Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation Programmeand data from balance of supply-use by Ministry of Agriculture on value of own –account production for final consumption.The questionnaire of survey on Agriculture production includes specifics itemsreferred to the work in progress. Thanks to these items a specific estimate of thiscomponent has been included in national accounts’ figures for adjustment of value ofproduction.Exhaustiveness adjustments are mostly estimated for misreporting of output for selfemployed(households) and are estimated by expert’s methods. The non observedeconomy of Agriculture sector is estimated by “expert method” due to lack ofsources’ information on labor market. The “expert method” is based on experts’opinions where they assess the share of non observed economy in each branch ofeconomic activity. These experts provide percentages that represent the value ofoutput and intermediate consumption under-estimated in NACE A branches(Agriculture, hunting, forestry) and NACE B (Fishing). The percentages are appliedin the observed output and intermediate consumption of these two sectors.Total output in agriculture, hunting and forestry is estimated at 223 025 million LEK,of which exhaustiveness adjustments at 27.319 million LEK or 13.70 percent of totalproduction in 2006.3.7.4 Intermediate consumption in data sources, corrections and adjustmentsIntermediate consumption for crop production includes the expenses made over theyear for seeds, chemical and natural fertilizers, electricity, water, paid services, fueland other materials. The adoption of the new questionnaire in 2004 of the surveyconducted by Ministry of Agriculture, allowed the quantification of these costs, andespecially the share of intra-unit consumption of feeding stuffs.To determine the exact value of intermediate consumption for livestock, initiated bythe elements of intermediate consumption specifying the cost that makes economicunit: Livestock food produced at the farm (in quantities and respective prices; thecalculations made at current prices and constant prices), food purchased by theeconomic unit, medicaments, veterinary services work from third parties and otherservices for livestock.Intermediate consumption for hunting and forestry covers expenses for seeds, plants,other costs of plantation, fuel, electricity, water, services, and material expenditures.The final value of intermediate consumption for total agricultural products isestimated at 73 360 million LEK in 2006.57/236