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Food Industries, Business Statistics
Martin Lundø
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External Trade of Organic Products

The survey was conducted for the first time for the statistical year 2003 and have followed same method since. There are no comparable statistics internationally. Foreign trade in organic goods can be seen as a subset of total foreign trade in goods.

Comparability - geographical

There are no comparable figures internationally at same level of detail. Eurostat has published import figures for the EU as a whole: [EU imports of organic agri-food products](https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-imported-slightly-fewer-organic-agri-food-products-2020 -2021-06-09_en)

Comparability over time

The survey was conducted for the first time for the statistical year 2003 and have followed same method since.

Coherence - cross domain

The same classifications for goods and country codes are used as in foreign trade in goods. Foreign trade in organic goods can be seen as a subset of total foreign trade in goods.

Coherence - internal

Externally received data on ecological certification are made consistent with Statistics Denmark's Business Register.