September 30 (SeeNews) - Croatia's will produce an estimated 1.512 million tonnes of maize this year, down from 2.242 million tonnes harvested in 2021, the statistical office said on Friday.
The country's output of sugar beet decreased by 30.7% on the year to 490,000 tonnes in 2022, while the production of soybean fell 23.7% to 174,000 tonnes, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics said in its first estimate of crop harvesting for 2022 based on data as of September 1.
The country expects to harvest 120,000 tonnes of sunflower this year, down 3.2% on 2021.
Production of soft and hard wheat (winter, spring and seed) in Croatia increased by an estimated 1.5% on the year in 2022, to some 976,000 tonnes, the statistical office said earlier this month in a first estimate of production of cereals as of end-August.