March 29 (SeeNews) - Romania's sunflower and maize output were the highest in the EU last year, the country's statistical office said on Friday, citing provisional data.
In 2018, Romania's maize output increased by 28.1% year-on-year to 18.3 million tonnes, while sunflower production rose by 5.7% to 3.08 million tonnes, INS said in a press release.
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In 2018, Romania harvested more cereal and oilseed crops, but less pulses, sugar beet, potatoes and vegetables compared to the previous year.
The area under cereals decreased by 0.3%, while production grew by 14.9% to 31.1 million tonnes in 2018.
Fields sown with maize represented 45.8% of the area put to cereals, while 40.8% was put under wheat.
Production of wheat edged up by an annual 1% at 10.1 million tonnes. Oats production was up 4.6% to 390,000 tonnes, while production of barley edged down 1.6% to 1.87 million tonnes.
Production of pulses dropped 37% on the year to 191,000 tonnes as a result of a lower yield per hectare.
Production of oilseeds increased by 3.4% to 5.15 million tonnes. Soya beans production rose by 17% to 365,000 tonnes, while rapeseed output fell 3.8% to 1.61 million tonnes.
Romania harvested 937,000 tonnes of sugar beet last year, down by 20.3% compared to 2017.
Production of vegetables edged down by 1.4% to 3.58 million tonnes, as the cultivated area decreased by 0.9%.