Raw milk purchase
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Unit
Contact person
Position
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
Data on purchase of raw milk are characterising volume of raw milk produced and purchased in Latvia, average prices and average content of fat and proteins in milk.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
N/A
Statistical population
All milk procurement and processing enterprises which purchase raw milk from agricultural holdings and are approved and supervised by the Food and Veterinary Service (FVS).
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
N/A
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
As of 1 January 2007, the data source used for the raw milk purchase statistics and quality of purchased raw milk is the Milk Producer Register managed by the Rural Support Service of Latvia.
From 2002 to 2006, the data source used for the milk purchase statistics was monthly statistical questionnaire 13-purchase "Report on Purchase of Milk".
Data collection
Since 2007 data are not collected from respondents.
Data compilation
N/A