Legal basis
The survey is carried out based on the Law on Official Statistics and Official Statistical System (Official Gazette of Montenegro No 18/12 and 47/19). The survey on pesticides sale is included for the first time as a regular survey for 2022 in the Annual Plan of Official Statistics (Official Gazette of Montenegro No 2/2022 of January 12, 2022).
METHODOLOGICAL BASIS
Aim and purpose of survey
The aim of the survey is to collect the data on quantity of pesticide placed at the market as well as data on the quantities of active substances sold on the level of whole Montenegro for fungicides, herbicides, insecticides and other pesticides are published.
Reporting units
Administrative data source is the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management (Administration for Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs), which collects information from subjects registered for import, i.e. wholesale trade in Plant Protection Products, which are required to keep records of purchased and sold Plant Protection Products in accordance with the Law on Plant Protection Products.
Coverage of survey
All wholesalers registered by the Administration for Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, which are required to keep records of purchased and sold Plant Protection Products in accordance with the Law on Plant Protection Products.
Obligation to protect individual data
Individual data on natural or legal persons are confidential and represent an official secret, in accordance with Article 56 of the Law on Official Statistics and official statistical system (Official Gazette of Montenegro No 18/12 and 47/19).
More information on published data and methodology can be found in the sections below.
| Data | Methodology | Releases | Quality reports | Metadata |
