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, 10 APRIL, 2008

NUMBER: 1.1.2/2.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS

FEBRUARY 2008 1)

 

In February 2008, the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products amounted to 581 403 136 kuna, out of which the sale from own production of legal entities and parts thereof was 432 754 937 kuna (74.4%) and the purchase from private family farms was 148 648 199 kuna (25.6%).

 

In February 2008, as compared to February 2007, the total sale and purchase of agricultural, fishing and forestry products increased by 31.1%, where the sale increased by 43.3% and the purchase by 5.1%.

 

In February 2008, in the structure of the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products, wood in the rough contributed with 31.4%, raw cows' milk with 19.6%, pigs, live, with 9.9%, fish, fresh or chilled, with 9.6%, cattle, live, with 7.5%, poultry, live, with 6.9%, wine with 4.0%, cereals with 3.2% and hens' eggs with 2.6%.

 

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

 

II. 2007.

II. 2008.

Indices

 II. 2008.

 II. 2007.

 

 

 

 

Total

443 373 865

      581 403 136

             131,1

 

 

 

 

Purchase from private family farms

141 381 255

      148 648 199

              105,1

 

 

 

 

Sale from own production of legal entities

        301 992  610

        432 754  937

   143,3

 

1)    See Notes on Methodology

 

 

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

Kuna

 

Total

Purchase from
private family farms

Sale from own
production of
legal entities

 

 

 

 

Total

581 403 136

148 648 199

432 754 937

 

 

 

 

Cereals

18 484  111

1 702 298

16 781 813

Vegetables

5 508 211

2 958 612

2 549 599

Oil seeds and fruits

1 653 432

-

1 653 432

Plants used for sugar manufacturing

70 648

70 648

-

Straw and forage

1 383 413

71 200

1 312 213

Plants for use in perfumery, pharmacy and similar purposes

583 794

21 000

562 794

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

8 938 585

6 084 588

2 853 997

Living plants and cut flowers

3 803 713

2 180

3 801 533

Other fruits, nuts and similar stone-fruits

2 752 135

76 151

2 675 984

Wine

23 338 722

215 103

23 123 619

Olive oil

106 658

-

106 658

Cattle, live

43 723 964

9 883 159

33 840 805

Raw cows’ milk

113 901 933

99 175 083

14 726 850

Sheep, goats, horses,  live

889 007

579 505

309 502

Raw sheep’s and  goats’ milk

2 495 881

2 273 913

221 968

Pigs, live

57 701 309

6 628 185

51 073 124

Poultry, live

40 632 326

13 748 934

26 883 392

Hens’ eggs

15 034 962

-

15 034 962

Other animals, live

10 400

-

10 400

Products of other animals

444 629

387 237

57 392

Raw furs and various raw hides and skins

69 834

69 834

-

Wood in the rough

182 737 163

292 172

182 444 991

Fish, fresh or chilled

55 862 508

3 655 796

52 206 712

Crustaceans, oysters and other

1 275 798

752 601

523 197

 

 

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

 

Unit of
measure

Average price, kuna

Total

From purchase

From sale

 

 

 

 

 

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

t

2 047,88

 1 855,71

2 075,06

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

t

          1 627,75

 1 605,40

1 653,77

Potatoes, late – for consumption

kg

1,43

1,40

1,65

Soya beans (dry grain)

t

2 592,02

-

2 592,02

Alfalfa, hay

t

 1 177,02

1 003,70

1 478,94

Onions and shallots

kg

2,08

8,84

1,85

Carrot – for consumption

kg

3,54

4,26

3,00

Cabbages, all types

kg

2,90

2,92

2,70

Apples – for consumption

kg

2,77

2,66

2,78

Table wine (with or without label of
geographic origin)

l

7,20

3,07

7,62

Olive oil; crude and not refined

l

78,66

-

78,66

Calves for slaughtering

kg

20,60

22,35

18,33

Heifers for slaughtering

kg

13,15

13,27

13,13

Raw cows’ milk

l

2,39

2,35

2,75

Pigs, over 50 kg

kg

7,94

7,89

7,94

Broilers

kg

7,38

7,66

6,94

Consumer eggs

p/st

0,81

-

0,81

Logs, coniferous

m3

380,46

-

380,46

Logs, deciduous

m3

602,71

481,34

603,03

Firewood (coniferous and deciduous)

m3

129,63

-

129,63

Carp

kg

19,41

-

19,41

Rainbow trout

kg

20,13

-

20,13

European pilchard and European sprat

kg

2,97

2,85

3,07

Sea-bass

kg

33,94

40,88

33,78

 


 

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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