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 MARCH, 2008

NUMBER: 1.1.2/1.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS

JANUARY 2008 1)

 

 

In January 2008, the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products amounted to 485 295 877 kuna, out of which the sale from own production of legal entities and parts thereof was 330 536 247 kuna (68.1%) and the purchase from private family farms was 154 759 630 kuna (31.9%).

 

In January 2008, as compared to January 2007, the total sale and purchase of agricultural, fishing and forestry products increased by 5.9%, where the sale decreased by 1.0% and the purchase increased by 24.4%. 

 

In January 2008, in the structure of the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products, wood in the rough contributed with 29.5%, raw cows' milk with 24.3%, pigs, live, with 11.6%, poultry, live, with 9.8%, cattle, live, with 9.2%, wine with 3.8%, hens' eggs with 3.3% and other vegetables, fresh or chilled, with 1.9%.

 

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

 

I. 2007.

I. 2008.

Indices

 I. 2008.

 I. 2007.

 

 

 

 

Total

458 294 704

485 295 877

105,9

 

 

 

 

Purchase from private family farms

124 397 069

154 759 630

124,4

 

 

 

 

Sale from own production of legal entities

333 897 635

330 536 247

99,0

 

 

1)    See Notes on Methodology

 


2    VALUE OF PURCHASED AND SOLD AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS, BY GROUPS OF PRODUCTS,
      JANUARY 2008

Kuna

 

Total

Purchase from
private family farms

Sale from own
production of
legal entities

 

 

 

 

Total

485 295 877

154 759 630

        330 536 247

 

 

 

 

Cereals

7 835 763

3 381 944

            4 453 819

Vegetables

4 234 314

             2 443 174

            1 791 140

Oil seeds and fruits

609 414

67 500

              541 914

Plants used for sugar manufacturing

3 331 537

1 004  915

2 326 622

Straw and forage

137 432

91 340

                 46 092

Plants for use in perfumery, pharmacy and similar purposes

516 535

14 958

               501 577

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

9 449 748

5 340 128

4 109 620

Living plants and cut flowers

1 424 827

                    1 520

1 423 307

Other fruits, nuts and similar stone-fruits

3 959 323

                 32 442

            3 926 881

Wine

          18 364 557

                 2 424

18 362 133

Olive oil

1 271 369

         -

1 271 369

Cattle, live

44 526 351

9 151 922

          35 374 429

Raw cows’ milk

118 043 301

103 104 776

14 938 525

Sheep, goats, horses,  live

467 151

                424 035

43 116

Raw sheep’s and  goats’ milk

893 816

                758 769

135 047

Pigs, live

56 147 663

5 520 029

50 627 634

Poultry, live

47 550 626

20 870 324

26 680 302

Hens’ eggs

15 885 447

      -

         15 885 447

Products of other animals

701 224

701 224

         -

Raw furs and various raw hides and skins

119 033

119 033

         -

Wood in the rough

143 184  821

                337 866

       142 846 955

Fish, fresh or chilled

6 194 193

1 047 652

           5 146 541

Crustaceans, oysters and other

447 432

                343 655

103 777

 

 

 

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

 

Unit of
measure

Average price, kuna

Total

From purchase

From sale

 

 

 

 

 

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

t

1 729,56

           1 727,54

1 729,81

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

t

1 545,43

           1 561,79

           1 517,61

Potatoes, late – for consumption

kg

1,50

1,50

1,70

Soya beans (dry grain)

t

2 138,12

2 500,00

           2 023,16

Alfalfa, hay

t

1 142,16

1 086,58

           1 279,38

Onions and shallots

kg

2,24

6,88

                  2,23

Carrot – for consumption

kg

4,22

                 4,24

3,00

Cabbages, all types

kg

2,96

2,96

3,11

Apples – for consumption

kg

2,68

2,72

2,68

Table wine (with or without label of
geographic origin)

l

6,90

-

6,90

Olive oil; crude and not refined

l

50,57

-

50,57

Calves for slaughtering

kg

21,05

22,72

18,24

Heifers for slaughtering

kg

13,38

13,52

13,37

Raw cows’ milk

l

2,41

                 2,35

2,86

Pigs, over 50 kg

kg

8,27

8,61

8,24

Broilers

kg

7,17

7,33

6,75

Consumer eggs

p/st

0,81

-

0,81

Logs, coniferous

m3

390,51

-

390,51

Logs, deciduous

m3

             629,29

667,72

629,18

Firewood (coniferous and deciduous)

m3

158,02

-

158,02

Carp

kg

17,95

-

17,95

Rainbow trout

kg

21,03

-

21,03

European pilchard and European sprat

kg

3,37

2,75

3,46

Sea-bass

kg

35,32

39,32

35,20

 


 

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 and fruits 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

 

kg                  kilogram

p/st                number of items (pieces/sticks)

l                     litre

m3                          cubic metre

NKD 2002. National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

VAT               value added tax

t                     tonne

’000              thousand

 

Symbols

 

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