07/04/2021 19:59
Romania had a potato production of 2.68 million tonnes last year, ranking 6th in the European Union, Germany ranking first with 11.55 million tonnes, according to provisional data issued by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
France followed Germany, with 8.73 million tonnes, being followed by the Netherlands - 7.09 million tonnes, Poland - 6.48 million tonnes and Belgium, with 4.1 million tonnes, agerpres.ro confirms.
By cultivated area, Romania ranked 4th with 166,000 hectares, after Poland (359,000 hectares), Germany (275,000 hectares) and France (206,000 hectares).
Provisional INS data show that last year the local potato harvest was slightly higher than in 2019, an increase of 56,000 tonnes, although the drought caused serious damage in 2020, while the cultivated area decreased by about 3,000 hectares.
2021-04-07 19:06:07 GMT2021-04-08 03:06:07(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ROME, April 7 (Xinhua) Forty-five percent of Italy s small-sized firms are at a structural risk because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country s National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) said on Wednesday. The persisting health crisis, as well as the uncertainty about when it might be overcome, prevents an overall assessment of the consequences (of the pandemic) on our production system, ISTAT said in its annual report on productivity.
Still, if exposed to an external crisis, 45 percent of all firms with at least three employees would suffer such consequences as to see their operability jeopardized.
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The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage points in February to 5.7 pct from 5.6 pct in the previous month, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) released on Tuesday.
The female unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than that of male unemployment, 5.8 pct for women to 5.6 pct for men.
The estimated number of the unemployed aged 15-74 for February 2021 was 478,000 people, up from the previous month (474,000 people).
The adult unemployment rate (ages 25-74) was estimated at 4.6 pct for February 2021 (4.7 pct for men and 4.5 pct for women). The number of unemployed people aged 25-74 accounts for 75.8 pct of the total number of unemployed estimated for February 2021.