STAT/13/164 7 November 2013 Pocketbook on agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics An overview of the agricultural sector in figures Which Member States are the biggest producers of wheat, maize or barley? How much cow’s milk is collected by dairies in the EU? Which Member States produce the most drinking milk, cheese, butter or cream? And which produce the most meat from cattle, pigs or poultry? Answers to these questions and many more can be found in the 2013 edition of the Pocketbook on agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics1 issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This pocketbook, which is aimed at both generalists and specialists, presents tables and graphs providing an overview of the agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors in the European Union. The pocketbook is divided into eight chapters, with the first providing an overview of agriculture in the newest Member State, Croatia. The remaining chapters provide information on the agricultural census, agricultural accounts and prices, agricultural production, agro-environment, rural development, forestry and fisheries. France produces a quarter of cereals in the EU28 In the EU28 in 2012, 285.0 million tonnes of cereals were produced. Since the production of cereals is highly dependent on weather conditions, it is interesting not only to observe one year, but a longer time period. Looking back, there was a peak of 320.5 mn tonnes in 2008, then production fell to 301.4 mn in 2009 and 283.5 mn in 2010 and then remained more stable in 2011 and 2012. Among the 285.0 mn tonnes of cereals produced in the EU28 in 2012, 126.0 mn or 44% was common wheat, 60.1 mn or 21% was grain maize, 55.0 mn or 19% was barley and 9.1 mn or 3% was rye and maslin. France (68.5 mn tonnes, 24% of total EU28 production) was the largest producer of cereals in the EU28, followed by Germany (45.4 mn or 16%), Poland (28.5 mn or 10%), the United Kingdom (19.5 mn or 7%), Italy (19.0 mn or 7%) and Spain (17.5 mn or 6%). France was the main producer of common wheat (28% of total EU28 production), grain maize (26%) and barley (21%), while Germany (43%) and Poland (35%) were the main producers of rye and maslin. The United Kingdom largest producer of drinking milk, Germany largest producer of cheese, cream and butter In the EU28 in 2012, 140.2 mn tonnes of cow’s milk was collected by dairies. The largest quantity of cow’s milk was collected in Germany (29.7 mn tonnes, 21% of total EU28 production), followed by France (24.2 mn or 17%), the United Kingdom (13.6 mn or 10%), the Netherlands (11.7 mn or 8%) and Italy (10.6 mn or 8%). Among the dairy products produced from this milk, were 32.0 mn tonnes of drinking milk, 9.3 mn of cheese, 2.5 mn of cream and 2.1 mn of butter. The United Kingdom (6.9 mn tonnes or 22% of total EU28 production), Germany (5.3 mn or 16%), France (3.6 mn or 11%), Spain (3.5 mn or 11%) and Italy (2.6 mn or 8%) produced the most drinking milk. Germany was the largest producer of cheese (23%), cream (21%) and butter (23%) in the EU28, followed by France (21%, 16% and 20% respectively). Production of cereals, 2012 (1 000 tonnes) of which Total cereals (including rice) Common wheat* 285 001 125 956 Belgium 3 012 Bulgaria 6 988 Czech Republic 6 596 EU28 Grain maize** Barley Rye and maslin 60 079 55 028 9 073 1 835 734 364 3 4 405 1 718 662 22 3 519 928 1 617 148 Denmark 9 460 4 525 75 4 059 384 Germany 45 397 22 352 5 515 10 391 3 878 991 485 - 341 57 Ireland 2 125 708 0 1 261 0 Greece 4 284 478 2 010 326 28 Spain 17 543 4 690 4 261 5 956 297 France 68 458 35 541 15 614 11 348 160 Croatia 2 687 994 1 298 236 2 18 959 3 498 8 195 960 15 Estonia Italy Cyprus 91 0 - 67 0 Latvia 2 125 1 540 - 249 124 Lithuania 4 657 2 999 79 742 157 Luxembourg Hungary Malta 153 79 2 38 6 10 373 3 965 4 763 996 79 - - - 0 - Netherlands 1 826 1 302 254 206 9 Austria 4 876 1 232 2 351 663 219 Poland 28 544 8 608 3 996 4 180 3 163 Portugal 1 178 55 849 21 15 Romania 12 824 5 276 5 953 986 18 Slovenia 576 188 277 85 3 Slovakia 3 036 1 247 1 170 471 49 Finland 3 659 887 0 1 581 64 Sweden 5 071 2 289 15 1 702 140 19 515 13 261 23 5 522 33 Iceland 16 0 - 15 0 Norway United Kingdom 1 070 235 : 550 5 Switzerland 922 512 149 185 11 former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia 460 215 119 90 7 33 025 16 807 4 600 7 100 371 Turkey * ** 0 : Common wheat: not including durum wheat, but including spelt Includes corn cob mix Less than 500 tonnes Data not applicable Data not available Cow’s milk collected and dairy products, 2012 (1 000 tonnes) Cows’ milk collected by dairies EU28 Selected dairy products: Drinking milk Cheese Cream Butter 140 150 32 030 9 258 2 530 2 138 3 072 706 78 176 74 Belgium Bulgaria 514 72 69 2 1 Czech Republic 2 429 609 112 47 27 Denmark 4 927 493 300 65 128 Germany 29 703 5 251 2 161 542 490 665 86 43 27 4 5 379 502 : 21 : Estonia Ireland Greece 637 488 195 14 1 Spain 6 089 3 485 316 153 37 France 24 246 3 607 1 929 412 417 Croatia 602 311 32 27 5 10 598 2 620 1 204 118 101 Cyprus 154 71 19 4 0 Latvia 718 66 31 36 6 1 360 92 112 3 12 Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands 278 : : : : 1 398 394 73 5 9 : : : : : 11 675 524 764 9 195 Austria 2 964 770 160 63 34 Poland 9 858 1 511 721 244 165 Portugal 1 861 859 72 18 28 Romania 888 208 67 48 9 Slovenia 535 152 18 13 3 Slovakia 851 317 32 32 9 Finland 2 254 736 102 64 52 Sweden 2 861 867 101 113 37 United Kingdom 13 591 6 932 357 250 145 Switzerland 3 444 481 181 87 51 Montenegro 23 5 1 1 0 7 933 1 250 564 25 40 Turkey 0 : Less than 500 tonnes Data not available or confidential 1. Eurostat Pocketbook "Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics – 2013 edition" can be downloaded in PDF format from the Eurostat website. Data presented in this News Release could differ from the data published in the pocketbook, due to updates made after the data extractions used for the publication. Published by Eurostat Press Office For further information: Louise CORSELLI-NORDBLAD Tel: +352-4301-33 444 eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu Herta SCHENK Tel: +352-4301-31 977 herta.schenk@ec.europa.eu Eurostat News Releases on the internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat