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 SEPTEMBER, 2008

NUMBER: 1.1.2/7.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS

JULY 2008 1)

 

In July 2008, the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products amounted to 1 515 090 284 kuna, out of which the sale from own production of legal entities and parts thereof was 617 142 555 kuna (40.7%) and the purchase from private family farms was 897 947 729 kuna (59.3%).

 

In July 2008, as compared to July 2007, the total sale and purchase of agricultural, fishing and forestry products increased by 67.2%, where the sale increased by 28.5% and the purchase by 111.0%.

 

In July 2008, in the structure of the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products, cereals contributed with 56.1%, raw cows' milk with 7.9%, wood in the rough with  7.7%, oil seeds with 7.1%, pigs, live, with 4.8%, cattle, live, with  4.1%, poultry, live, with 3.6%, wine with 2.6% and other vegetables, fresh or chilled, with 2.1%.

 

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

 

VII. 2007.

VII. 2008.

Indices

 VII. 2008.

 VII. 2007.

 

 

 

 

Total

    905 889 775

     1 515 090 284

167,2

 

 

 

 

Purchase from private family farms

425 583 486

    897 947 729

211,0

 

 

 

 

Sale from own production of legal entities

  480 306 289

      617 142 555

128,5

 

1)    See Notes on Methodology

 


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

Kuna

 

Total

Purchase from
private family farms

Sale from own
production of
legal entities

 

 

 

 

Total

1 515 090 284

897 947 729

617 142  555

 

 

 

 

Cereals

850 051 338

639 204 146

210 847 192

Vegetables

2 571 567

2 452 251

119 316

Oil seeds

108 040 098

48 770 756

59 269 342

Straw and forage

1 331 226

285 602

1 045 624

Plants for use in perfumery, pharmacy and similar purposes

4 440 105

3 946 503

493 602

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

31 638 251

25 693 072

5 945 179

Living plants and cut flowers

136 697

2 330

134 367

Grapes

282 750

28 265

254 485

Other fruits, nuts and similar stone-fruits

7 830 835

6 832 579

998 256

Wine

39 568 534

2 124

39 566 410

Olive oil

323 563

15 865

307 698

Cattle, live

63 194 872

10 257 472

52 937 400

Raw cows’ milk

119 332 060

105 184  087

 14 147 973

Sheep, goats, horses,  live

535 351

252 924

282 427

Raw sheep’s and  goats’ milk

2 932 820

2 801 247

131 573

Pigs, live

72 946 895

6 747 073

66 199 822

Poultry, live

53 967 284

37 203 400

16 763 884

Hens’ eggs

18 346 073

-

18 346 073

Other animals, live

97 710

-

97 710

Products of other animals

1 343 290

1 236 458

106 832

Raw furs and various raw hides and skins

22 493

22 493

-

Wood in the rough

116 723 877

243 672

116 480 205

Fish, fresh or chilled

18 516 925

6 260 050

12 256 875

Crustaceans, oysters and other

915 670

505 360

410 310

 

 

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

 

Unit of
measure

Average price, kuna

Total

From purchase

From sale

 

 

 

 

 

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

t

1 515,29

1 514,47

1 518,33

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

t

1 533,82

1 558,84

1 510,19

Potatoes, late – for consumption

kg

1,57

1,61

1,00

Soya beans (dry grain)

t

1 542,89

-

1 542,89

Alfalfa, hay

t

947,46

812,57

1 208,24

Onions and shallots

kg

2,49

2,53

2,42

Carrot – for consumption

kg

2,84

2,84

2,89

Cucumbers – for  consumption

kg

2,70

2,58

2,97

Cabbages, all types

kg

1,20

1,12

1,30

Apples – for consumption

kg

4,73

4,57

4,90

Table wine (with or without label of geographic origin)

l

8,12

-

8,12

Olive oil; crude and not refined

l

61,60

34,41

64,21

Calves for slaughtering

kg

19,60

23,18

16,03

Heifers for slaughtering

kg

14,46

14,58

14,44

Raw cows’ milk

l

2,42

2,38

2,77

Pigs, over 50 kg

kg

10,62

11,58

10,54

Broilers

kg

7,69

7,69

9,49

Consumer eggs

p/st

0,70

-

0,70

Logs, coniferous

m3

401,97

-

401,97

Logs, deciduous

m3

493,56

674,99

493,03

Firewood (coniferous and deciduous)

m3

135,46

-

135,46

Carp

kg

21,40

-

21,40

Rainbow trout

kg

22,96

-

22,96

European pilchard and European sprat

kg

3,36

3,28

3,40

Sea-bass

kg

46,37

45,97

46,48

 


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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