Imports of selected agricultural products, 2006-09

HS Code	Product		2006	2007	2008	2009	% of world imports in 2009
0803	Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried	US$ million 000 tonnes	3,217.2 4,452.8	3,770.4 4,762.6	4,338.0 4,924.6	3,850.3 4,591.6	41.0 31.5
0901	Coffee, coffee husks and skins and coffee substitutes	US$ million 000 tonnes	5,490.1 2,682.8	6,663.8 2,752.3	8,246.5 2,765.2	7,338.3 2,716.8	45.3 47.0
1201	Soya beans	US$ million	3,646.7	5,243.0	7,529.9	5,671.3	16.8
		000 tonnes	14,074.9	15,218.3	14,424.6	12,903.3	17.1
1511	Palm oil and its fractions	US$ million	2,024.1	2,900.8	4,389.5	3,716.2	19.5
		000 tonnes	4,272.2	4,408.2	4,555.4	5,351.0	19.2
1801	Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted	US$ million 000 tonnes	2,267.0 1,334.5	2,882.2 1,458.7	3,576.2 1,453.4	4,319.6 1,503.4	54.8 53.9
2204	Wine of fresh grapes, incl fortified	US$ million 000 tonnes	3,039.7 1,227.3	3,723.7 1,330.6	3,620.6 1,272.2	3,253.8 1,310.8	23.8 28.8
	Total agricultural imports	US$ million	89,060.4	110,541.6	133,052.2	111,525.3

Note: WTO definition of agricultural products.

Source: UN Comtrade database. Viewed at: http://comtrade.un.org/.

6. Agriculture also differs among member States in terms of farm size, both in area and in economic terms, and principal products. The average economic size of holdings, as measured by the gross margin per holding, was highest in the Netherlands and was 100 times more than the lowest, in Romania (Table IV.5). The degree of specialization in agriculture also varies among member States: in Ireland the top three products account for over 71% of the value of production, while in France they account for less than 42%.

7. The structure of holdings in some member States reflects the large number of small holdings in those States. Over three quarters of holdings in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia have an annual gross margin of less than €1,200 while in the Netherlands very few farms are so small.

Table IV.5

Structure of farming in individual member States, 2007 and 2009

	GVA agriculture to total GVA	Employment in agriculture to total employment	No. of agriculture holdings	Agricultural area per holding	Average gross margin per farm	Value of output of agricultural goods	Main products
	2009	2009	2007	2007	2007	2009
	(%)	(%)	('000)	(ha)	(€)	(€ million)
EU	1.6	5.1	13,700	12.6	13,560	308,458	Vegetables, milk, cereals
Austria	1.8	5.3	165	19.3	20,040	5,518	Milk, cattle, forage plants
Belgium	0.7	1.5	48	28.6	84,360	6,819	Pigs, vegetables, cattle
Bulgaria	8.5	7.1	493	6.2	2,640	3,144	Cereals, industrial crops, milk
Cyprus	2.1	3.9	40	3.6	9,600	634	Fruits, milk, vegetables
Czech Republic	2.3	3.1	39	89.3	49,440	3,531	Cereals, milk, industrial crops
Denmark	1.0	2.5	45	59.7	96,120	7,928	Pigs, milk, cereals
Estonia	2.3	4.0	23	38.9	9,120	507	Milk, cereals, pigs
						Table IV.5 (cont'd)
Finland	2.6	4.6	68	33.6	29,040	3,367	Milk, vegetables, cereals
France	1.7	2.9	527	52.1	64,320	57,447	Cereals, wine, cattle
Germany	0.9	1.7	370	45.7	59,400	40,486	Milk, pigs, forage plants
Greece	2.9	11.9	860	4.7	8,640	9,241	Vegetables, fruit, milk
Hungary	3.3	4.6	626	6.8	3,840	5,370	Cereals, pigs, vegetables
Ireland	0.9	5.0	128	32.3	23,280	4,727	Cattle, milk, forage plants
Italy	1.7	3.7	1,679	7.6	17,880	39,365	Vegetables, fruits, milk
Latvia	3.2	8.7	108	16.5	3,720	781	Cereals, milk, forage plants
Lithuania	3.3	9.2	230	11.5	3,000	1,692	Cereals, milk, pigs
Luxembourg	0.3	1.3	2	56.9	62,160	247	Milk, cattle, forage plants
Malta	1.8	1.4	11	0.9	5,880	123	Vegetables, milk, pigs
Netherlands	1.7	2.5	77	24.9	133,560	19,489	Vegetables, milk, pigs
Poland	3.6	13.3	2,391	6.5	4,320	16,941	Cereals, milk, pigs
Portugal	2.2	11.2	275	12.6	7,920	6,406	Vegetables, fruits, wine
Romania	7.1	29.1	3,931	3.5	1,200	12,658	Cereals, forage plants, vegetables
Slovakia	3.9	3.6	69	28.1	8,640	1,664	Cereals, milk, cattle
Slovenia	2.4	9.1	75	6.5	7,080	1,031	Forage plants, milk, cattle
Spain	2.5	4.2	1,044	23.8	24,720	35,968	Vegetables, fruits, pigs
Sweden	1.7	2.2	73	42.9	29,640	3,705	Milk, forage plants, cereals
United Kingdom	0.9	1.1	300	53.8	37,680	19,669	Milk, cattle, cereals

Note: Data for Bulgaria are for 2006, for Germany for 2008, for Austria and Portugal for 2007 and for the UK for 2005.

Source: Eurostat database: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home.