Statistics Institute: Romania ranks second in EU on corn and sunflower production

Romania ranked first in the European Union in 2011 for area planted with corn, and second after France for production, due to lower yields, according to the National Statistics Institute (INS). Romania also ranked first for the area planted with sunflowers, and again second in the EU for production - 1.8 million tonnes in 2011.

Romania was fifth among EU member states, both on area cultivated and production of wheat. The country’s wheat production was 7.1 million tonnes in 2011, from 5.8 million tonnes recorded in the previous year, according to INS. Moreover, Romania’s internal production of grain increased by 24.3 percent last year, to some 20.7 million tonnes. For area planted with potatoes, Romania was third in 2011, after Poland and Germany, and sixth for production after Germany, Poland, Netherlands, France and the UK. Romania produced 4.1 million tonnes of potatoes in 2011, up from 3.2 million tonnes in 2010. Read more here(in Romanian; PDF version). Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com (photo source: Photoxpress.com)