*FIRST RELEASE*		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565

YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 7 MAY, 2009		NUMBER: 1.1.13.

				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

CROP PRODUCTION, 2008

For the first time, the Central Bureau of Statistics issues the first release titled Crop Production, 2008.

2008 data on crop production cover utilised agricultural land by categories, land sown in arable land, protected area and kitchen gardens, realised yields of early crops and fruits, realised yield of late crops, fruits and grapes as well as citrus fruits and olives.

1. AREA OF UTILISED AGRICULTURAL LAND, BY CATEGORIES, 2008

	New Cronos code¹⁾	2007.	2008.	Indices 2008. 2007.

Utilised Agricultural Area (UAA)	L0005	1 201 756	1 289 091	107

Arable land	L0001	846 730	855 416	101
Cereals	L1050	558 590	562 470	101
Dried pulses	L1300	4 843	2 958	61
Root and tuber crops	L1350	53 311	38 306	72
Industrial plants	L1400	94 055	107 668	114
Vegetables	L1600	12 399	12 942	104
Green fodder from arable land	L2610	105 589	117 154	111
Other arable crops	L2695	128	167	130
Strawberries		128	167	130
Fallow land	L2696	16 895	12 715	75
Flowers and ornamental plants	L3001	106	300	283
Seed	L3310	814	736	90
Kitchen gardens	L0004	5 275	5 337	101

Permanent grassland²⁾	L0002	269 745	342 430	127
Land under permanent crops	L0003	80 006	85 908	107

Orchards, vineyards, olive groves	L2002	79 520	84 645	106

Orchards		32 720	35 933	110

Vineyards		32 454	33 741	104
Olive groves		14 346	14 971	104
Nurseries	L2810	210	346	165
Osier willows	L2960	276	917	332

1) The New Cronos is a list of codes by which the Eurostat’s data base has been arranged.

2) Referring only to the area actually utilised. It is estimated that this area is larger due to the fact that the state-owned land is jointly used by more than one farm for pasture.

2. HARVESTED AREA, YIELD PER HECTARE AND PRODUCTION OF CROPS, 2008

	New Cronos code¹⁾	Harvested area, ha	Yield per hectare, t	Production, t	Production indices 2007.=100

Wheat	C1100	156 536	5,5	858 333	106
Maize	C1200	314 062	8,0	2 504 940	176
Barley	C1160	65 536	4,3	279 106	124
Rye	C1150	1 367	3,0	4 079	93
Oats	C1180	19 873	3,3	65 328	116
Triticale	C1212	3 214	3,9	12 532	131
Other cereals	C1219	372	3,3	1 212	62

Peas, dry grain	C1310	351	2,5	870	130
Fodder peas	C1320	371	3,1	1 149	…
Dry beans	C1331	2 147	1,5	3 263	130
Other dried pulses	C1340	41	1,0	41	…

Potatoes	C1360	15 000	17,0	255 554	86
Potatoes, early	C1362	2 705	14,3	38 675	48
Potatoes, late and for seed	C1363	12 295	17,6	216 879	101

Sugar beet	C1370	22 000	57,7	1 269 536	80

Fodder beet	C1381	518	18,3	9 491	115
Fodder kale	C1383	37	15,7	581	91
Fodder pumpkins		564	14,5	8175	153

Soya-beans	C1470	35 789	3,0	107 558	119
Sunflowers	C1450	38 631	3,1	119 872	221
Rapeseed	C1430	22 372	2,8	62 942	160
Other oilseeds	C1480	1 211	1,4	1 710	70
Tobacco	C1550	5 897	2,2	12 866	102
Aromatic and medicinal herbs, spices	C1580	2 797	0,5	1 462	66
Other industrial crops²⁾	C1589	690	3,6	2 513	29

Silage maize		29 892	37,5	1 120 226	156
Silage maize, main crop	C2625	28188	38,2	1 076 638	154
Silage maize, subsequent crops		1 704	25,6	43 588	224
Other annual green fodder	C2612	2 307	18,2	42 094	227
Clover	C2671	24 683	7,1	176 089	158
Lucerne	C2672	25 265	7,8	196 244	143
Grasses and grass-clover mixtures	C2680	35 530	5,2	183 462	120

1) New Cronos is a list of codes by which Eurostat’s databank

2) Other industrial crops (rapeseed for production of biodiesel, chicory and hop)

3. TOTAL PRODUCTION OF VEGETABLES, 2008

	New Cronos code¹⁾	Production, t
	New Cronos code¹⁾	Total	For market	In kitchen gardens (mainly for own consumption)

Cauliflower and broccoli	C1620	5 049	3 749	1 300
Cabbage, white	C1635	50 619	39 572	11 047
Other brassicas	C1655	6 571	3 920	2 651
Lettuce	C1680	7 640	3 236	4 404
Leek	C1675	2 556	1 924	632
Other leafy or stalked vegetables	C1725	4 593	3 047	1 546
Tomatoes	C1750	32 358	17 327	15 031
Cucumbers and gherkins	C1761+ C1766	14 795	8 468	6 327
Melons	C1771	3 622	3 086	536
Watermelons	C1777	31 986	30 557	1 429
Red peppers	C1790	34 760	27 325	7 435
Vegetables cultivated for fruit	C1799	6 957	5 445	1 512
Onions and garlic	C1851+ C1840	35 701	26 074	9 627
Carrots	C1830	7 629	3 761	3 868
Beetroot	C1860	4 722	1 560	3 162
Other root vegetables	C1884	2 266	1 653	613
Beans	C1901	7 663	2 824	4 839
Peas	C1890	13 974	11 590	2 384
Other vegetables (sweet corn, potatoes, etc.)	C1920	34 675	6 467	28 208

1) The New Cronos is a list of codes by which the Eurostat’s data base has been arranged.

4. PRODUCTION OF FRUITS AND OLIVES, 2008

	New Cronos code¹⁾⁾	Production, t
	New Cronos code¹⁾⁾	Total	Intensive (for market)	In extensive orchards (mainly for own consumption)

Apples	C2090	80 201	57 341	22 860
Pears	C2095	8 849	3 294	5 555
Peaches and nectarines	C2180 + C2221	7 348	5 315	2 033
Apricots	C2190	1 493	869	624
Cherries	C2200	14 674	7 654	7 020
Sweet cherries		8 009	3 863	4 146
Sour cherries		6 665	3 791	2 874
Plums	C2210	48 614	15 812	32 802
Walnuts	C2231	6 828	1 966	4 862
Hazelnuts	C2232	1 289	911	378
Almonds	C2233	905	651	254
Figs	C2251	2 460	1 388	1 072
Strawberries	C2260	2 385	1 342	1 043
Oranges	C2320	464	416	48
Mandarins	C2350	50 138	48 297	1 841
Lemons	C2371	260	247	13
Olives	C2450	35 955	32 561	3 394

1) The New Cronos is a list of codes by which the Eurostat’s data base has been arranged.

5. PRODUCTION OF GRAPES IN VINEYARDS, 2008

	2007.	2008.	Production indices 2007.= 100

	Grapes, total (C 2410)

Area, ‘000 ha	32	34	106
Number of vine grapes, mln	120	122	102
Production, total, t	197 979	185 256	94
Yield per hectare, t	6,1	5,4	89
Yield per vine, kg	1,7	1,5	88

6. PRODUCTION OF HAY FROM PERMANENT GRASSLANDS (MEADOWS AND PASTURES), 2008

	New Cronos code¹	Area, ha	Yield per hectare, t	Production, t

	Hay (C0002)


Permanent grasslands	C0002	342 309	2,8	955 950
Meadows	C2710	159 961	4,2	673 575
Pastures	C2720	182 348	1,6	282 375

1) The New Cronos is a list of codes by which the Eurostat’s data base has been arranged.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and methods of data collection

The Report on Utilised Areas and Land Sown at the End of Spring Harvest (PO-22a and PO-22b forms) are used in the collection of data on arable land , protected areas and kitchen gardens sawn. Data on the total utilised agricultural areas by type of cultivation.

Data on agricultural land refer to the situation as on 1 June and present agricultural land used in a reference year, that is, own land and land leased minus land rented.

Data on harvested areas and actual yield of early crops and fruits are collected on the Report on Actual Yield of Early Crops and Fruits (PO-32a and PO-32b forms). Data on harvested areas of early crops are expressed in hectares, while the production and yield per hectare are expressed in tonnes. Data on yields refer to the situation as on 15 August 2008.

The data on harvested areas and actual yield of late crops, fruits and grapes are collected on the Report on Actual Yield of Late Crops and Fruits (PO-33a and PO-33b forms). Data on harvested areas of late crops are expressed in hectares, while the production and yield per hectare are expressed in tonnes. Data on yields refer to the situation as on 10 November 2008.

The Reports on Yields of Citrus Fruits and Olives (PO-34a and PO-34b forms) are used in collecting data on the production. Data on yields refer to the situation as on 31 December 2008.

All mentioned surveys cover all agricultural farms, that is, business entities and parts thereof as well as private family farms.

Data concerning business entities and parts thereof are collected on reports that are submitted by mail to the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Data on private family farms are collected by using the interview method applied to a selected stratified sample. The sample for private family farms was selected from the basic group according to the 2003 Agricultural Census. The sample size was conditioned by the financial means allocated from the State Budget of the Republic of Croatia and the share of agricultural farms by counties.

In all these surveys, the definition of an agricultural farm was applied in accordance with the EU criteria.

Data on agricultural farms, which are not in line with the said definition and are tnot included in the basic group for a sample, were estimated according to changes in phenomena within a sample and were added to the sample data.

All expanded data were compared to data from previous years, the 2003 Agricultural Census data and data in available administrative sources (the Address Book of Agricultural Farms of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development etc.). All necessary corrections were done on the basis of those available data.

Definitions and other explanations

Business entities and parts thereof have been taken over from the Register of Business Entities and are defined by section A Agriculture, hunting and forestry according to the NKD 2002. (NN, No. 13/03).

Private family farm is an economic unit of a household engaged in agricultural production, regardless of whether the products are intended for market or for own consumption.

Utilised agricultural area is the total agricultural area that was used for crop production in a year in question. It covers arable land, kitchen gardens, meadows, pastures, nurseries, orchards, vineyards and land with basket willow (osier).

Arable land refers to the land that is regularly farmed and cultivated and is under crop rotation.

The following plants are grown on arable land: cereals, pulses for dry grain, root and tuber crops, industrial crops, fodder crops, vegetables, flowers and horticultural plants as well as sowing and seeds and seedlings.

Kitchen gardens are areas scheduled for growing of crops (mostly vegetables) that are intended for consumption by persons living in a household and that are mainly not intended for sale. Only occasional surplus of products grown on these areas is sold outside the household.

Root and tuber crops include potatoes, sugar beet and fodder root crops (fodder beet, fodder kale, fodder turnip and other fodder root crops).

Industrial crops include oil crops (soya-bean, sunflowers, pumpkins for oil), tobacco, hops and other industrial plants (spices, aromatic and medicinal herbs, and other industrial plants.

Subsequent crops are crops sown after the main crop in the same year. Subsequent crops include stubble crops, which are sown after the harvest and mostly ripen in autumn.

Other vegetables include sweet corn, potatoes etc.

Intensive orchards are cultivated with a specific distance between the trees in which mechanised cultivation can be performed. As a rule, they are larger plantations of fruit trees (of 10 or more ares) or berries (excluding strawberries) intended for fruit growing for sale.

Extensive (traditional) orchards are country semi-intensive or extensive plantations of fruit trees of predominantly old sorts intended mostly for own consumption. Included are trees in (mixed) orchards as well as trees in yards, on boundary lines, by roads, etc.

The total production is a so-called stored production obtained after the harvest by deduction of all the losses before the harvest and during the transport and combine harvesting etc. Since the moisture of cereals may vary due to the weather conditions, the actual yield is presented as an averagely moist yield, that is, grains with 13% of moisture.

Abbreviations

etc. and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities

ha hectare

kg kilogram

mln million

NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

t tonne

‘000 thousand

Symbols

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