Production of dairy products
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Unit
Contact person
Position
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
Information on the volume of milk and dairy products produced in milk processing enterprises, fat and milk proteins content, as well as volume of whole milk and skimmed milk used in the production process are compiled to ensure complete, qualitative and comparable information on production of dairy products in Latvia.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
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Statistical population
Economically active enterprises the main economic activity of which is milk processing and manufacture of milk products (NACE Rev. 2.1, class 10.51 "Manufacture of dairy products").
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
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4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
EU data on Eurostat website
Section - Agriculture / Agricultural production / Animal production.
Length of comparable time series
N/A
6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
N/A
7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
Starting from 2013, monthly data are acquired by surveying enterprises, forming a threshold sample that ensures 95% of the total volume of dairy products manufactured a year before. Data are complied from the CSB monthly statistical report questionnaire 1-milk "Report on manufacture of dairy products". Till 2013, data were received from Latvian Dairy Committee.
Annual data are obtained conducting full-scope survey.
Information on milk production and fat and protein content in milk of the product produced in the reference year is collected. The report includes only production which is final product. Final product does not include the amount of milk products which is further used in the manufacture of some other product.
Annual data are collected from CSB annual statistical report questionnaire 1-r (milk) "Report on milk processing in 201_".
Data collection
Economically active enterprises the main economic activity of which is milk processing and manufacture of milk products (NACE Rev. 2.1, class 10.51 "Manufacture of dairy products").
Year | Sample size for half a year data | Sample size for annual data |
2025 | 24 | |
2024 | 24 | 24 |
2023 | 22 | 19 |
2022 | 23 | 22 |
2021 | 21 | 24 |
2020 | 23 | 21 |
2019 | 23 | 22 |
2018 | 27 | 23 |
2017 | 23 | 27 |
2016 | 23 | 23 |
2015 | 23 | 22 |
2014 | 22 | 22 |
2013 | 9 | 22 |
2012 | - | 24 |
2011 | - | 26 |
2010 | - | 27 |
2009 | - | 28 |
2008 | - | 27 |
2007 | - | 29 |
2006 | - | 26 |
2005 | - | 29 |
Data compilation
Extrapolation of the data on the surveyed holdings to all agricultural holdings is based on the number of similar holdings represented by sampled holdings as well as actual response rate in each of the survey territories.