Prices of agricultural products
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia
Unit
Environment Statistics Survey Design Section
Contact person
Anna Komara
Position
Expert
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
The data on purchase prices and indices of agricultural products are used to calculate value index of agricultural products as well as for the sector analysis.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
N/A
Statistical population
Agricultural product procurement and processing enterprises and economic active agricultural holdings.
All slaughter houses accredited by the Food and Veterinary Service, which purchase livestock for slaughtering from agricultural holdings, as well as which provide slaughtering services.
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
N/A
4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
The Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) publishes information on the EU-27, on a country-by-country basis on its website, in the section: Agriculture.
Length of comparable time series
- Annual data are comparable since 1995,
- Quarterly data are comparable since 2005,
- Monthly data are comparable since 2002.
6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
N/A
7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
Data are acquired with the help of calculations, by using following data sources:
- CSB statistical report forms:
- 21-ls "Report on production and sale of agricultural products" (until 2016);
- 21-LS (Crop) "Report on production and sale of crop products" (from 2017);
- 1-flowers and seedlings "Report on floriculture and nursery activities";
- 5-purchase "Report in purchase of flax products";
- 1-purchase "Report on purchase of grain, pulses and rape seeds";
- 11-purchase "Report on purchase of livestock products and slaughtering of livestock";
- 3-ls "Livestock";
- 1-poultry "Report on poultry farming";
- Agricultural Data Centre data from the Milk Producer Register;
- Agricultural Data Centre information from the Slaughterhouse Electronic Reporting System;
- Data of the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics on prices of agricultural products.
Data collection
N/A
Data compilation
N/A