On Statistics of Production and Use of Mineral Fertilizers in the Russian Federation Deputy Head of Department of Agriculture and Environment Statistics E.E. Obychayko Head of Department of Agriculture and Environment Statistics M.P. Klevakina

2 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF STATE STATISTICS Statistical activity in Russia is governed by the following documents: Federal Law “On Official Statistical Accounting and State Statistics System in the Russian Federation” (dated November 29, 2007 No. 282-ФЗ) Federal Law “On All-Russian Agricultural Census” (dated July 21, 2005 No. 108-ФЗ) Federal plan of statistical works(dated May 6, 2008 No.671-р as amended) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Federal Law “On Agricultural Development” (dated December 29, 2006 No. 264-ФЗ) Government program on agricultural development and regulation of agricultural products, raw materials and food markets for 2008 – 2012 and Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated January 30, 2010 No. “On Approval of Food Security Doctrine of the Russian Federation” _____________________________________________________________________________________ Federal Law “On Development of Small and Medium Business in the Russian Federation” (dated July 24, 2007 No. 209-ФЗ) Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation “On Procedures of Sampling Statistical Observations of Activities of Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Entities” (dated February 16, 2008 No. 79)

3 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF STATE STATISTICS Federal Law “On Safe Management of Pesticides and Agrochemicals” (dated July 19, 1997 No.109-ФЗ) Federal Law “On Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare” (dated March 30, 1999 No. 52-ФЗ) Federal Law “On Government Regulation for Providing Agricultural Lands Fertility” (dated July 16, 1998 No.101-ФЗ )

4 Program of Generation of Official Statistical Information According to the Federal Plan of Statistical Works, collection and processing of statistical information about state of agriculture: are mainly centralized in Rosstat System in Ministry of Agriculture of Russia – current information (including about a delivery of mineral fertilizers, a progress of implementation of federal target program “Preservation and Restoration of Fertility of Agricultural Lands and Rehabilitation ofAgro-landscapes as Russia's National Heritage for and up to 2013”) in Russian register – information about availability of lands and their distribution by categories, holdings and users, state and use for agricultural production in Federal Customs Service – information about export and import of goods, including mineral fertilizers.

5 System of Statistical Indicators on Production and Use of Mineral Fertilizers Includes the Following Indicators: production of mineral and chemical fertilizers application of mineral and organic fertilizers by agricultural producers sale of mineral fertilizers by wholesale traders prices and price indices export, import of goods balance of commercial resources

6 METHODOLOGICAL PROVISION COMBINED OBSERVATION METHOD: no less than once per 10 years − All-Russian agricultural census in intercensal period − universal accounting or sampling observations − depending on a category of household

7 All-Russian agricultural census 2006 is a framework of agricultural statistics Formed federal information resources about principal characteristics and structure of agriculture Developed new system of formation of general population by all categories of agricultural producers Development and improvement of the sampling observation system Recalculations of time series 7

8 Categories of Agricultural Producers 59.2 thous of agricultural organizations and enterprisers including: 15.4 thou – large and medium organizations 32.8 thou – small enterprises 11 thou – subsidiary plots of non-agricultural organizations thous of farms thous of individual entrepreneurs 22.8 mln of personal subsidiary plots and other individual households of citizens including: 14.8 mln – in rural area 8.0 mln – in urban area 80.3 thous of non-profit associations of citizens that include 13.8 mln of plots of land

9 Agricultural organizationsCombination of universal accounting and sampling observation (depending on a type of enterprise) unrelated to small business enterprisesCrop production and livestock production – Monthly universal accounting on brief program (integrated accounting); annual accounting – using a wider program. small business enterprises small enterprises (except for micro-enterprises) micr-oenterprises Sampling observation Crop production – twice per annum Livestock production – monthly Crop production and livestock production – annually Farms, individual entrepreneursSampling observation – annually Crop areas and crop production ; Livestock inventory and livestock production; Economic indicators. Population householdsMultipurpose sampling observation – monthly Crop production, livestock production and economic activity

10 Sampling Observation System personal subsidiary plots and other individual households of citizens farms and individual entrepreneurs agricultural organizations – small business enterprises (including micro- enterprises) horticultural and garden non-profit associations of citizens

Переход на новые версии ОКВЭД2 и ОКПД2 Currently existing in statistical system Transition period Planned to be introduced since January 1, 2015 OKVED OK (KDES Rev. 1.1) OKVED-2001 OKVED-2007 OKVED 2 with cancellation of doubling classifiers OKPD ОК (KPES 2002) OKPD, OKP, OKUN, OKPD as related to products OKPD2 with cancellation of doubling classifiers Transition to New Versions of OKVED2 and OKPD2

DISTRIBUTION OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON AGRICULTURE Rosstat Internet-site (table materials, graphics, maps, data bases, including OLAP-cubes, current information, official publications, including the outcomes of ARAC, methodological guidelines) Unified Interdepartmental Statistical Information System (annual and current data on agricultural and environmental statistics) Monthly report “On Socioeconomic Status of Russia” Topical bulletins and collections Rosstat official publications that include agricultural statistics: Russian statistical yearbook Regions of Russia. Principal characteristics of RF constituent entities Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators Small and medium entrepreneurship in Russia Russia in figures G8 in figures Russia and European Union member countries Belarus and Russia Statistical survey (journal) Collection “Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry in Russia” Results of All-Russian Agricultural Census 2006, including Atlas with the results of census Russia, RF constituent entities – 12 books municipal regions – 2,500 books

13 Distribution of Statistical Information via Internet Rosstat central web-site 82 web-sites of Rosstat territorial authorities

Распространение статистической информации через ЕМИСС Unified Interdepartmental Statistical Information System (UISIS) 1 Rosstat 2 Ministry of Agriculture of Russia 3 CB of Russia 4 Ministry of Natural Resources 64 Ministry of Labor Entities of official statistical accounting … Federal Plan of Statistical Works (Approved by the Government of the RF) Слайд №39

15 Scheme of Information Interaction with Users

16 Plan of Actions of Global Strategy on Improvement of Agricultural Statistics 1. Development of minimum set of basic indicators on agriculture harmonized for UN FAO countries. 2. Integration of agriculture in national statistical system to satisfy both current and future needs in data. 3. Employee further training (vocational education, including the development of training materials, reference books, on-line courses, etc.).