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Prices, price index
The basket of goods for producer price statistics in agriculture and forestry currently includes around 216 products from the animal, crop and forestry sectors. The prices are weighted according to Laender (federal provinces) prices without VAT, which are aggregated to give a federal average price. The price data are collected in close collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Agrarmarkt Austria and the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture.
Prices for the most important agricultural products went downward in 2009.
For pigs of carcass quality S - P at €1.39/kg a price decrease of
Producer prices for poultry developed quite differently; while the price for boiler
chickens for fattening (live weight) increased by €91.60/100 kg at
A strong negative trend was seen in cereals: €90.60/tonne
Also with sugar beets, as in the previous year, a
price decline was observed:
Reasonable prices could be reached for a number of
products in the vegetable sector. The price of green beans increased by 23.6%
to €88.04/100 kg, that of celery by
In Austrian fruit production the apple takes the greatest importance. The
producer prices (annual average) for apples of the class I amounted
to €35.98/100 kg which corresponds to a minus of 28.0% in relation
to the previous year. Considering plums and currents the rather high
price level of the year 2008 could not be held: Thus, €68.80/100 kg
for plums
Producer prices for saw timber (spruce/pine, class B, media 2b) dropped
| Producer prices for agriculture and forestry products 2003 to 2009 |  |  |  |
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| Price indices of agriculture and forestry | | | |
| Standard documentation, meta information: Producer prices in agriculture and forestry | |
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