Currency Domestically controlled enterprises Foreign-controlled enterprises Unknown enterprises Total
Import
CHF Swiss franc 7 788 972 17 583 555 3 445 25 375 972
CNY Chinese Yuan 25 685 763 7 574 868 – 33 260 631
CZK Czech koruna … 24 247 734 … 30 849 024
DKK Danish krone … 26 106 392 … 26 768 469
EUR Euro 1 006 770 220 3 621 691 870 19 468 321 4 647 930 411
GBP UK pound 36 646 469 86 669 007 646 945 123 962 421
HUF Hungarian forint 490 432 153 631 574 957 5 869 150 1 127 876 260
JPY Japanese Yen 1 130 125 34 696 857 – 35 826 982
PLN Polish zloty 8 549 350 66 459 958 284 75 009 592
RON Romanian leu 5 802 556 9 293 874 – 15 096 430
USD American dollar 144 283 681 955 865 948 3 680 726 1 103 830 355
ETC All other currencies 31 623 477 69 230 477 3 995 100 857 949
Unknown currency 166 457 365 76 026 361 189 729 615 432 213 341
Total 1 932 433 419 5 627 021 858 219 402 560 7 778 857 837
Export
CHF Swiss franc 3 372 409 32 990 247 397 863 36 760 519
CNY Chinese Yuan 1 946 688 2 469 686 – 4 416 374
CZK Czech koruna … 6 922 238 … 8 968 560
DKK Danish krone … 122 506 945 … 122 776 123
EUR Euro 1 511 499 418 3 499 028 796 43 891 120 5 054 419 334
GBP UK pound 13 919 555 242 809 934 3 437 213 260 166 702
HUF Hungarian forint 458 428 012 1 738 763 674 33 207 728 2 230 399 414
JPY Japanese Yen 3 613 251 43 332 226 – 46 945 477
PLN Polish zloty 549 941 210 061 665 7 806 210 619 412
RON Romanian leu 1 575 459 89 471 702 – 91 047 161
USD American dollar 408 712 515 1 280 799 447 8 982 548 1 698 494 510
ETC All other currencies 7 599 238 230 400 590 322 132 238 321 960
Unknown currency 169 915 623 111 538 650 76 810 721 358 264 994
Total 2 583 432 705 7 611 095 800 167 072 035 10 361 600 540
– Non-occurrence.
… Confidential datum under disclosure protection.
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