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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 1 JULY, 2009

NUMBER: 1.1.14.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

EARLY ESTIMATES OF AREAS SOWN WITH IMPORTANT CROPS, 2009

 

In this release, early estimates of areas sown with the most important crops are issued. As compared to 2008, regarding selected most important crops, it is estimated that there was an increase in the areas sown with wheat, soya beans, rape seed and sugar beets. The most significant increase, of as much as 37%, was recorded for areas sown with wheat. The estimation of areas sown with maize and potatoes shows that they remained at the level of the previous year, while those sown with sunflowers decreased.

 

 

1.   EARLY ESTIMATES OF AREA FOR CROP PRODUCTS, 2009

ha

 

2008.

2009.

Indices

2009.

2008.

 

 

 

 

Wheat − total1)

156 669

214 500

137

Maize − total2)

313 779

310 800

99

 

 

 

 

Soya beans

35 816

40 000

112

Rape seed

22 409

29 000

129

Sunflowers

38 635

30 000

78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sugar beets

22 000

25 000

114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Potatoes

15 000

15 000

100

 

 

1)    Soft wheat (winter, spring seed and durum)

2)    Mercantile and seed

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Sources and methods of data collection

 

Data on early estimates of areas sown with important crops refer to the situation as on 1 June. These data are first information issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics on the situation of land sown at the end of spring harvest. The following crops are included: wheat, maize, soya beans, rape seed, sunflowers, sugar beets and potatoes.

 

Data on land sown with important crops have been estimated by the Central Bureau of Statistics on the following bases:

 

-    results of the Report on Utilised Areas and Land Sown at the End of Spring Harvest in 2008 (PO-22 form),

-    results of the Report on Autumn Harvest in 2008 (PO-21
      form),

-    available administrative sources of the Ministry of
      Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development as well as other
      ones.

 

Coverage and comparability

 

Reporting units are business entities and parts thereof taken over from the Register of Business Entities, which are defined in section A Agriculture, forestry and fishing according to the NKD 2007. The coverage is selective. Data are collected on reports that are sent by mail to the Central Bureau of Statistics.

 

Reporting units are also households engaged in agricultural production, for which interviewers collected data. Private family farms have been selected from the 2003 Agricultural Census data base.

 

Abbreviations

 

ha                   hectare

NKD 2007.    National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

NN                  Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia