Croatia's accession to the EU

Croatia joins the European Union on 1 July 2013.

In the run up to this occasion, Tallage
  • will, from today, begin integrating Croatian data to its tables and graphics (EU crops, intra-EU trade, extra-EU trade, S&D balance sheets, SG Reports)
  • presents a Stratégie grains issue dedicated to Croatia.

    • The special report presents the Croatian market and the impact of its accession. It has two main aims :
  • To describe the broad outlines of Croatia's economy and its agriculture
  • To provide supply and demand balance sheets and trade data for past years that will serve as our basis to move forward for marketing years 2012/13 and 2013/14

    • Contents of the report
  • Croatia: continental and Mediterranean climatic aspects
  • Geographical and climatic characteristics: riches of a varied landscape
  • Political and economic contexts

  • Agriculture in croatia
  • Agriculture plays a major role in Croatia's economy
  • Land use, highly dependent on soil quality
  • Agrarian structures and support for agriculture
  • Structure of Croatia's grain industry
  • Domestic grain consumption: industrial demand only accounts for a small proportion of total use

  • Supply and demand balance sheets for the main crops
  • Wheat: exports have been gradually overtaking imports
  • Maize: the main export crop
  • Barley: production could increase to meet local requirements
  • Sunflower: traditionally grown crop gradually gaining ground as an export commodity
  • Rapeseed: quantities produced and consumed are both small
  • Soybean: production rising slightly and mainly used for domestic crush industry

  • CONCLUSION

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