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| 1.1. Contact organisation | NSO (National Statistics Office) |
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| 1.2. Contact organisation unit | Environment, Transport and Agriculture Statistics |
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| 2.1. Metadata last certified | 28/06/2019 | ||
| 2.2. Metadata last posted | 28/06/2019 | ||
| 2.3. Metadata last update | 28/06/2019 | ||
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| 3.1. Data description | |||
For the statistics related to the eggs produced for human consumption, we rely on the administrative data collected directly by the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Regulation Department (VRD). Since in Malta, we have a small number of layer farms, all of them are taken into consideration for the calculation of the eggs produced. The main characteristic is the number of laying hens together with the amount of egg production for human consumption. |
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| 3.1.1. The main data source of the information | |||
| Eggs producers | |||
| 3.2. Classification system | |||
FSS classification |
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| 3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
NACE 01.47 |
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| 3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
Eggs for consumption are fresh eggs of fowls of the species Gallus Gallus intended for human consumption (i.e. not intended for incubation), in shell. They are fit for direct human consumption or for preparation of egg products (B class) |
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| 3.4.1. Definition of eggs for consumption under EU methodology | |||
| Yes | |||
| 3.4.2. If not, specify the definition used. | |||
Not applicable |
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| 3.4.3. Definition of egg producer under EU methodology | |||
| Yes | |||
| 3.4.4. If not, specify the definition used | |||
Not applicable |
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| 3.4.5. Definition of laying hens under EU methodology | |||
| Yes | |||
| 3.4.6. If not, please describe the differences | |||
Not applicable |
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| 3.4.7. Definition of ungraded eggs under EU methodology | |||
| Not relevant | |||
| 3.4.8. If not, specify the definition used | |||
Not applicable |
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| 3.4.9. Ungraded Eggs provided separately | |||
| Not relevant | |||
| 3.4.10. Additional comments on statistical concepts and definitions | |||
No additional comments |
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| 3.5. Statistical unit | |||
An agricultural holding with laying hens |
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| 3.6. Statistical population | |||
The total number of farmers having at least 350 laying hens and less than 5,000 laying hens amounted to 16 holdings. The total number of farmers having 5,000 or more laying hens amounted to 15 holdings. |
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| 3.6.1. Physical, economical or other threshold(s) applied to the data collection | |||
This is according to the ESS agreement. |
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| 3.6.1.1. COVERAGE | |||
100% |
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| 3.7. Reference area | |||
The data covers all the area of Malta |
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| 3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
2008 onwards |
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| 3.8.1. The first survey/data collection | |||
2014 |
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| 3.9. Base period | |||
2014 |
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| 3.10. Other comments | |||
Not applicable |
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| 4.1. Unit of measure in million | |||
| Yes | |||
| 4.2. Other unit of measures used | |||
Not applicable |
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| 5.1. Reference period in calendar year based | |||
| Yes | |||
| 5.2. Reference date for number of laying hens | |||
31st December |
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| 5.3. Additional comments on the reference period/date used | |||
No further comments. |
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| 6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
The National Statistics Office has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Regulation Division in order to provide data on the number of farms having layers and also the number of layers. |
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| 6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 8.1. Release calendar | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 8.2. Release calendar access | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
No publications. |
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| 10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
The data is not yet published but it is available when a person requests such data |
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| 10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
Not applicable |
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| 10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Not available. |
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| 10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 11.1. Quality assurance | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
The data collected on the number of laying hens is used as a source for the FADN survey. |
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| 12.1.1. Data collected for national purposes | |||
The data collected on the number of laying hens is used as a source for the FADN survey. |
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| 12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 12.3. Completeness | |||
All the data being requested in the ESS Agreement is collected and delivered to Eurostat. |
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| 13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
Regarding the total number of laying hens, the data is complete and accurate since the administrative source from where the data is obtained has validations in place. For the number of eggs produced, there could be some errors since for such variable the data is estimated according to the data collected from the FADN survey. |
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| 13.2. Sampling error | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 14.1. Timeliness | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 14.2. Punctuality | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
Not relevant. |
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| 15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
The data is comparable from 2010 onwards. |
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| 15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
Since we are using the administrative source as the basis for the data produced on eggs for consumption and related statistical data, there are not any significant differences. |
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| 15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 18.1. Source data | |||
For the compilation of the statistics, we use the administrative register that is kept updated by the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Regulation Division. In Malta, all the eggs produced are for human consumption. A farm producer is obliged to keep records of the amount of laying hens bought, their age and also the data of culling together with the number culled. Such information is kept updated by the source for all the farms and will be used by their officials when they do controls on the farms during the year. There could be some farmers that do not inform the department when the laying hens are culled but to compensate for such cases, layers that are older than 3 years are not taken into consideration.
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| 18.1.1. Description of data collection process | |||
From the register kept by the respective Department, we calculate the average number of layers for each layer farm. Then, from the annual FADN survey, we calculate the average amount of eggs produced. Such amount is then multiplied to the total average number of layers. For those years, that all the layer farms are included in the FADN survey, we just use the figures collected from such survey. |
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| 18.1.2. Model used as a breakdown based on individual information | |||
| Not relevant | |||
| 18.1.3. Method used for the model | |||
Not relevant |
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| 18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
The data is collected from the administrative source on an annual basis. |
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| 18.3. Data collection | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 18.4. Data validation | |||
Not applicable (for the 2018 metadata collection) |
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| 18.5. Data compilation | |||
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| 18.5.1. Data compilation process - data weighting | |||
Not relevant. |
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| 18.5.2. Data compilation process | |||
| Not relevant | |||
| 18.6. Adjustment | |||
No adjustment is made. |
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No further comments |
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