Agriculture
Latvia has a surface of 64,600 km ? or 6,500,000 hectares. It is a country rich in natural resources and it has a good position for dairy products and meat exports. The independence in 1991, paved the way for privatizations and for the opening of the market.
Today, Latvia is an emerging country which attracts numerous investors. The Lettish agricultural policy is based on an export development. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 1,871,000 hectares for Latvia. |
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
|
Sugar beets
|
445,000
|
12,700
|
350,394
|
Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Cattle
|
378,400
|
Pigs
|
404,900
|
Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
997 Tm.
|
103,452 Tm.
|
Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
|
Export Entreprises SA ©, All rights reserved
Last modified in
February 2004
|
|
