Regional specialisation in a transition country - Hungary



in wood, paper and printing production and chemical industry. The most spectacular rise could be
experienced in the formerly Budapest-centred but nowadays nation-wide ly spreading machinery and
equipment.

Geogr.

Concentration

Rel. Decrease

Rel. stagnating

Rel. Increase

Abs.

Decrease

Machinery and
equipment

Non-metallic mineral products

ood, paper and printing
products,       chemical

industry____________________

Abs.

Stagnating

Textile, wearing apparel, leather products,
other manu-facturing, recycling, metallurgy
and metal products_______________________

Food, beverages and
tobacco products

Abs. increase

Electricity______

Mining and quarrying_____________________

Bold letters: high absolute specialisation or concentration in 1992

Italic letters: high relative specialisation or concentration in 1992

Indicators of geographic concentration of industries industrial output

In the case of regional concentration the values of the Herfindfahl index dropped a little (0.86
times), the degree of regional concentration slightly increased (1.11 times).

In six years the absolute concentration did not change considerably in any of the branches. In the
case of the Budapest centred branches (machinery and equipment, textile, wearing apparel, leather
products, chemical industry, non-metallic mineral products, and the wood, paper and printing products,
chemical industry), we can experience a decrease.

The relative geographic concentration did not decrease in any counties, right the opposite, it
increased steadily owing to the spreading of machinery and equipment in Transdanubia and to the textile,

wearing apparel, leather industry.

Geographical
Concentration

Relative

Decrease

Relative stagnating

Relative increase

Absolute
decrease

Wood, paper and printing products, chemical
industry, non-metallic mineral products

Textile, wearing apparel,
leather products, machinery
and equipment_______________

Absolute
stagnating

Food, beverages and tobacco products,
electricity, other manufacturing, recycling

Metallurgy and    metal

products, mining    and

quarrying_________________

Bold letters: high absolute specialisation or concentration in 1992

Italic letters: high relative specialisation or concentration in 1992

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