Romania’s overall agricultural production increased by 12.5% in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching a total value of RON 78.5 billion (EUR 17.2 billion), according to final data from the National Statistics Institute (INS).

The crop production went up by 19.5% year-on-year while the animal production was down 0.4%, the data shows.

The highest increase was recorded in the Romania’s South-West Oltenia region, where the agricultural production was up almost 25% last year, boosted by a 37% increase in crop production. The Centre region saw the lowest increase in agricultural output, of only 5.3%.

In absolute terms, the South Muntenia region had the largest production in 2017, namely 19.2% of the total, followed by the Bucharest-Ilfov region – 17.7% and the North-East region - 15.7%.

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