Restructuring the System of Agricultural Statistics in Hungary

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Restructuring the System of Agricultural
Statistics in Hungary
HUNGARIAN CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE

• MEXAI
• 2-4 November 2004
• Cancun
• Éva Laczka Ph.D.

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Hungary

• Total area
• 93 000 km2
• Population
• 10 million

HUNGARY
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Hungarian Agriculture

• Agriculture in the GDP 3 percent
• Food industry in the GDP 4 percent
• Agricultural land area 63
  percent
• Employees in Agriculture 6 percent
• Number of units (2003)
• 7 600 agricultural enterprises
• 766 000 households

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Agricultural Censuses

• 1895
• 1935
• 1972
• 1981
• 1991
• 2000

• 1872 Vineyard
• 1959 Orchard
• 1965 Vineyard
• 2001 Orchard
• and vineyard

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The main characteristics of the surveys
(19502000)
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Regular surveys 2003
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Regular surveys 2003
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Milestones of the SNA and EAA

• 1855 first national income and assets
• 1950 national balance sheets in material terms
• 1960 national accounts in material terms and
  according to the SNA
• 1990 SNA only
• 1994 Regional GDP
• 1996 Quarterly GDP

• 1999 EAA
• 2003 Regional EAA

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Data resources of the SNA and EAA

• Physical data
• Price statistics
• Gross production value
• Production Balance sheets
• A few new surveys
• Administrative data

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Who are the data suppliers?What is the
threshold?
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EU requirement

• Member States have to fix the threshold at a
  level excluding only the smallest holding which
  together contribute 1 percent or less to the
  total SGM

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Thresholds applied in Hungary
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Result

• 7 600 enterprises
• 766 000 households
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  threshold
• 830 000 units

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The main characteristics of the households

• 60 produce for family consumption
• 10 produce for market
• 30 produce for family consumption and market

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Are the households farms in economic terms ?
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Conclusion

• Agricultural statistics must
• be in line with the users needs
• follow the changes
• fulfil the information needs of SNA,EAA
• be comparable (time, methodology, specific
  features)
• be cheep, efficient

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Thank you very much for your attention