One of the basic principles for our succesful work is to provide optimal
condititons for enterperneurial and investment activity, so we consider the active
participation in the regional development progrmme's essential. Since 1996 we have been
elaborated area-development office to help for local governments and for its area-development
association's work, we elaborate the area and economic-development programmes and plans,
and we operate an investment urging activity.
In 1998 our region's ukrainian and slovakian area received special economic
area status from Hungarian Government as a result of economic and area-development activity.
The Zemplen Enterprise Zone has been designated, so we perform its manager activity.
The Zemplen Enterprise Zone extend to Sárospatak and Sátoraljaújhely city and its administrative
area. Nowadays in Hungary the enterprise zone provide the best possibility for financial
assistance and taxation conditions for investors and enterprises.
We took a part in Industrial Park of Sátoraljaújhely's establishment,
and in winning of industrial park title. Our organization perform the managing activity
of industrial park by local government commission from 2004.
As a manager organization of industrial park we made prezentations,
publications, and multilingual - hungarian, german, english,- installation subject-matters,
CD-ROM, videofilms, and we organized investment forums. The investment and cooperation
compilation's aim is to show this region's supply for investors and enterprises, and to
mediate the investent possibilities and to utilize the built spreading possibilities.
As a result of our area and economic development activity, the national
and foreign investors settled in this region, but there is several possibility for
realization.
Small areas of Zemplén region and titles for funds:
Small area |
Centre of the small area |
Territory (km2) |
Population (person) |
A |
B |
C |
D |
Bodrogközi 513 KSH Kistérség |
Cigánd |
401 |
18709 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
Sárospataki 507 KSH Kistérség |
Sárospatak |
478 |
27 729 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
Sátoraljaújhelyi Hegyköz 508 KSH Kistérség |
Sátoraljaújhely |
311 |
25 371 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
Szerencsi 509 KSH Kistérség |
Szerencs |
499 |
45 736 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
Tokajii 515 KSH Kistérség |
Tokaj |
256 |
14 986 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
A = region underdeveloped socially and economically |
B = area of industrial reconstruction |
C = area of agricultural development |
D = area of high disadvantaged |

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General informations about Zemplen Enterprise Zone:
Dear Potential Client, Dear Investor,
The border region of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county neighbouring with Slovakia
and Ukraine was designated a 'Special Economic Zone' by the Hungarian National Government
in 1998. The Zemplén Enterprise Zone covers the administrative area of Sárospatak and
Sátoraljaújhely along with the adjacent 52 other settlements in the region.
The category of 'enterprise zone' represent the best available subsidy and
taxation conditions for those interested potential investors and businesses. As the managing
organisation of the enterprise zone the Zemplén Regional Enterprise Development Foundation
elaborated a public relations strategy for the zone as early as the year of launching the
zone with the aim of informing those interested about the natural and man-made values, as well
as the investment and co-operation capability of the region.
This particular publication is an attempt to provide information to you about
the current investment opportunities in the enterprise zone. We are convinced that this particular
region of Hungary with its outstanding traditions and valuable facilities as well as the available
qualified workforce and the well-operating routine of the cross-border economic co-operation will
make it a promising target area for you to invest.
Our Foundation is ready to provide additional information, organize personal site
tours and negotiations or manage programs so as to serve the interests of the potential investors
and to successfully implement the regional development program of the Zemplén Enterprise Zone.

István Juhász
managing director
General survey
Economic and social process of changes in the 1990s boosted differences within
certain regions as well as counties. A statistical small area system covering the whole territory
of the country was developed by the KSH (Central Statistical Office). While designating the
districts several relations available among settlements such as work - force attraction, transport
and other provision services were considered.
Based on this statistical system the Hungarian Government designated small areas
entitled to gain support in the system of area development. It was done in accordance with the
indexes applied in the European Union (NUTS.III). There are altogether three statistically small
areas with settlements indicated in the table below that are situated in the Zemplén region.
Each area can apply for regional development funds.
On the basis of the governmental regulation it can be stated that statistical
adjacent areas of the Zemplén region are all underdeveloped territories. Except for the Bodrogköz
region each can be described as a area of agricultural region development with permanent and even
high rate of unemployment.
The economy of the region in the 1990s was characterised by having significant recession. Its simple
reasons were crises of steel and machinery industries of the Borsod industrial region resulting in
unemployment of a great number of work-force commuting from the regions. Owing to the collapse of
the Comecon market local companies specialised in machinery industry and even their deliveries
underwent a crisis, a failure or rationalisation of production followed the privatisation in the
towns of Szerencs, Sárospatak and Sátoraljaújhely. Agricultural production in the disadvantageous
rolling countryside and even on territories with inland water was also striving against economic
decrease. This situation was intensified by compensation and even by legal modification of
co-operatives. The crisis of wine - production in the Tokaj -Hegyalja region was primarily
influenced by a strong decrease in the huge amount of Soviet export. It is still overproduction
that characterises the wine-growing region.
The registered rate of the unemployed being approximately 20% is significant
in the whole region. As for age-allowance, pre-retirement, pass out from frequent pension
and even from getting unemployment benefit rate of unemployed can be considered over the
double of the rate mentioned previously.
Both economic crisis and isolation induced continuos migration in the
region. It is to be feared that depopulation might reduce tourism in so far as village-country
service and hospitality regress since the small number of local inhabitants.
However, there are several outstanding observable incidences in the social
and economic life of the region: reintegration of the region into the circle of developed
countries is guaranteed by companies built on local resources and owned by European and
American investors as a result of privatisation and green field investments. The derivative
advantage of privatisation is that foreigners with local interest, having been acquainted
with tourism - related opportunities of the region will return to Zemplén with the company
of their friends.
We can experience initial signs of booming in national tourism. It is such a significant
issue since we can not speak about tourism development without having high standards of
national tourism.
It is the combination of conference and thermal tourism, hunting tourism done by visitors
that can be considered as a special type of tourism in the towns of Sátoraljaújhely
and Sárospatak.
It is also a positive condition that there are plenty of natural resources
relatively available in Zemplén combined with entrepreneurial skills and willingness of its
inhabitants all resulting in economic development.
The issue of infrastructure is also characterised by favourable tendency
in the region. The expanding network of telecommunication makes ISDN and mobil services
as well as access to Internet DSL and RadioNET available, too.
As for gas service, it was installed gradually and adjusting to local demands in settlements
of the almost all territories. In general, drinking-water supply is completed, however sewerage
networks are only installed in towns.
As for the infrastructure of transportation we can witness developments for the following
reasons. Access to the region has been significantly improved by building the Tisza bridge
at Cigánd, which is situated in the area of Felso-Tisza. The northern part of Hegyköz
(Hollóháza) was linked to the valley of the Hernád River and to Motorway 3 through the
town of Kéked by building a new public motorway available. Redevelopment of the arranged
Motorway M3-M30 in the direction of Miskolc and Nyíregyháza can still improve access to
the region.
On one hand absence of electrifying the railway section between Sátoraljaújhely and Mezozombor
is still extreme issue of railway transportation since exchange of engines increases running
time of train services. On the other hand there is one significant results realised. The
Inter City Train running between Sátoraljaújhely and Budapest three times a day.
It is the so called Zemplén Enterprise Zone Programme expanding to
statistical districts of Sátoraljaújhely, Sárospatak and Bodrogköz that can boost economic
development in the region via investment concessions available and in the sector of
investments and tourism.
Small areas of Zemplén Enterprise Zone and titles for funds:
Small area |
Centre of the small area |
Territory (km2) |
Population (person) |
A |
B |
C |
D |
Bodrogközi 513 KSH Kistérség |
Cigánd |
401 |
18709 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
Sárospataki 507 KSH Kistérség |
Sárospatak |
478 |
27 729 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
Sátoraljaújhelyi Hegyköz 508 KSH Kistérség |
Sátoraljaújhely |
311 |
25 371 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
A = region underdeveloped socially and economically |
B = area of industrial reconstruction |
C = area of agricultural development |
D = area of high disadvantaged |
Tax advantages
- State subsidies through central funds and allocated sums.
- System of invitations for tenders co-ordinated by the Regional and County
Council for Regional development:
- non-repayable and repayable support, preferential loans.
- Long-term preferential loans for development.
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