Agriculture Price Indices
The purpose of the Agricultural Price Indices Survey is to monitor trends in prices paid to farmers for their produce and in prices paid by farmers for purchases of goods and services.
The Agriculture Price Indices are compiled on the basis of a voluntary agreement between Eurostat and Member States. The Agriculture Price Indices are required for the compilation of Economic Accounts for Agriculture which are compiled in compliance with Council Regulation (EC) No. 138/2004.
The Agriculture Price Indices Survey is a survey that is carried out monthly under Section 24 of the Statistics Act, 1993. Participation in the survey is voluntary.
The aggregated results from the Agricultural Price Indices Survey are publihsed monthly on the CSO website.
The principal outputs are the Input and Output Price Indices.
The data is used by national and international agricultural agencies, Eurostat, Government Departments and other organisations.
Yes. All information supplied to the CSO is treated as strictly confidential. The Statistics Act, 1993 sets stringent confidentiality standards. Information collected may be used only for statistical purposes, and no details related to an identifiable person or business may be divulged to any other government department or body.
Our results are only ever made available in aggregate form and we make sure that it is impossible for individuals or businesses to be identified. The data will be securely held for a maximum period of seven years from the date of issue of this survey and can only be used for statistical purposes.
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Dr Grzegorz Głaczyński, Statistician, Agriculture Prices Section, Central Statistics Office, Skehard Road, Cork T12 X00E. Tel +353 (21) 4535183 or Email agprices@cso.ie
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