Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Agricultural Production and Structural Statistics Department
Crop Production Statistics, Agricultural Structural Statistics and Register of Agricultural Holdings Unit
Branimirova 19-21, Zagreb, Croatia
1.3. Contact name
Cvjeticanim Predrag, cvjeticaninp@dzs.hr
Miljan Natasa, miljann@dzs.hr
1.4. Contact person function
Cvjeticanin Predrag, Head of Department
Miljan Natasa, Senior Advisor
1.5. Contact mail address
Cvjeticanin Predrag, cvjeticaninp@dzs.hr
Miljan Natasa, miljann@dzs.hr
1.6. Contact email address
Cvjeticanin Predrag, cvjeticaninp@dzs.hr
Miljan Natasa, miljann@dzs.hr
1.7. Contact phone number
Cvjeticanin Predrag, +38514893583
Miljan Natasa, +38516474476
1.8. Contact fax number
No fax number available.
2.1. Metadata last certified
30 June 2023
2.2. Metadata last posted
30 June 2023
2.3. Metadata last update
23 June 2023
3.1. Data description
The collected statistics for the country cover the following data:
Certified registered organic operators (referring to their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of operators)
Certified registered organic processors who manufacture organic products (as their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of processors)
Certified organic crop area (under conversion and fully converted) (expressed in hectares)
Certified organic crop production from fully converted area (expressed in 1 000 kg)
Certified organic livestock (expressed in heads of live animals)
Production of certified organic products of animalorigin (expressed in 1 000 kg of carcass weight and in thousand eggs)
Production of certified organic milk products (Produced on farms or Processed on farms or by dairy enterprises) and Honey and products of bee-keeping (expressed in 1 000 kg of products obtained)
Certified organic aquaculture sold by producers (expressed in 1 000 kg live weight)
Certified registered organic operators (referring to their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of operators)
Certified registered organic processors who manufacture organic products (as their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of processors)
Certified organic croparea (under conversion and fully converted) (expressed in hectares)
Certified organic cropproduction from fully converted area (expressed in 1 000 kg)
Certified organic livestock (expressed in heads of live animals)
Production of certified organic products of animal origin (expressed in 1 000 kg of carcass weight and in thousand eggs)
Production of certified organic milk products (Produced on farms or Processed on farms or by dairy enterprises) and Honey and products of bee-keeping (expressed in 1 000 kg of products obtained)
Certified organic aquaculture sold by producers (expressed in 1 000 kg live weight)
Calendar year
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
REGULATION (EU) 2018/848 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
Ordinance on the control system of ecological agriculture, Official Gazette No. 110/2022
Low on agriculture, Official Gazette No. 118/18
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Data on organic agriculture are submitted to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics by control bodies under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Ordinance on the method of protection of statistical data, Class: 950-01/04-01/16, Registration number: 555-11-01-04-1, dated July 2, 2004.
Ordinance on access to confidential statistical data Notification, XXXVII no. 4 of July 18, 2013.
Ordinance on the conditions and manner of using confidential statistical data for scientific purposes, NN, no. 137/13.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Aggregated data for which there are reasons for confidentiality (due to a small number of units, rules of dominance or secondary confidentiality), in accordance with the Law on Official Statistics (Official Gazette, No. 25/20) and the Ordinance on the Method of Protection of Statistical Data of the State Bureau of Statistics, are treated and considered as confidential and therefore not published.
8.1. Release calendar
The realase calendar provides an overview of the publications planned for the current year and until the end of May for the next year, depending on the completion of the processing of a particular statistical survey and the possibility of creating a particular type of publication. The calendar is publicly available.
The data is published once a year and has been available on the Croatian Bureau of statistics website since June 30.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Data are published according to a realase calendar and are available at the same time to all users on the CBS website. The data is not published through a press release, but only through the PC-Axis database on the CBS website. Also, the data are available in the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia.
The data is not published through a press release, but only through the PC-Axis database on the CBS website. PX-Web - Odaberi tablicu (dzs.hr)
The conditions under which certain users can have access to microdata are prescribed by the Ordinance on the conditions and manner of using confidential statistical data for scientific purposes.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Internal users: National accounts
External users: Eurostat, Ministry of Agriculture
The data on quality are stored in database of quality information (DBQI), and the reports on quality are prepared on the bases of this information and will gradually be available on CBS Internet site.
11.1. Quality assurance
The main tool for the systematic quality assessment and quality management is the database on quality information (DBBQI). The DBQI has in first stage the Basic analytical tool for comparative analyses of quality indicators and later will contain Advanced analytical tool for comparative analyses of quality indicators.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Not applicable
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Targeted measurement of user satisfaction is not carried out.
Internal users are generally satisfied with the quality of the data.
No external user satisfaction feedback.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Targeted measurement of user satisfaction is not carried out.
Internal users are generally satisfied with the quality of the data.
No external user satisfaction feedback.
12.3. Completeness
The data is sent in full compliance with the applicable European Commission Regulations.
According to Commission Regulation (EC) no. 2018/848, Member States submit to the Commission by June 30 of each year, data on organic production through a computer system that enables the electronic exchange of documents and data that the Commission (General Directorate for Agriculture and Rural Development) makes available for information, except for statistical purposes .
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Possible entry and calculation errors are controlled and corrected through the LRK.
Total sums are controlled with the sum of individual categories of crops, permanent crops, vegetables, livestock and poultry, as well as the logic of the average values of livestock production.
The data cover all different types of operators involved in the organic sector (production, transformation, import, others.
13.2. Sampling error
Sampling error is not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
The entire population is covered, and it consists of entities registered as organic farmers.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
The data is administrative, no additional research is conducted.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Possible entry and calculation errors are controlled and corrected through the LRK.
Total sums are controlled with the sum of individual categories of crops, permanent crops, vegetables, livestock and poultry, as well as the logic of the average values of livestock production.
13.3.3. Non response error
Errors of non-response do not occur.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
All statistical units responded to the questionnaire, or reported data.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
All units participated and provided the requested data.
13.3.4. Processing error
Possible entry and calculation errors are controlled and corrected through the LRK.
Total sums are controlled with the sum of individual categories of crops, permanent crops, vegetables, livestock and poultry, as well as the logic of the average values of livestock production.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
See concepts below.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Availability of data: 90 days for publication of final data from the date of availability.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Availability of data: 90 days for publication of final data from the date of availability.
14.2. Punctuality
See concepts below.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Everything was published on time.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Data are comparable at the NUTS 1 level for all variables. Area of organic agricultural land by category in hectares HR NUTS 3 level.
Number of ecologically raised livestock by species, HR NUTS 3 level.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
Data series available since 2014.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
There were no breaks in the time series.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
The organic farming data is largely comparable to the Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development data used as a control when creating the final data.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Not applicable.
The data is administrative, so there are no costs.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Survey does not disseminate preliminary results and that's the reason why the regular data revision does not exist
17.2. Data revision - practice
Survey does not disseminate preliminary results and that's the reason why the regular data revision does not exist
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
The data is administrative.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Frequency of data collection is annually.
18.3. Data collection
The data is collected by the Control Bodies that supervise registered organic entities.
The CBS sends the authorized Control Bodies a questionnaire in Excel, which after filling out is returned to the CBS for processing. The questionnaire consists of 18 separate tables, for each county separately, which include data on: type of registered activity of subjects (producer, processor, importer, exporter...), crops, vegetables, permanent plantations, livestock, certified products.
18.4. Data validation
Comparison with previous time periods and data from Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development.
18.5. Data compilation
Imputation is not carried out because all entities that have registered any form of organic agriculture are included.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Imputation is not carried out because all entities that have registered any form of organic agriculture are included.
18.6. Adjustment
Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
Not applicable.
No comments.
The collected statistics for the country cover the following data:
Certified registered organic operators (referring to their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of operators)
Certified registered organic processors who manufacture organic products (as their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of processors)
Certified organic crop area (under conversion and fully converted) (expressed in hectares)
Certified organic crop production from fully converted area (expressed in 1 000 kg)
Certified organic livestock (expressed in heads of live animals)
Production of certified organic products of animalorigin (expressed in 1 000 kg of carcass weight and in thousand eggs)
Production of certified organic milk products (Produced on farms or Processed on farms or by dairy enterprises) and Honey and products of bee-keeping (expressed in 1 000 kg of products obtained)
Certified organic aquaculture sold by producers (expressed in 1 000 kg live weight)
Possible entry and calculation errors are controlled and corrected through the LRK.
Total sums are controlled with the sum of individual categories of crops, permanent crops, vegetables, livestock and poultry, as well as the logic of the average values of livestock production.
The data cover all different types of operators involved in the organic sector (production, transformation, import, others.
Certified registered organic operators (referring to their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of operators)
Certified registered organic processors who manufacture organic products (as their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of processors)
Certified organic croparea (under conversion and fully converted) (expressed in hectares)
Certified organic cropproduction from fully converted area (expressed in 1 000 kg)
Certified organic livestock (expressed in heads of live animals)
Production of certified organic products of animal origin (expressed in 1 000 kg of carcass weight and in thousand eggs)
Production of certified organic milk products (Produced on farms or Processed on farms or by dairy enterprises) and Honey and products of bee-keeping (expressed in 1 000 kg of products obtained)
Certified organic aquaculture sold by producers (expressed in 1 000 kg live weight)
Imputation is not carried out because all entities that have registered any form of organic agriculture are included.
The data is administrative.
The data is published once a year and has been available on the Croatian Bureau of statistics website since June 30.
See concepts below.
Data are comparable at the NUTS 1 level for all variables. Area of organic agricultural land by category in hectares HR NUTS 3 level.
Number of ecologically raised livestock by species, HR NUTS 3 level.
