FIRST RELEASE

CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA

ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLV.

ZAGREB, 11 FEBRUARY, 2009

NUMBER: 1.1.2/12.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS

DECEMBER 2008 1)

 

In December total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products amounted to 694 615 201 kuna, out of which the sale from own production of legal entities and parts thereof was 478 233 697 kuna (68.8%) and the purchase from private family farms was 216 381 504  kn (31.2%).

 

In December 2008, as compared to December 2007, the total sale and purchase of agricultural, fishing and forestry products increased by 0.9%, where the sale increased by 6.6%, and the purchase decreased by 9.9%.

 

In December 2008 the structure of the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products, raw cows' milk contributed with 18.8%, pigs, live with 13.3%, wood in the rough with 12.3%, fish, fresh or chilled with 11.5%, cereals with 9.2%, cattle, live with 8.3%, wine 6.9%, poultry, live 4.0%, and oil seeds and fruits with 3.3%.

 

Since 2005, data on average producers’ prices of selected agricultural, forestry and fishing products have also been published.

 

 

1.   VALUE OF PURCHASED AND SOLD AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS

Kuna

 

XII. 2007.

XII. 2008.

Indices

  XII  2008.

  XII. 2007.

 

 

 

 

Total

688 462 145

694 615 201

100,9

 

 

 

 

Purchase from private family farms

240 042 224

216 381 504

90,1

 

 

 

 

Sale from own production of legal entities

448 419 921

478 233 697

106,6

 

 

1)    See Notes on Methodology

 

 

2.   VALUE OF PURCHASED AND SOLD AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS, BY GROUPS OF PRODUCTS,

      DECEMBER 2008

Kuna

 

Total

Purchase from
private family farms

Sale from own
production of
legal entities

 

 

 

 

Total

694 615 201

216 381 504

478 233 697

 

 

 

 

Cereals

64 185 851

26 032 847

38 153 004

Vegetables

3 243 899

2 528 737

715 162

Oil seeds and fruits

22 575 254

2 021 466

20 553 788

Unmanufactured  tobacco

4 098 439

4 098 439

-

Plants used for sugar  manufacturing

19 532 822

2 888 450

16 644 372

Straw and forage

2 283 984

56 156

2 227 828

Plants for use in perfumery, pharmacy and similar purposes

231 101

64 325

166 776

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

9 230 077

5 518 902

3 711 175

Living plants and cut flowers

3 351 153

15 516

3 335 637

Other fruits, nuts and similar stone-fruits

21 523 957

20 459 732

1 064 225

Wine

47 911 185

3 185

47 908 000

Olive oil

1 585 771

981 467

604 304

Cattle, live

57 801 665

9 192 005

48 609 660

Raw cows’ milk

130 673 785

113 671 941

17 001 844

Sheep, goats, horses,  live

276 537

174 601

101 936

Raw sheep’s and  goats’ milk

3 141

3 141

-

Pigs, live

92 359 322

8 697 390

83 661 932

Poultry, live

27 935 367

16 945 609

10 989 758

Hens’ eggs

19 620 620

-

19 620 620

Products of other animals

434 789

434 789

-

Raw furs and various raw hides and skins

17 612

17 612

-

Wood in the rough

85 727 438

237 563

85 489 875

Fish, fresh or chilled

79 813 233

2 230 036

77 583 197

Crustaceans, oysters and other

198 199

107 595

90 604

 

 

3.   AVERAGE PRICES OF SELECTED PRODUCERS’ AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS, DECEMBER 2008

 

Unit of
measure

Average price, kuna

Total

From purchase

From sale

 

 

 

 

 

Soft wheat, winter – mercantile (13% of moisture; 2% of dirt)

t

1 078,94

1 197,51

1 005,59

Maize in corn – mercantile (14% of moisture; 2% of dirt)

t

617,00

620,26

614,15

Potatoes, late – for consumption

kg

1,12

1,12

1,36

Soya beans (dry grain)

t

2 542,74

2 596,98

2 537,62

Alfalfa, hay

t

575,22

638,02

572,34

Onions and shallots

kg

1,43

1,53

1,43

Carrot – for consumption

kg

2,64

2,64

-

Cucumbers – for  consumption

kg

7,51

7,51

-

Cabbages, all types

kg

1,35

1,31

1,87

Apples – for consumption

kg

2,91

3,94

2,82

Table wine (with or without label of geographic origin)

l

6,28

-

6,28

Olive oil; crude and not refined

l

46,53

38,52

70,25

Calves for slaughtering

kg

22,66

24,17

18,46

Heifers for slaughtering

kg

14,81

15,47

14,75

Raw cows’ milk

l

2,69

2,66

2,86

Pigs, over 50 kg

kg

10,78

11,54

10,72

Broilers

kg

7,56

7,52

8,55

Consumer eggs

p/st

0,72

-

0,72

Logs, coniferous

m3

386,50

-

386,50

Logs, deciduous

m3

623,96

647,31

623,87

Firewood (coniferous and deciduous)

m3

138,59

-

138,59

Carp

kg

19,55

-

19,55

Rainbow trout

kg

24,50

-

24,50

European pilchard and European sprat

kg

3,31

3,17

3,41

Sea-bass

kg

36,26

40,34

36,18

 


NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Source and methods of data collection

 

Sale and purchase of agricultural, forestry and fishing products are collected on the monthly basis through PO-31a/M and PO-31b/M forms.

 

Reporting units, for which monthly reports on sale and purchase of agricultural, forestry and fishing products are submitted (PO-31a/M and PO-31b/M forms), are legal entities and parts thereof classified into section A Agriculture, hunting and forestry (except for group 01.5 Hunting, trapping and game propagation), and into section B Fishing, as well as other legal entities engaged in processing and purchasing of agricultural products, classified in other activities according to the NKD 2002.

 

Since 2005, questionnaire has been revised and harmonised with the Handbook for EU Agricultural Price Statistics, 2002.

 

Coverage and comparability

 

The coverage is selective. It includes legal entities with 10 or more employees and covers 90% of profit realised in sections A and B.

 

The PO-31a/M form explores the sale of agricultural, forestry and fishing products from own production of legal entities and parts thereof.

 

The PO-31b/M form explores the purchase of agricultural, forestry and fishing products from family farms with the aim of a further sale or processing.

 

The subject of monthly surveys is collecting of data on producers’ sold or purchased products in a reporting month. A questionnaire contains quantities, values and average prices.

 

The PO-31a/M and PO-31b/M forms cover 127 most important products.

 

This Release provides average prices of selected products realised in sale or purchase of agricultural, forestry and fishery products that are typical for a particular month, as well as products with a higher share in the total sale or purchase that month.

 

Producers’ prices including taxes (except VAT) are reported, while subventions and other financial supports are excluded.

 

Definitions

 

Vegetables include potatoes, peas, bean and other dried leguminous vegetables, while other vegetables are classified into the group Other vegetables, fresh or chilled.

 

Oil seeds are soya beans, oil rape and sunflower.

 

Plants for use in perfumery and pharmacy industries; sugar beet seeds and forage crops seeds include medicinal herbs, beet seeds and forage crops seeds.

 

Living plants and cut flowers include nursery fruit trees, wine slips, cut flowers, flower and fruit seeds and vegetables seeds.

 

Data on wine and olive oil cover only products made from grapes and olives from own production.

 

Other animals, live, include rabbits.

 

Other animals’ product is natural honey.

 

Raw furs and miscellaneous raw skins include raw furs (excluded rabbits’, wild rabbits’ and lambs’ skins).

 

 

Abbreviations

 

EU                European Union

kg                 kilogram

l                    litre

m3                         cubic metre

NKD 2002. National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

p/st               number of items (pieces/sticks)

VAT              value added tax

t                    tonne

’000             thousand

 

 

Symbols

 

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