Production of eggs for consumption and number of laying hens (apro_ec_egghen)

National Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Compiling agency: MAPA (Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (Ministry for Agriculture, Fishing and Food)


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1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

MAPA (Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (Ministry for Agriculture, Fishing and Food)

1.2. Contact organisation unit
Subdirección General de Análisis, Coordinación y Estadística
1.5. Contact mail address
B-25
Paseo de Infanta Isabel 1
28014 Madrid
SPAIN


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 11/06/2021
2.2. Metadata last posted 11/06/2021
2.3. Metadata last update 11/06/2021


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

The number of laying hens in Spain is determined, depending of the Region, by several ways:

1. Administrative Records - REGA (General Registry of livestock holdings) - this database includes all poultry farms of the Regions, so the laying hen farms are selected using the specific criteria

2. Farm Surveys - The experts from the Regions made surveys in holdings with laying hens, producing eggs for consumption. The information obtained through interviews to the responsible of the holding, either in the farm or by telephone, is the number of laying hens of the last year.

 In Spain, there are several methods for obtaining the production of eggs for human consumption, depending of the Region:

1. Model-based estimates (the eggs production of laying hens is obtained from the multiplication of the census of laying hens by an average yield (eggs per hen per year). This average yield varies depending on the type of farming (free range, organic, cage). The yield per hen is obtained by market experts.

2. Farm Surveys (the experts from the Regions made surveys in holdings with laying hens, producing eggs for consumption. The information obtained through interviews to the responsible of the holding, either in the farm or by telephone, is the: • Annual rate of egg production per hen per year. • Total number of eggs produced in the previous year • Percentage of eggs produced by each class.)

3.1.1. The main data source of the information
Eggs producers
3.2. Classification system

NUTS 2 for regional breakdown

NACE rev2 for economic activities

3.3. Coverage - sector

NACE rev 2: 01.47

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Laying hens: Fowls of domestic  species Gallus gallus.

Holding producing eggs for consumption: a facility rearing laying hens, registered in accordance with Commission Directive 2002/4 / EC (1).
 
Eggs: shell eggs - unbroken, incubated or cooked - of hens of the Gallus gallus species and suitable for direct human consumption or for the preparation of egg products.
3.4.1. Definition of eggs for consumption under EU methodology
Yes
3.4.2. If not, specify the definition used.

Not applicable

3.4.3. Definition of egg producer under EU methodology
Yes
3.4.4. If not, specify the definition used

Not applicable

3.4.5. Definition of laying hens under EU methodology
Yes
3.4.6. If not, please describe the differences

Not applicable

3.4.7. Definition of ungraded eggs under EU methodology
Not relevant
3.4.8. If not, specify the definition used

Not relevant

3.4.9. Ungraded Eggs provided separately
Not relevant
3.4.10. Additional comments on statistical concepts and definitions

No comments

3.5. Statistical unit

1 - Agricultural holdings with laying hens

3.6. Statistical population

The statistical population for the production of eggs for consumption, is the set of laying hen farms that appear in the Directory of Poultry Farms of the registers of the Autonomous Communities of the General Directorates competent in the matter, which will provide information to the REGA, attached to the General Directorate of Livestock of the MAPA.

REGA is the General Registry of Livestock Farms, which includes the basic data of more than 900,000 farms located in Spain, relating to more than one hundred and fifty different species of production animals. The Real Decreto 479/2004, of March 26, establishes andregulates the Registry. 
 
3.6.1. Physical, economical or other threshold(s) applied to the data collection

National figures include eggs produced by the whole population of agricultural holdings declaring to REGA having laying hens for production of eggs for consumption.

As the population is obtained from a registry where the information of capacity and census of hens is included, a distinction can be done between the holdings above the threshold set up in the ESS Agreement and the ones under this same threshold.

Data transmitted to Eurostat under the ESS Agreement on Eggs for Consumption include estimations for the holdings above the threshold set up in the ESS Agreement.

3.6.1.1. COVERAGE

This statistic has a census character as it considers 100% of the farms registered in the REGA. Its quality is endorsed by the quality of the administrative registry on which it is based and by its scope of application (the national territory except Ceuta and Melilla). Therefore, it is estimated that the coverage of the operation is close to 100%.

3.7. Reference area

The whole territory, except for the Autonomous Cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

3.8. Coverage - Time
The periodicity of the statistics on eggs for human consumption is annual, and the time period covered by the available information includes data since 2001.
 
3.8.1. The first survey/data collection

2014

3.9. Base period

There have been no significant methodological changes, so the time series of the statistics is homogeneous since its inception.

3.10. Other comments

The production of eggs for human consumption is estimated by the Number of layers measured in units, through the Annual Yield measured in eggs / hen, with the Production of eggs in thousands of units.


4. Unit of measure Top
4.1. Unit of measure in million
Yes
4.2. Other unit of measures used

Not applicable


5. Reference Period Top
5.1. Reference period in calendar year based
Yes
5.2. Reference date for number of laying hens

31 december of the reference year

5.3. Additional comments on the reference period/date used

No comments


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Regulation (CE) No 589/2008 of the Commission, 23 june 2008

At national level:

Ley 12/1989, de 9 de mayo, de la Función Estadística Pública (LFEP)

Real Decreto 410/2016, de 31 de octubre, por el que se aprueba el Plan Estadístico Nacional 2017-2020

6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

8.2. Release calendar access

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

8.3. Release policy - user access

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Publishing of table of results at NUTS 3 in the Agricultural Statistics website of MAPA.

https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/estadistica/temas/estadisticas-agrarias/ganaderia/lana-miel-huevos-consumo-humano/

 

10.3. Dissemination format - online database

No database is available for disemination at the moment. It is foreseen to diseminate the results of the agricultural statistics through a database in the future.

10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

10.5. Dissemination format - other
The data is available through the dissemination of:
 
- Tables of results
https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/estadistica/temas/estadisticas-agrarias/ganaderia/lana-miel-huevos-consumo-humano/
Where a methodological description of the statistic is available also.
 
- The Statistical Yearbook of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/estadistica/temas/publicaciones/anuario-de-estadistica/default.aspx
 
 
 
10.6. Documentation on methodology
A methodological description of the eggs for human consumption statistics is published in the Statistic section of the MAPA website. This description includes mention to legal mandates, scopes, variables and definitions, statistical process and dissemination calendar.
 
https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/estadistica/temas/estadisticas-agrarias/ganaderia/lana-miel-huevos-consumo-humano/
 
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

11.2. Quality management - assessment

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

The main institutional user is the Unit in charge of the elaboration of the Economic Acounts for Agriculture. Its needs are in line with the requirements of the Regulation (EC) No. 138/2004.

Among other users of the statistical operation, it is worth highlighting Public Bodies, both from the Central Administration and from the Autonomous Communities, which use the results for their management function of the agricultural sector; Organizations of the European Union; economic agents in the agricultural sector, such as companies and producer associations; researchers and the academic and scientific world; media and individuals.
 
Each of these users has different needs depending on the pourpose and usefulness of the information they require, but in any case, and in general, this statistical operation contributes to the knowledge of the production eggs for consumption.
 
12.1.1. Data collected for national purposes

The main institutional user is the Unit in charge of the elaboration of the Economic Acounts for Agriculture. Its needs are in line with the requirements of the Regulation (EC) No. 138/2004.

 

 

12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

12.3. Completeness

The information requested in the ESS Agreement for the statistics derived from information reported by egg producers are collected and delivered to Eurostat.

 


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

The production of eggs for human consumption is estimated by the Number of layers measured in units, through the Annual Yield measured in eggs/hen, with the Production of eggs in thousands of units.

The necessary controls are carried out to guarantee the quality of the data. However, the final data depends on the quality of the administrative record on which it is based.

In general, the reliability and quality of the statistic on eggs for human consumption is supported by its census nature (the set of farms registered in the Directories of the Autonomous Communities), by the quality of the administrative record on which it is based and by its scope of application ( the national territory except the Autonomous Cities of Ceuta and Melilla).

 

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

14.2. Punctuality

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

The availability of a common methodology, design and process of collection, filtering, editing and elevation throughout its geographical scope, guarantees the comparability of the results between the different regions (Provinces and Autonomous Communities).

15.2. Comparability - over time
The data are comparable in time since 2001.
 
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

This statistic is comparable with other statistics of the agricultural sector, for example, the Agrarian Census and the Farm Structure Survey, carried out by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

It is also comparable with the Economic Accounts of Agriculture.

15.4. Coherence - internal

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


16. Cost and Burden Top

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

17.2. Data revision - practice

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data

Administrtive register

18.1.1. Description of data collection process
REGA (General Registry of Livestock Farms), which includes the basic data of more than 900,000 farms located in Spain, relating to more than one hundred and fifty different species of production animals. The Real Decreto 479/2004, of March 26, establishes and regulates the Registry.
 
The statistical population is defined from the information contained in the updated administrative records: the Livestock Farms Registries that are managed by the Departments of the different Autonomous Communities with competence in the matter, and which serve as the basis for the preparation of the REGA and the Individual Animal Identification Registry (RIIA).
 
Royal Decree (Real Decreto) 479/2004, of March 26, establishes and regulates the REGA, as well as the data necessary to carry out the inscriptions in it and the characterization of the identification code of each exploitation, in accordance with the provisions of article 38.1 of Law 8/2003, of April 24, on animal health.
 
Article 4 of Royal Decree 479/2004 refers to the Obligations of exploitation owners to provide the competent authorities, before starting their activity, at least the data necessary for registration that appear in Annex IV.
 
Likewise, the owner of the exploitation must communicate the changes in the data recorded in the registry to the competent authority within the period determined by the latter, which may not exceed one month from when they occur. Data on farm censuses shall be communicated to the competent authority at least once a year. In this regard, the census will be communicated before March 1 of each year, indicating the average census of the previous year or the census established in the specific regulatory provisions of each sector, in the manner determined by the competent authority.
 
The production of eggs for human consumption is estimated from the declared hen census in the holding, by the Number of hens, through an Annual Yield measured in eggs/hen.
18.1.2. Model used as a breakdown based on individual information
Not relevant
18.1.3. Method used for the model

The breakdown is based on the declared hen census to the REGA (General Registry of Livestock Farms)

18.2. Frequency of data collection

The frequency of data collection is annual.

18.3. Data collection

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

18.4. Data validation

Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection)

18.5. Data compilation
18.5.1. Data compilation process - data weighting
The data are obtained from administrative records; Once statistically treated, missing information is imputated and information is checked for inconsistencies.
Once the data has been validated, the tables and reports are prepared for publication.
18.5.2. Data compilation process
Not relevant
18.6. Adjustment

No statistical processes are used for adjustment of the data.


19. Comment Top

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