SL (Statistics Lithuania)    

Agricultural and Environmental Statistics Division

29 Gedimino Ave., LT-01500 Vilnius, Lithuania

Statistical information on the number of laying hens and on eggs production for human consumption. Sample survey on the number of livestock and animal production (including eggs) on private farms are conducted on the basis of the Statistical farm Register. As many as 7000 farmers and family farms, breeding cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses and poultry (including laying hens), were recorded. The survey of the number of livestock and poultry is carried out in all regions. Once per year a sample survey of livestock is carried out. All the surveys are integrated into a single livestock survey. Information on farmers’ and family farms is collected by interviewers through face-to-face interviews the residents have been afforded an opportunity to fill in statistical questionnaires online. In case of agricultural companies and enterprises, exhaustive surveys are carried out. Annual statistical questionnaires filled in by responsible persons and submitted through an electronic statistical data preparation and transfer system.

National version (EVRK Rev. 2) of the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community

 Classification of Administrative Units and Populated Localities of the Republic of Lithuania

 Non-financial agricultural companies, enterprises, farmers’ and family farms engaged in eggs production. Code NACE 01.47 Raising of poultry and 01.47.10 Raising of poultry for meat and production of eggs are included.

The number of laying hens is the total number of laying hens on 31 December of the reference year. Eggs means the total number of hens eggs for the calendar year by the agricultural holdings in the country

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Agricultural companies and enterprises, farmer‘s and family farms with laying hens.

Agricultural companies and enterprises of all legal and ownership forms, farmers’ and family farms having laying hens.

Lithuania ensures that the eggs producers with at least 5,000 laying hens are covered. These eggs producers do not represent 75 % of the national number of laying hens. Therefore, the eggs producers with at least 350 laying hens are covered.

67,3 %

The entire country

2013

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2018

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 31 of December

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ESS Agreement on statistics on eggs for consumption,

Nacional legal act: Law on Statistics of the Republic of Lithuania 12 October 1993 No I-270 (As last amended on 26 April 2018 – No XIII-1128)

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The results of 2013 survey were available mid-May 2014 and were published on the website of the MAF.

Database of Indicators (Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing -> Agriculture 

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The questionnaires has been filled to FAO

ESS Agreement on statistics on eggs for consumption

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The main users of statistical information are State and municipal authorities and agencies, international organizations, the media, research and business communities, students, whose needs are satisfied without a breach of the confidentiality principle

The data on eggs for human consumption collected  for national purposes and for other international organization (FAO)

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All indicators established by legislation and their components are published

Statistical surveys on farmers’ and family farms are carried out through sampling methods, on agricultural companies and enterprises – through an exhaustive (census) survey. In calculating the indicator estimates, statistical data are analysed by assessing outliers; data are edited. The non-response rate is evaluated, i.e. reweighting estimators are used for recalculating sampling design weights. Assessment method – SAS proc surveymeans. Estimated values of population totals and estimates of the sampling variance are combined from two sources: a stratified simple random sample of farmers' and family farms and a census survey of agricultural companies and enterprises. Both surveys are drawn independently of each other.

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Statistical information is comparable across the EU

Comparability over time is fully ensured

Since 2013

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Statistical surveys: annual statistical questionnaire on the number of livestock and animal production in agricultural companies and enterprises ZUM-24, annual statistical questionnaire on the number of livestock and animal production in agricultural companies and enterprises (shortened) ZUP-24, annual statistical questionnaire on the number of livestock and animal production on farmers’ and family farms ZUU-02. Administrative sources are used for some characteristics, for the units in the sample, either by taking directly the data or by prefilling the questionnaires. Number of laying hens from Animal Register is taken to prefill questionnaire. For example number of laying hens in the begining and the end of year. If are some changes in farms, these data could be revised. If farms keeps laying hens, then eggs should be collected in this farm.

Information on farmers’ and family farms is collected by interviewers through face-to-face interviews (statistical questionnaire ZUU-02), the residents have been afforded an opportunity to fill in statistical questionnaires online. As many as 7000 (11 % of the total number of farms) farmers and family farms are surveyed once per year. The survey of the number of livestock and poultry is carried out in all regions. Estimated values of population totals and estimates of the sampling variance are combined from two sources: a stratified simple random sample of farmers' and family farms and a census survey of agricultural companies and enterprises. Both surveys are drawn independently of each other. In case of agricultural companies and enterprises, exhaustive surveys are carried out. Annual statistical questionnaires filled in by responsible persons and submitted through an electronic statistical data preparation and transfer system.

The data on the EU frame: Farms > 5,000 layings hens, Farms >= 350 and <=5000 laying hens;

Farms < 350 laying hens – national frame.

All surveys are annual 

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Total number of laying hens are available from the annual livestock surveys. Farms having laying hens 350 and more are selected for these surveys with the probability 1.

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