The price of grain in Croatia recorded an increase of 6.1 percent in November last year compared to October, while on a year-on-year basis, compared to November 2007, it decreased by 6.9 percent, according to data on the prices of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products at producers by product groups published by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.
According to this data, the prices in the purchase and sale of agricultural products increased by a total of 3.9 percent year-on-year. This overall increase was influenced by the rise in purchase prices from family farms, which increased by 9.5 percent in November compared to November 2007, while the sale prices from the own production of legal entities were lower by 1.5 percent. Statistical data by product groups show that a high price increase year-on-year was recorded for raw milk, with prices up by 19.5 percent.
Prices in the sale and purchase of other fruits, nuts, and similar stone fruits in November increased by 19.3 percent compared to November of the previous year, in the sale and purchase of straw and feed by 16.7 percent, and in the sale and purchase of live pigs by 16.5 percent. The largest price drop at producers is recorded for vegetables, grapes, and eggs – prices of other vegetables, fresh or chilled, are lower by 21.1 percent year-on-year, grapes by 18 percent, chicken eggs by 10.3 percent, and vegetables by 13.1 percent. Prices of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products are monitored and calculated for products sold by legal entities from their own production and for agricultural, forestry, and fishery products purchased from family farms. (H)
