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Shipping label for Hungary
A generator that already knows how Hungary wants an address written. Fill in the recipient, print at 100 × 150 mm, and the locality lines come out in the order Magyar Posta expects.
How addresses are written in Hungary
Recipient name first, then the street line, then the locality. In Hungary the locality line reads: City on its own line, postal code on the line below it.
- Address layout
- City on its own line, postal code on the line below it.
- Postal code
- 1051
- Country line
- HUNGARY
- Local script
- Latin alphabet
- Currency
- HUF
- Dialling code
- +36
- Customs status
- EU customs union
Addresses in Hungary are written in the Latin alphabet, so nothing needs transliterating. Write the street line exactly as the recipient gave it to you.
Worked example: a parcel arriving in Budapest
Sarah Whitfield 27 Weaver Street BUDAPEST 1051 HUNGARY
The last line is the destination country in English capitals. It only appears on parcels crossing a border, and it is there so the exporting post office can sort the item without reading the local script.
Hungary uses postal codes. A valid one looks like 1051, the code for Budapest.
The national postal operator is Magyar Posta.
Generate a label for Hungary
The destination is already set to Hungary. Change the sender country if you are shipping from somewhere else. The CN22 customs block appears on its own whenever the route needs one.
Shipment details
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Customs status
Hungary is in the EU customs union. A parcel arriving from another member state is in free circulation: no CN22, no declaration, no duty. The generator drops the customs block automatically on those routes and prints it on everything else, so France to Hungary shows no form while the United Kingdom to Hungary does.
Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and the United Kingdom are not in the EU customs union, so parcels to and from them always need a declaration, whatever their proximity suggests.
Sending to Hungary from abroad
Two things change once the parcel crosses a border. The last address line must read HUNGARY in Latin capitals, and a customs declaration becomes mandatory. Below roughly 300 SDR in value that is the CN22, small enough to print on the label itself, and it is added as soon as your sender country is not Hungary. Above that threshold, or where the destination customs office asks for it, you need the larger CN23 on a separate sheet.
Sending inside Hungary
For a domestic parcel, drop the country line and skip the customs block entirely. The label keeps the sender block, the recipient block, weight, piece count and the reference barcode, which is all a courier or a pickup point needs to route it.
Straight answers · Hungary
What this does, and what it does not
Is this an official postal label for Hungary?
No, and no website can produce one. An official label from Magyar Posta or from a courier carries a tracking number issued against your account with them. This is an address and handling label: it puts the recipient in the right format, states the weight and pieces, and carries your own order reference as a barcode. Print it, tape it to the box, and add the carrier’s tracking label beside it at drop-off.
Which address format does Hungary use?
The locality line reads: City on its own line, postal code on the line below it. Labelbench applies that automatically the moment you pick Hungary as the destination, so you do not have to remember whether the postal code comes before or after the city.
Do I need a customs form for Hungary?
Only if the parcel starts in a different country. Domestic shipments inside Hungary need no customs paperwork. For inbound international parcels, a CN22 is required below roughly 300 SDR and is added to the label automatically; heavier or more valuable consignments need a CN23 on a separate sheet.
Does a parcel from another EU country to Hungary need a customs form?
Hungary is in the EU customs union. A parcel arriving from another member state is in free circulation: no CN22, no declaration, no duty. The generator drops the customs block automatically on those routes and prints it on everything else, so France to Hungary shows no form while the United Kingdom to Hungary does.
Can I write the address in Latin alphabet?
Addresses in Hungary are written in the Latin alphabet, so nothing needs transliterating. Write the street line exactly as the recipient gave it to you.