ABSTRACT
The dynamic expansion of agricultural production was a primary reason for the practically unbroken growth of exports, although the world market situation was an important contributing factor. Agricultural products could be fairly easily sold and inputs bought at reasonable conditions. As the main dimensions of the commodity structure of agricultural production and of crop exports are established by natural conditions, there has been comparatively little change in the traditional composition of crop exports in the post-war years. Very considerable exports of animal products were gradually established based on large imports of feedstuffs, especially protein feed. The production of fruit and grapes has been much more stable. Production of horticultural crops is often the only way to utilize bad soils and steep hillsides. Hungary's location is favorable for reaching the most important markets in East and West Europe; the landlocked position is, however, a disadvantage for trading bulk-goods and reaching markets on other continents.
