Quarterly statistics of livestock farming (until 2015)

Statistics Estonia

Enterprise and Agricultural Statistics Department

Aili Maanso

Leading Statistician

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

aili.maanso [at] stat.ee

+372 625 9236

09/01/2015

09/01/2015

Number of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry; production of meat, milk and eggs.

Number of livestock as at the last day of the quarter.

Births and slaughterings of livestock in the quarter.

Estonian Classifcation of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2

Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK)

Agricultural holdings, agricultural small units

Agricultural holding – a single unit both technically and economically, which has single management and which produces agricultural products or maintains its land which is no longer used for production purposes in good agricultural and environmental condition, where:

- there is at least one hectare of utilised agricultural land or

- there is less than one hectare of utilised agricultural land but agricultural products are produced mainly for sale.

Units where agricultural products are not produced but only land is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition are included from 2007.

Agricultural small unit – unit, which has less than one hectare of utilised agricultural land, but at least 50 m² vegetable area or three fruit trees or six berry bushes or ten rabbits or ten domestic fowls or other agricultural animals or three beehives and agricultural products are produced mainly for own consumption.

Agricultural holding

Agricultural holdings who have farm animals

Quarterly pig and poultry surveys will cover only the most important and largest enterprises as the production in these fields is very concentrated, the production of smaller holdings is not characterized by high seasonality as in case of larger holdings and data delivery is a high burden for smaller holdings. For estimating the egg production the use of data from packaging centres will be investigated.

FRAME

List of agricultural holdings who have pigs and poultry. The list is generated from the statistical register of agricultural holdings.

Estonia as a whole

Counties

2004–…

Not applicable.

Number of animals and poultry at the end of the quarter

Births of animals – number

Number of animals and poultry sold for slaughter and slaughtered other than in slaughterhouses

Production of eggs – thousand pieces

Slaughter weight of animals and poultry sold to slaughterhouses and slaughtered other than in slaughterhouses – ton

Quarter

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACT

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Official Statistics Act

Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (Text with EEA relevance)

OTHER AGREEMENTS

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Quarter

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Data are published under the heading „Economy/ Agriculture” in the Statistical Database in http://pub.stat.ee.

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 34, § 35, § 36, § 37, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to micro-data and anonymisation of micro-data are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s „Procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes”: http://www.stat.ee/dokumendid/51669.

Data serve as input for statistical activities 21207 „Economic accounts for agriculture”, 21209 „Handling statistical farm register” and 50101 „Estonian regional development”.

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Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process (this information includes, among other things, feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees). This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

Ministry of Agriculture

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Since 1996 Statistics Estonia conducts reputation surveys and user surveys.

All results are available on the website http://www.stat.ee/user-surveys.

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The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

The sampling error is not estimated.

We try to reduce non-sampling errors through continous methodological improvements and survey process improvements, incl. through minimizing under- and overcoverage of the frame.

The data are released 35 days upon the end of the reference quarter (T+35).

(2012) T+34

(2011) T+35

(2010) T+36

(2009) T+36

(2008) T+36

(2007) T+25

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calender.

The data are geographically comparable.

The data are comparable since 1980.

Data are closely related to other agricultural statistics.

The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent.

Total time of filling in reports of statistical actions, working days: 51,3

Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report:

Loomakasvatus. Linnud: 0,4

Loomakasvatus. Sead: 0,2

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the dissemination policy of Statistics Estonia http://www.stat.ee/dissemination-policy.

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, if errors are discovered, if new or better data become available.

SURVEY DATA

Total population involves 15,800 objects. The sample size and design for 2015 is under decision.

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

The data on the number and slaughterings of cattle, sheep and goats are received from the Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board (PRIA).

The data on milk production is received from Estonian Animal Recording Centre.

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Data from statistical activity 21216 „Survey of agricultural household plots” are used.

Quarter

Data are collected through eSTAT (the web channel for electronic data submission) and from administrative data sources. eSTAT is also used to monitor the completion of questionnaires. The questionnaires have been designed for completion in eSTAT by the respondents themselves and they include instructions and controls. The questionnaires and information about data submission are available on Statistics Estonia’s website at http://www.stat.ee/andmete-esitamine (in Estonian). Data are collected with the quarterly statistical questionnaires „Loomakasvatus. Linnud” ja „Loomakasvatus. Sead”.

Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with the data of previous periods or other surveys and with administrative data sources.

The data on cattle, sheep and goats are collected by the Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board in the Register of Agricultural Animals. The data on milk production are collected by the Animal Recording Centre. The data on pigs and poultry are collected from agricultural holdings.

Weights are calculated for the statistical units which are used to expand the data of the sample survey to the population. For estimating population totals, the sample data on agricultural holdings are grossed up separately in each stratum. The expansion factor is the ratio of each subpopulation to the number of respondents in that stratum. In case of missing or unreliable data, the estimates are imputed according to the relevant guidelines. To compensate for non-response among agricultural holdings in the completely enumerated part of the population, the data are replaced with administrative data, the data for the previous period or the data for similar holdings. The data of agricultural small units are estimated. National aggregates are calculated by adding up the data of agricultural holdings and agricultural small units. The variables which were not collected directly but are required for output generation are calculated. In order to calculate new variables, mathematical expressions are applied to existing variables. The process may be repeated, i.e. a derived variable may be based on other derived new variables.

Microdata are aggregated before analysis. This covers data summarisation according to the classification and the calculation of various statistical indicators (e.g. mean). The indicators to be published are calculated on the basis of the collected data.

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