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, 14 OCTOBER, 2008

NUMBER: 1.1.2/8.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL, FISHING AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS

AUGUST 2008 1)

 

In August 2008, the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products amounted to 605 194 120 kuna, out of which the sale from own production of legal entities and parts thereof was 387 442 960 kuna (64.0%) and the purchase from private family farms was 217 751 160 kuna (36.0%).

 

In August 2008, as compared to August 2007, the total sale and purchase of agricultural, fishing and forestry products increased by 10.2%, where the sale increased by 7.8% and the purchase by 14.8%.

 

In August 2008, in the structure of the total purchase and sale of agricultural, fishing and forestry products, raw cows' milk  contributed with 20.1%, wood in the rough with 16.7%, cereals with 16.0%, pigs, live, with 11.3%, cattle, live, with 9.5%, poultry, live, with 7.4%, wine with 5.5%, hens' eggs with 3.3%, fish, fresh or chilled, with 2.9%, and other vegetables, fresh or chilled, with 2.7%.

 

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

 

VIII. 2007.

VIII. 2008.

Indices

 VIII. 2008.

 VIII. 2007.

 

 

 

 

Total

549 284 533

605 194 120

110,2

 

 

 

 

Purchase from private family farms

189 745 750

217 751 160

114,8

 

 

 

 

Sale from own production of legal entities

359 538 783

387 442 960

107,8

 

 

1)    See Notes on Methodology.

 

 

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

Kuna

 

Total

Purchase from
private family farms

Sale from own
production of
legal entities

 

 

 

 

Total

605 194 120

217 751 160

387 442 960

 

 

 

 

Cereals

96 757 286

32 422 082

64 335 204

Vegetables

4 121 951

3 186 378

935 573

Oil seeds

9 584 745

8 783 105

801 640

Straw and forage

2 684 456

43 088

2 641 368

Plants for use in perfumery, pharmacy and similar purposes

1 556 663

600 776

955 887

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

16 392 105

9 880 634

6 511 471

Living plants and cut flowers

156 521

1 840

154 681

Grapes

1 335 832

485 337

850 495

Other fruits, nuts and similar stone-fruits

3 295 415

1 870 368

1 425 047

Wine

33 375 759

1 800

33 373 959

Olive oil

274 020

13 524

260 496

Cattle, live

57 497 848

11 077 138

46 420 710

Raw cows’ milk

121 435 413

106 483 920

14 951 493

Sheep, goats, horses,  live

344 660

168 047

176 613

Raw sheep’s and  goats’ milk

2 404 747

2 332 163

72 584

Pigs, live

68 405 681

5 548 350

62 857 331

Poultry, live

44 697 701

28 151 437

16 546 264

Hens’ eggs

20 172 994

-

20 172 994

Products of other animals

1 039 800

935 544

104 256

Raw furs and various raw hides and skins

18 328

18 328

-

Wood in the rough

100 962 797

54 884

100 907 913

Fish, fresh or chilled

17 623 747

5 096 231

12 527 516

Crustaceans, oysters and other

1 055 651

596 186

459 465

 

 

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

 

Unit of
measure

Average price, kuna

Total

From purchase

From sale

 

 

 

 

 

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

t

1 553,30

1 487,14

1 588,90

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

t

1 370,38

1 335,84

1 440,20

Potatoes, late – for consumption

kg

1,64

1,67

1,55

Soya beans (dry grain)

t

2 690,95

-

2 690,95

Alfalfa, hay

t

763,79

887,00

760,88

Onions and shallots

kg

1,95

1,93

1,96

Carrot – for consumption

kg

3,33

2,79

3,60

Cucumbers – for  consumption

kg

3,90

4,03

3,45

Cabbages, all types

kg

0,94

0,92

0,96

Apples – for consumption

kg

4,02

4,26

3,91

Table wine (with or without label of
geographic origin)

l

7,24

-

7,24

Olive oil; crude and not refined

l

63,73

32,20

67,14

Calves for slaughtering

kg

23,82

23,98

19,63

Heifers for slaughtering

kg

14,52

15,03

14,45

Raw cows’ milk

l

2,44

2,40

2,77

Pigs, over 50 kg

kg

10,58

10,82

10,57

Broilers

kg

7,69

7,69

10,84

Consumer eggs

p/st

0,68

-

0,68

Logs, coniferous

m3

396,49

-

396,49

Logs, deciduous

m3

528,67

669,32

528,56

Firewood (coniferous and deciduous)

m3

124,86

-

124,86

Carp

kg

20,24

-

20,24

Rainbow trout

kg

23,28

26,00

23,27

European pilchard and European sprat

kg

3,88

3,56

3,95

Sea-bass

kg

47,39

43,88

48,37

 


 

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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