Prices in agriculture

Legal basis

Legal basis for conducting survey in the area of  prices in agriculture  is Law on Official Statistics and Official Statistical System of Montenegro (Official Gazette of Montenegro 18/12).

METHODOLOGICAL BASES

Purpose of survey

The purpose of survey in the area of prices in agriculture is to collect, process, and disseminate data on: purchase of agricultural products from individual producers; agricultural products produced by agricultural enterprises and agricultural cooperatives under their own production; agricultural product prices; raw material; funds for the work and services provided in agriculture; expenditures and production of agricultural holding. 

Survey questionnaires are harmonised with the Handbook for EU Agricultural Price Statistics, 2008.

Data sources and coverage

There are covered: all business entities classified (by the activity classification KD) in sector A- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; entrepreneurs; business units performing production, processing and sale of agricultural products; agricultural cooperatives engaged in the purchase of agricultural products directly from individual agricultural producers, as well as business units in the composition of trade, industrial, and other business entities that performed the sale of raw material, equipment, and services in agriculture. 

Obligation to protect individual data

Statistical confidentiality is guaranteed. Results obtained through surveys are only used for statistical purposes, and they are published at the aggregated level.

For more details about published data, methodology, and releases in area of prices in agriculture please see the sections below. 

Data Methodology Releases Quality reports

 

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