PRODUCTION OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND GRAPES, 2023 – Provisional Data

Increased production of apples

In the group of vegetables, fruits and grapes, the production of apples increased the most in 2023 compared to 2022, by 18 718 tonnes.

The production of other fruits also increased: mandarins, by 1 482 tonnes, and hazelnuts, by 416 tonnes, as well as the production of other vegetables: cabbage, white and red, by 3 681 tonnes, onions and garlic, by 3 159 tonnes, watermelons, by 2 158 tonnes, melons, by 1 903 tonnes, lettuce, by 916 tonnes, cauliflower and broccoli, by 808 tonnes, green beans, by 763 tonnes, beetroots, by 753 tonnes, and green peas, by 748 tonnes.

Decreased production of plums

The production of plums decreased in 2023 by 4 722 tonnes, as compared to 2022.

The production of other fruits also decreased: sour cherries, by 1 749 tonnes, pears, by 1 398 tonnes, peaches and nectarines, by 962 tonnes, strawberries, by 823 tonnes, sweet cherries, by 790 tonnes, walnuts, by 743 tonnes, apricots, by 404 tonnes, and figs, by 134 tonnes, as well as the production of other vegetables: tomatoes, by 5 162 tonnes, cucumbers and gherkins, by 4 739 tonnes, carrots, by 2 209 tonnes, red peppers, capsicum, by 720 tonnes, and leeks, by 424 tonnes.

The final data will be available on 16 May 2024 on the website of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics in the Database.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

The Croatian Bureau of Statistics conducted surveys on crop statistics on the basis of the Annual Implementation Plan of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia (NN, No. 35/23) and Regulation (EC) No. 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics, and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1557 of 13 July 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No. 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics.

Sources and methods of data collection

Data were collected via the following surveys:

1. Report on the Annual Survey on Crop and Livestock Production (PO-71 form)
2. Report on Yield of Citrus Fruits and Olives (PO-34 form).

These reports collect data on harvested areas of vegetables, fruits and grapes expressed in hectares, while the production and yield per hectare are expressed in tonnes.

These data were collected separately for business entities and parts thereof and for private family farms. Data on business entities are collected in two ways: by using the reporting method on an appropriate form or via a web-based application.

Data for private family farms were collected by interviewers using the personal interview method applied to a selected stratified sample. The sample for private family farms was selected from the Statistical Register of Agricultural Holdings.

The sample size was conditioned by the financial means allocated from the State Budget of the Republic of Croatia for 2023 and the share of private family farms by regions. The samples consisted of about 17 000 private family farms.

All expanded data were compared to data from previous years and available administrative sources (bases and registers from the Single Application at the Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development and other relevant sources). On the basis of all available data, corrections were done if necessary.

Coverage and comparability

Reporting units are business entities and parts thereof defined in section A Agriculture, forestry and fishing according to the NKD 2007 as well as other business entities and parts thereof engaged in agricultural production but classified in other activities.

Reporting units are also private family farms engaged in agricultural production, for which interviewers collected data.

Definitions

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.

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.

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