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Slow grow in agro-production in EU-28 and increase in the Baltics

Eugene Eteris, European Studies Faculty, RSU, BC International Editor, Copenhagen, 28.11.2016.Print version
Agricultural output in the EU stood at €411.2 billion in 2015, down by 1.8% compared with 2014. In 2015, about 60% of the value of agricultural output generated was spent on intermediate consumption (input goods and services), while gross value added (i.e. the value of output minus the value of intermediate consumption) was at the level of 40% (or €164.6 bn).

With €75.2 bn (or 18% of the EU total) in 2015, France has had the highest total agricultural output across EU-28 member states. It was followed by Italy (€55.2 bn, or 13%), Germany (€51.5 bn, or 13%), Spain (€45.5 bn, or 11%), the United Kingdom (€29.6 bn, or 7%), the Netherlands (€26.7 bn, or 6%), Poland (€22.3 bn, or 5%) and Romania (€15.5 bn, or 4%). 

 

Agro-production in EU & the Baltics (in € bln):

- Total agricultural output – at the level 400 (EE- 0,9; LV-1,4 and LT-3,0); 

- Crop Output – about 210 (EE- 21,7; LV- 21,2 and LT- 14,6); 

Decrease in agro is largely due to notable fall in animal production. 

- Animal Output – about 151 (EE- minus14; LV- minus 7.3, LT –minus 11,7);  and 

- Other Items - 26

 

 Highest rise of agricultural output 

 

Highest rise was notices in Latvia, while largest falls in Luxembourg and Slovakia.  

In 2015 compared with 2014, the value of agricultural output followed contrasting patterns among the EU-28 states. 4

 

Thus the highest increase was recorded in Latvia (+8.8%), followed by Lithuania (+5.9%) and Cyprus (+4.7%). 

 

In contrast, the largest falls were registered in Luxembourg (-9.9%), Slovakia (-9.7%), the Czech Republic (-8.6%), Germany (-7.8%), Romania (-7.4%) and Finland (-7.3%).

 

Significant decrease in animal production  

 

A change in the value of agricultural production is influenced by a price change or a volume change (or a combination of the two). The 1.8% decrease in EU agricultural output in 2015 compared with 2014 can be mainly attributed to a marked fall (by 5.5%) in the value of animal production, whose 8.5% decrease in prices was only partially offset by a 3.3% increase in volumes. 

 

This overall decrease in the value of animal production is due to steep falls by 14.4% for milk (-15.7% for prices; +1.5% for volume) and by 6.5% for pigs (-10.1% for prices; + 4.0% for volume). 

 

The value of crop output remained nearly stable in the EU (+0.9%) with prices up by 3.9% and volume down by 2.9%. Increases of 7.2% registered for vegetables (+7.6% for prices; - 0.4% for volume) and of 10.4% for fruits (+8.1% for prices; +2.1% for volume) were partly compensated by decreases of 5.6% for cereals (-1.9% for prices; - 3.8% for volume) and of 4.6% for forage plants (+1.8% for prices; - 6.3% for volume). 

 

EU agricultural input costs (intermediate consumption) are estimated to have decreased by 1.5% (+1.0% for prices; - 2.5% for volume). This was partly due to a decline of 7.6% for energy and lubricants (- 8.5% for prices; +1.0% for volume). 

 

Full text available on EUROSTAT website: 

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/7748919/5-28112016-AP-EN.pdf/ac25310b-88f9-458a-b797-ef90f5e8c253

 

Source: Commission’s press release, Brussels, 28 November 2016, in:

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STAT-16-4082_en.htm?locale-en






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