In 2015

Agricultural output in the Autonomous Region of Madeira stood at 104.4 milion euros

The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira releases today the provisional data for 2015 concerning the Regional Economic Accounts for Agriculture (REGEAA), recently released by Statistics Portugal, allowing the update of the time series available on our website which begins in 1995.

The REGEAA data show that agricultural output in the Autonomous Region of Madeira stood at 104.4 million euros in 2015, growing by 14.0% from 2014 in nominal terms.

In 2015, 84.5% of the total agricultural output came from crop output and 12.2% from animal output. In Portugal the weight of animal output was higher (39.7%), although crop production was also the most important component of agricultural output (55.9%).

In the Autonomous Region of Madeira, the main components of crop production in 2015 (88.2 million euros) were fresh vegetables (23.9 million euros) and tropical fruits (17.8 million euros).

Aviculture accounts for almost two thirds (63.3%) of animal output, whose total reached 12.7 million euros.

The Intermediate consumption stood at 39.9 million euros, growing by 12.1% from 2014.

The Gross Value Added (GVA) corresponds to the difference between production (at basic prices) and intermediate consumption. In 2015, the GVA reached 64.5 million euros, increasing by 15.2% between 2014 and 2015.

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