budapest oct 3 reuters  hungarys mvm has reached an agreement to defer payments to russias gazprom gazpmm for winter gas supply the stateowned energy group said on monday under a 15year deal signed last year hungary receives 35 billion cubic metres bcm of gas per year via bulgaria and serbia under a longterm deal with russia and a further 1 bcm via pipeline from austria after a july request from budapest gazprom started to ramp up supplies to hungary adding to previously agreed deliveries via the turkstream pipeline which runs from russia to turkey across the black sea to mitigate the impact of the increase in market prices mvm group and gazprom have agreed in deferred payments for the forthcoming winter period mvm said in a statement the temporary inclusion of the deferred payment option in the contract increases mvm groups room for manoeuvre in financing and its liquidity position it said the surge in hungarys import bill has pushed up its trade deficit at a time when exports are slowing due to a slowdown in the euro zone its main trading partner hungarys central bank which raised its base rate by 125 basis points last week to 13 the highest since the turn of the century has said hungarys current account deficit was in the danger zone urging the government to stabilise finances the forint  central europes worstperforming currency with a 13 loss this year alone sank to new record lows past 425 per euro on monday hungary also faces a row with the european union that has hampered access to billions of euros of financing mvm said it would tap 800 million cubic metres of cushion gas held in its reserves worth around 15 billion euros at market prices to aid government efforts to keep a lid on household energy bills gas continues to present a substantial risk to government spending and we would not rule out the need for the government to further relax the energy price caps in the coming months economists at bank of america said in a note reporting by krisztina than and gergely szakacs editing by jason neely