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YEAR: XLVI. |
ZAGREB, 16 MARCH, 2009 |
NUMBER: 1.1.4. |
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OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE |
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The total production of figs in 2008
amounted to 2 460 tonnes, of mandarins to 50 138 tonnes and of olives to 35 955
tonnes.
The survey was carried out in the following counties: Primorje-Gorski kotar, Lika-Senj, Zadar, Šibenik-Knin, Split-Dalmatia, Istria and Dubrovnik-Neretva.
1. YIELD OF CITRUS FRUITS AND OLIVES, 2008
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Total, t |
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2007. |
2008. |
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Figs |
2 235 |
2 460 |
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Mandarins |
43 136 |
50 138 |
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Olives |
34 527 |
35 955 |
NOTES ON METHODOLOGY
Source and methods of data collection
Reports on yields of citrus fruits and olives (PO-34a and PO-34b forms) are used in collecting the final data on the number of fruit-bearing trees, actual yield per fruit-bearing tree and on the total yield. These data are collected separately for business entities and parts thereof and for private family farms. Data concerning business entities are collected on reports, which are then submitted by postal service to the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Data for private family farms have been 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 definition of an agricultural farm in accordance with the EU standards was applied in this survey.
The sample size was conditioned by the financial means allocated from the State Budget of the Republic of Croatia for 2008 and the share of agricultural farms by counties. The sample consisted of 1 130 households.
The rest of the data, which were not included in the basic group, were estimated according to changes in phenomena within a sample and were added to the sample data.
All data were compared to data from previous years, 2003 Agricultural Census data and available administrative sources (the Address Book of Private Family Farms of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development etc.). On the basis of all available data, corrections were done if necessary.
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, hunting and forestry, according to the NKD 2002. (NN, No. 13/03). The coverage is selective. Data are collected on reports, which are then submitted by postal service 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
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
t tonne