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The statistics are a yearly calculation of farm gate prices for barley and wheat defined as basic prices. The figures are calculated for eight regions. Due to the structural reform in 2007 the names of the regions have been revised but are otherwise unchanged.
The eight districts are described in the manual to the law on cereal prices called kapitelstakster. Go to http://www.retsinfo.dk and search for number 10053 of the 24th of November 2006 (24/11/2006), also termed vejledning om opgørelse af kapitelstakster.
Data description
The statistics are based on a survey covering cereal-merchants in Denmark. The prices concern the harvest from the reference time of the statistics.
Classification system
The classification is done by the eight districts:
Sjælland med omliggende øer Lolland-Falster med omliggende øer Bornholm Fyn med omliggende øer Sønderjylland Østjylland Vestjylland Nordjylland
Sector coverage
Agriculture.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Basic price: The amount receivable by the producer from the purchaser for a unit of a good or service produced as output minus any tax payable, and plus any subsidy receivable, on that unit as a consequence of its production or sale; it excludes any transport charges invoiced separately by the producer.
Statistical unit
The statistical unit is the company trading cereals.
Statistical population
Respondents are all retailers of cereals
Reference area
Denmark
Time coverage
These statistics cover the time period from 1985 onwards.
Base period
Not relevant for this statistic.
Unit of measure
DKK per 100 kilogramme.
Reference period
The statistics include the average prices of wheat and barley in the period from August to December the concerned year established in the legislation of the statistics.
Frequency of dissemination
Annual.
Legal acts and other agreements
Law no. 592 of 14 December 2015) and the Act on Statistics Denmark, § 12. There is No EU legislation for these statistics.
Cost and burden
Not calculated.
Comment
For further information please contact Statistics Denmark.