ABSOLUTE INPUT PRICES
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II ABSOLUTE INPUT PRICES DATA SET 1 Fertilisers Domain: c. Agricultural price statistics Topic: ii. Absolute input prices Detailed topic: ii.1 Fertilisers Section I Data contents The data set shall cover the average purchase prices for the fertiliser products and the related country weighting values. Fertiliser product and form Deadline 31 May year N+1 31 December year B+1 Nitrogen fertilisers Ammonium sulphate 16-26 % (AS) Granular AP AW Crystallized AP AW Calcium ammonium nitrate 22-32 %(CAN) All forms AP AW Ammonium nitrate (AN) 28-38 % Granular AP AW Ammonium nitrate (AN-24S) 20-30 % N+S Granular AP AW Urea (AUS) 46 % Granular AP AW Prilled AP AW Urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) 27-37 % Solution AP AW Urea ammonium nitrate + S (UAN-26S) 22-32 % N+S Solution AP AW Phosphatic fertilisers Single superphosphate (SSP) under 25 % All forms AP AW Triple superphosphate (TSP) over 40 % All forms AP AW Potassic fertilisers Potassium chloride (KCl) 55-65 % Granular/compacted AP AW Prilled AP AW Potassium sulphate (K 2 SO 4 ) 45-55 % All forms AP AW N : The calendar year that the data refer to AP : Annual average price (national currency/tonne of nutrient content) B : The year the weighting values refer to (ending with “0” or “5”) AW : Country weighting values (millions of national currency) Geographical level : National level Reference period : Calendar year Section II Description of measurement units Price: In national currency per metric tonne of nutritive content of the fertiliser product, namely nitrogen (N), phosphate (P 2 O 5 ) or potassium oxide (K 2 O) equivalents respectively for the nitrogen, phosphoric and potassic fertilisers, calculated according to the generic methodological specifications in Annex IV. Country weighting values: Million national currency Technical requirements related to the variables The prices refer to transactions of at least 5 tonnes of fertiliser product, delivered free on farm. Country weighting values are the national values of all the transactions recorded for each fertiliser product. DATA SET 2 Feeding stuff Domain: c. Agricultural price statistics Topic: ii. Absolute input prices Detailed topic: ii.2 Feeding stuff Section I Data contents The data set shall cover the purchase prices for feeding stuffs and the related country weighting values. Feeding stuff product Deadline 31 May year N+1 31 December year B+1 Straight feeding stuffs Fodder wheat AP AW Fodder barley AP AW Oats AP AW Grain maize AP AW Wheat bran AP AW Soybean meal AP AW Dried sugar beet pulp AP AW Meadow hay AP AW Dried lucerne AP AW Cereal straw AP AW Triticale AP AW Sunflower seed meal AP AW Rapeseed meal AP AW Sugar cane molasses AP AW N : The calendar year that the data refer to AP : Annual average price (national currency) B : The year the weighting values refer to (ending with “0” or “5”) AW : Country weighting values (millions of national currency) Geographical level : National level Reference period : Calendar year Section II Description of measurement units Annual average price: In national currency per metric tonne of straight feeding stuff Country weighting values: Million national currency Technical requirements related to the variables The prices refer to transactions of at least 5 tonnes feeding stuffs delivered free on farm. DATA SET 3 Energy Domain: c. Agricultural price statistics Topic: ii. Absolute input prices Detailed topic: ii.3 Energy Section I Data contents The data set shall cover the purchase prices for energy products used in agriculture and the related country weighting values. Energy product Deadline 31 May year N+1 31 December year B+1 Electricity AP AW Heating gas oil AP AW Residual fuel oil AP AW Motor spirit AP AW Diesel oil AP AW N : The calendar year that the data refer to AP : Annual average price B : The year the weighting values refer to (ending with “0” or “5”) AW : Country weighting values (million national currency) Reference period : Calendar year Geographical level : National level Section II Description of measurement units Electricity: national currency per 1 000 kWh Other energy prices: national currency per 100 l Technical requirements related to the variables The detailed methodological specifications to be applied are provided in annex IV. The prices refer to transactions where delivery is as follows: — Heating gas oil: in bulk, for 1 000 l — Residual fuel oil: in bulk, for 5 000 l — Motor spirit: at petrol pump; for small purchases in bulk in the buyer’s container — Diesel oil: in bulk in the buyer’s container, for at least 1 000 l