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# 92000E2727

**WRITTEN QUESTION E-2727/00 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Price of arable land.** 
  
*Official Journal 113 E , 18/04/2001 P. 0158 - 0158*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2727/00

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 September 2000)

Subject: Price of arable land

Would the Commission give figures on some comparable basis for the price of a hectare of similar arable land in each of the Member States over each of the last ten years, or for as long a period as is possible?

Will it also give comparable figures for the United States, Canada, Australia and Argentina?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(9 October 2000)

Most Member States have provided the Commission with figures on agricultural land prices every year since 1973.

Figures for the period 1977-1998, accompanied by methodological information to help interpret them, were published by Eurostat in the 1999 edition of Agricultural land prices and rents in the European Union(1).

Figures on agricultural land prices come from administrative sources in most Member States, having been recorded by the land registration or tax authorities. The main methodological differences between Member States are explained in the above-mentioned publication. The lack of comparability between Member States lies in the fact that Member States supply figures on agricultural land prices voluntarily.

The Commission has no comparable figures for the United States, Canada, Australia or Argentina.

(1) ISBN 92-828-8381-7.

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