APPENDIX A

                               COUNTRY DATA

1.  Profile

Population:                  10.3 million
Population Growth Rate:      -0.1
Religions:                   Catholic - 69 percent
                             Calvinist - 20 percent
                             Lutheran - 5 percent
                             Other - 8 percent
Government System:           Multi-party Parliamentary Democracy
Languages:                   Hungarian
                             German/English for business
Work Week:                   40 hours, Monday-Friday


2.  Domestic Economy

(Current $ bil)                      1993     1994     1995

GDP                                  38.1     41.0     45.0
Real GDP Growth Rate (%)             -2.3      1.0      1.5
GDP Per Capita (US$)                3,694    3,800    4,000
Government Spending (% GDP)           6.1      8.0      8.0
Inflation (%)                        22.5     23.0     20.0
Unemployment (%)                     12.1      9.8      9.5
Foreign Exch Reserves (excl gold)     6.7      5.0      5.0
Average Exchange Rate ($1=HUF)       92.0    100.0    106.0
Foreign Debt/Gross (Mil US$)         24.6     27.0     26.0
Debt Service Ratio                   38.1     35.0     35.0
U.S. Econ/Mil Assistance            149.0     N/A      N/A


3.     TRADE

                                     1993     1994     1995

Total Hungarian Exports (Bil US$)    18.9      9.0     10.0
Total Hungarian Imports (Bil US$)    12.5     13.0     15.0
U.S. Exports to Hungary (Mil US$)   421.5
U.S. Imports From Hungary (Mil US$) 342.8
U.S. Share of Hungarian Imp (%)       4.0      4.3      4.5
Total Mfr Imports (Bil US$)           5.5
Total Mfr Imports from U.S.
U.S. Share of Mfr Imports (%)         2.5      2.5      2.7    Mfr Goods
Trade Balance with U.S.
Aver Annual Growth Rate From Wld
Aver Annual Growth Rate From US

Total Agricultural  Imports
Total Agric Imports from US
U.S. Share of Agric Imports
Agric Trade Balance


1993 Trade Balance with 3 Leading Partners:
       (Million US$)

                    Exports    Imports      Balance

       1.  Germany   2,376      2,714         -338
       2.  Russia      945      2,398       -1,453
       3.  Austria     899      1.466         -567


Principal U.S. Exports

Principal U.S. Imports


4.     INVESTMENT

                                         (Billion US$)
                                    1991      1992       1993

Total Direct Foreign Investment     2.00      4.85        7.1

U.S. Investment                     1.00      1.94        3.1

U.S. Percent of Total              50.00      48.84      43.7

Principal Foreign Investors:       United States
                                   Germany
                                   Austria