Restructuring the System of Agricultural Statistics in Hungary MEXAI 2-4 November 2004 Cancun Éva Laczka Ph.D.

Hungary Total area km 2 Population 10 million

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 – households Hungarian Agriculture

Agricultural Censuses Vineyard 1959 Orchard 1965 Vineyard 2001 Orchard and vineyard

The main characteristics of the surveys (1950–2000)

Regular surveys 2003

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

Data resources of the SNA and EAA Physical data Price statistics Gross production value Production Balance sheets A few new surveys Administrative data

Who are the data suppliers? What is the threshold?

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

Thresholds applied in Hungary

Result enterprises households threshold units

The main characteristics of the households 60 % produce for family consumption 10 % produce for market 30 % produce for family consumption and market

Are the households farms in economic terms ?

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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