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, 12 AUGUST, 2008

NUMBER: 1.1.2/6.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS

JUNE 2008 1)

 

In June 2008, the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products amounted to 665 647 055  kuna, out of which the sale from own production of legal entities and parts thereof was 318 794 641 kuna (47.9%) and the purchase from private family farms was 346 852 414 kuna (52.1%).

 

In June 2008, as compared to June 2007, the total sale and purchase of agricultural, fishing and forestry products decreased by 6.4 %, where the sale increased by 8.3 % and the purchase decreased by 16.8 %.

 

In June 2008, in the structure of the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products, raw cows' milk contributed with 17.0 %, cereals with 15.8 %, wood in the rough, with 13.5 %, oil seeds with 11.0 %, pigs, live, with 9.7 %, cattle, live, with 7.9 %, poultry, live with 7.2 % wine with 4.7 %, and   other vegetables, fresh or chilled with 4.1 %.

 

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

 

VI. 2007.

VI. 2008.

Indices

 VI. 2008.

 VI. 2007.

 

 

 

 

Total

      711 115 479

      665 647 055

93,6

 

 

 

 

Purchase from private family farms

       416 886 928

      346 852 414

83,2

 

 

 

 

Sale from own production of legal entities

       294 228 551

       318 794 641

108,3

 

1)    See Notes on Methodology

 

 

 

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

Kuna

 

Total

Purchase from
private family farms

Sale from own
production of
legal entities

 

 

 

 

Total

       665 647 055

       346 852 414

     318 794 641

 

 

 

 

Cereals

105 288 503

89 188 250

16 100 253

Vegetables

3 825 005

3 825 005

      -

Oil seeds

73 327 955

63 169 993

10 157 962

Straw and forage

3 156 589

121 753

3 034 836

Plants for use in perfumery, pharmacy and similar purposes

3 683 663

3 590 743

92 920

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

27 648 308

20 626 963

7 021 345

Living plants and cut flowers

621 368

42 355

579 013

Other fruits, nuts and similar stone-fruits

3 305 036

2 487 090

817 946

Wine

31 277 692

1 980

31 275 712

Olive oil

326 737

                16 100

310 637

Cattle, live

52 470 997

           8 692 914

43 778 083

Raw cows’ milk

113 240 552

       100 042 460

         13 198 092

Sheep, goats, horses,  live

584 320

311 166

273 154

Raw sheep’s and  goats’ milk

4 276 957

3 874 548

402 409

Pigs, live

         64 787 538

           4 136 020

60 651 518

Poultry, live

47 595 368

34 820 064

12 775 304

Hens’ eggs

13 208 891

-

13 208 891

Products of other animals

           1 509 876

1 509 876

              -

Raw furs and various raw hides and skins

16 966

16 966

              -

Wood in the rough

         90 039 251

221 384

         89 817 867

Fish, fresh or chilled

24 357 486

9 599 945

14 757 541

Crustaceans, oysters and other

1 097 997

              556 839

541 158

 

 

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

 

Unit of
measure

Average price, kuna

Total

From purchase

From sale

 

 

 

 

 

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

t

1 500,04

1 498,08

           1 555,13

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

t

1 549,05

1 568,41

1 515,76

Potatoes, late – for consumption

kg

1,50

1,50

-

Soya beans (dry grain)

t

2 163,36

-

2 163,36

Alfalfa, hay

t

1 034,92

934,09

1 048,73

Onions and shallots

kg

3,18

3,20

3,12

Carrot – for consumption

kg

3,46

3,46

-

Cucumbers – for  consumption

kg

2,81

2,90

2,60

Cabbages, all types

kg

1,85

1,83

1,86

Apples – for consumption

kg

3,77

3,55

3,78

Table wine (with or without label of
geographic origin)

l

9,17

-

9,17

Olive oil; crude and not refined

l

74,79

64,40

75,42

Calves for slaughtering

kg

                21,09

                23,79

19,37

Heifers for slaughtering

kg

                14,12

14,24

14,10

Raw cows’ milk

l

2,31

2,27

2,64

Pigs, over 50 kg

kg

10,27

10,01

10,29

Broilers

kg

7,71

7,71

-

Consumer eggs

p/st

0,66

-

0,66

Logs, coniferous

m3

              387,69

-

387,69

Logs, deciduous

m3

456,65

662,83

455,94

Firewood (coniferous and deciduous)

m3

139,97

-

139,97

Carp

kg

               21,35

-

21,35

Rainbow trout

kg

21,79

-

21,79

European pilchard and European sprat

kg

3,75

3,02

4,19

Sea-bass

kg

46,23

45,63

46,32

 

 

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

 

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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