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The production value of the agricultural branch decreased in 2019 by 3.8% compared to the previous year, to 89.997 billion lei, according to the data published on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
Last year, the structure of production value did not show significant changes compared to 2018. The share of vegetable production was 70%, the share of animal production was 28%, and agricultural services had a share of 2%.
The structure of the value of vegetable production in 2019, by main groups of crops, shows the following differences compared to the previous year: increases in the share of production were recorded in potatoes (+1.9 percentage points), fodder plants (+0.3 points percentage) and vegetables, including melons (+0.3 percentage points). Decreases were recorded in fruit and grapes (-1.4 percentage points), oil plants (-1.3 percentage points) and grains (-1.2 percentage points).
Regarding the structure of the value of animal production in 2019, increases in the shares of the value of production were recorded in pigs (+1 percentage point) and sheep and goats (+0.3 percentage points), and decreases in cattle (-0.2 percentage points), birds (-0.2 percentage points) and products obtained from milk processing in livestock farms (-0.2 percentage points).
