Definition: Industrial crops

Category: Agriculture statistics

Crops that are normally not sold directly for consumption because they need to be industrially processed prior to final use.

Examples: Tobacco, hops, cotton, rape, turning rape, soya, linseed, flax, hemps, etc. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:329:0001:0028:EN:PDF European Union, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1391 of 13 August 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards livestock unit coefficients and definitions of the characteristics, Official Journal of the European Union No L 215, 14.8.2015, p. 11 – 33
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European Union, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 of 30 November 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards livestock unit coefficients and definitions of the characteristics
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