For example, the corn production is seen at around 4.7 million tons in 2012, down 60% from 11.7 million tons in 2011, the minister said late September. He added at the time, these are only forecasts and he would not want to give wrong numbers, which would influence the prices.
On the other hand, Constantin said Tuesday the wine quality in 2012 is highly better from a year before, despite the slight production decrease.
The agricultural sector has a 6% to 7% share in the country’s gross domestic product GDP.