Statistics Denmark

Food Industry, Business Statistics

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The statistics give information on total production of eggs for consumption in Denmark in million eggs. The total number of eggs received by packing centers and of which comes from egg produceres. The production of eggs on the farms which not are delivered to packing centers (sales to private consumers and domestic consumption) are estimated.

All egg packing centers in Denmark.

Both the agricultural egg producers and packing centres.

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Egg packing centers.

The production of eggs for consumption.

It is data from all packing centres in Denmark.

It is data from all packing centres in Denmark.

Denmark.

The statistics cover the period from 2014.

The statistics cover the period from 2014 onwards.

2018

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The production is measured in million kg eggs.

No data about the number of laying hens on 31 December 2018.

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Law on Statistics Denmark §8 secures the legal ground for collecting the data.

The statistic falls under EU Council Regulation 2782/75/EEC and the Directive on Gross Domestic Production.

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In the compilation of the data, the confidentiality policy of Statistics Denmark is followed.

Datafortrolighedspolitik.

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The publication date appears in the release calendar.

The date is confirmed in the weeks before.

The Release Calendar can be accessed on our English website: Release Calendar.

Statistics are always published at 8:00 a.m. at the day announced in the release calendar.

No one outside of Statistics Denmark can access the statistics before they are published.

Theme publications etc. may be published at other times of the day.

The National Statistician can decide that such publications may be released before their official publication time, e.g. to the media and other stakeholders.

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Quarterly.

There is no independent New from Denmark Statistics for this statistic, but it is mentioned under Animal production.

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The production of eggs see the subject page: Animalsk produktion.

•StatBank Denmark: Production of eggs and types of production by unit (quarters).

•StatBank Denmark: Production of eggs and types of production by unit (year).

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The statistics about eggs in Denmark :

Production of eggs and types of production by unit (quarters) https://www.statistikbanken.dk/HDYR81

Production of eggs and types of production by unit (year) https://www.statistikbanken.dk/HDYR8

The statistics about holdnings with hens:

Livestock by county, unit and type https://www.statistikbanken.dk/HDYR07

Livestock by unit and size of herd  https://www.statistikbanken.dk/HDYR2

Livestock (historic) by type of livestock https://www.statistikbanken.dk/HDYR1920

The danish documentation see https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/eggs-production

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Statistics Denmark follows the principles in the Code of Practice for European Statistics (CoP) and uses the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (QAF) for the implementation of the principles.

This involves continuous decentralized and central control of products and processes based on documentation following international standards.

The central quality assurance function reports to the Working Group on Quality.

Reports include suggestions for improvement that are assessed, decided and subsequently implemented.

The inventory of eggs weighed in on the egg packing stations is good, as well as the price and value of the different egg types.

There is minimal uncertainty about the figures, as these are published as quarterly and in million. kg.

The largest uncertainty is the estimated consumption of egg producers and, in particular, sales directly to consumers.

This uncertainty transfers something to the calculation of the total production of eggs both quantity and value, so data is shown both without and with own consumption and direct sales to consumers.

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It is of great interest to agricultural organizations, the Ministry of Environment and Food and the EU.

The figures is used internally in Statistics Denmark to estimate quantity and price index, and the Account for Agriculture.

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The statistics comply with the requirements laid down in the regulations.

Data on the eggs weighed in the packing centres has a high quality both regarding the type of egg and the amount of these, as it is mandatory for egg producers to report this data.

The same applies to the number of hatching eggs, as this information is statutory to register and report to Food Enforcement.

The estimation of eggs for own consumption and sales directly to consumers is estimated - and there is some uncertainty as the average number of hens and thus eggs is unknown.

This consumption is set at 8 million. and are listed in the table so that users can choose to use the numbers without this estimate.

The estimate may be too high, as 10 per cent. of the total production is a lot.

There is uncertainty in estimating the consumption of eggs from the producers and the sale of eggs directly to consumers, as we do not know this uncertainty, the figure is entered in the statistics bank.

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Figures for the quarter are published approx. 1½ month after the end of the quarter.

The statistics are normally published without delay in relation to the advertised, but there have been delays in recent years due to problems with data.

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Most European countries have independent statistics on egg production.

Organic statistics on egg products in the European region are not published, but prices for eggs are included in the price statistics and the value of total egg production is included in the national agricultural accounts included in the national accounts of all European countries. 

The statistics about eggs have a long history, and since the 1900s it has been possible to compare time series over the production of eggs.

There has been an improvement in the statistics in 1932, where total production was divided into sales for egg packers and producer consumption and sales directly to consumers.

Since 1955 the statistics have been prepared on the same basis as now. In 1997, the production of eggs was divided into production: Free-range eggs, Organic Eggs, Barn Egg, Scraper Egg, Long time series are possible.

Some statistics are published by Danish Agriculture & Food Council.

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There statistics are based on administrative data.

There is thus no direct response burden, in relation to the compilation of these statistics.

Statistics Denmark revises published figures in accordance with the Revision Policy for Statistics Denmark.

The common procedures and principles of the Revision Policy are for some statistics supplemented by a specific revision practice.

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Data on eggs weighed in on egg packets comes from administrative register on egg conversion in the parcels from The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (is part of the Ministry of Environment and Food).

All egg parcels are obliged to report.

The purpose is for all registered parcels to pay a fee that is used for the financing of controls, including supervision, authorization, registration, approval, notification, certification and examination of the eggs.

Data on eggs weighed in on egg packets comes from administrative register on egg conversion in the parcels from The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (is part of the Ministry of Environment and Food).

All egg parcels are obliged to report.

The purpose is for all registered parcels to pay a fee that is used for the financing of controls, including supervision, authorization, registration, approval, notification, certification and examination of the eggs.

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Data on the number of eggs delivered to the egg packing is collected quarterly.

Prices of eggs are collected each month.

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Data is checked, summarized and compiled into tables to the statistics bank.

Sales directly from egg producers to consumers and own consumption are estimated at 8 million. kg per year.

The price of these eggs is an average price for all the other eggs.

No correction of data is made except what has already been described during data validation and data processing.

There is no seasonal adjustment.

Data from administrativ registers is sent to Statistic Denmark.

The data received is checked for completeness and consistency, as well as consistency with previous periods.