MINISTRYMINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE,OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD FOOD ANDAND THE THEFORESTRY FORESTRY ANNUALANNUAL REPORT REPORT MINISTRYMINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD FOOD AND THEAND FORESTRY THE FORESTRY ON THEON STATETHE STATE AND AND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT OF OF AGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE20202020 2020AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL REPORT REPORT 2020 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND FORESTRY ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE (2020 AGRICULTURAL REPORT) AGRICULTURALСъдържание REPORT 2020 Списък на използваните съкращения 7 РАЗДЕЛ А 11 I. СЪСТОЯНИЕ И РАЗВИТИЕTable of НАContents НАЦИОНАЛНАТА ИКОНОМИКА. М Abbreviation list 6 SECTION A 13 I. STATE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK. PLACE OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY 13 II. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN 2019 AND FORECASTS FOR 2020 19 1. Use of agricultural land and structures in agriculture 19 1.1. Use of agricultural land 19 1.2. Use of agricultural parcels 20 1.2.1. Land Parcel Identification System 20 1.3. Registration of farmers 21 1.4.State Land Fund participation in land relations in Bulgaria 22 1.4.1. Providing SLF Own Terrains for Rent or Lease 22 1.4.2. Distribution of pastures, grasslands and meadows, part of a state or municipal land fund, in accordance with the procedure of Article 37 and the ALOUA 22 1.4.3. Establishment of limited rights in rem over SLF lands 23 1.5. Activities and Contracts for Reinstated Ownership Map and Registers Maintenance 23 1.6. Land Relations 23 1.6.1. Consolidation of Agricultural Land 24 1.7. Agricultural Land Protection Activities 24 2. Economic and Production Results in 2019 and forecast data for 2020 25 2.1. 2019 Economic Accounts for Agriculture 25 2.1.1. Value of gross production in the Agriculture sector 25 2.1.2. Final Production Value 27 2.1.3. Intermediate consumption 29 2.1.4. Gross Value Added 29 2.1.5. Entrepreneurial income 29 2.2. Plant Production Results 30 2.2.1. Grain production 31 2.2.2. Oilseed crops 33 2.2.3. Grain market monitoring 34 2.2.4. Quality Grading of Harvest 2019 34 2.2.5. Industrial crops 36 2.2.6. Medicinal and aromatic crops 36 2.2.7. Fruits 37 2.2.8. Vegetables 39 2.2.9. Forecast data for the production of basic cereals and oilseeds from the 2020 harvest 44 2.3. Livestock Breeding Production Results 45 2.3.1. Cattle Breeding and Buffalo Breeding 50 2.3.2. Sheep Breeding and Goat Breeding 53 2.3.3. Pig Farming 56 2.3.4. Horse Breeding 59 2.3.5. Poultry Farming 59 2.3.6. Apiculture 62 2.3.7. Rabbit Breeding 65 2.4. Condition of Organic Farming in Bulgaria in 2019 66 2.4.1. Control System Operators 66 2.4.2. Organic plant growing 66 2.4.3. Organic Livestock Breeding 68 2.4.4. Organic Products Market 68 2.5. Viticulture and Wine-Production 69 2.5.1. Grapes Production 69 2.5.2. Wine Production 73 2.5.3. Export and Import of Wine 74 III. TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL GOODS 79 1. Level and Dynamics of Foreign Trade in Agricultural Goods 79 2. Geographical Distribution of Foreign Trade in Agricultural Goods 80 3. Structure and dynamics of agricultural trade by products 85 4. Developments in foreign trade with agricultural goods in January-June 2020 91 5. Activities to support the export of agricultural products 91 IV. SUPPORTING THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR 95 1. Support under the First Pillar of CAP (EU Common Agricultural Policy) 95 1.1. Area-Based Direct Payments, National Transitional Aid and Coupled Support 95 1.2. Market Support Mechanisms 104 1.2.1. Milk Sector 104 1.2.2. Fruit and Vegetables Sector 105 1.2.3. Apiculture Sector 109 1.2.4. Wine Sector 110 1.2.5. Public Intervention and Private Storage 111 1.2.6. Sugar Sector 112 1.2.7. Promotional Programmes 112 1.2.8. Quality Policy: Protected Designations 113 1.3. Trade Mechanisms 114 1.3.1. Export Licensing 114 1.3.2. Export Licensing 115 2. Support under the Second pillar of CAP 116 3. Supplementary State Aid 126 3.1. State Aidлнително държавно подпомагане 126 3.2. Short-term lending 131 3.3. Investment Credit Schemes of SFA 132 V. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES 135 1. Control of Agricultural and Forestry Machinery 135 1.1. Registration of agricultural and forestry machinery 135 1.2. Technical Inspection of machinery 135 1.3. Qualification for Work with Machinery and Issuance of Certificates 136 1.4. Testing and Certification of Agricultural and Forestry Machinery 136 2. Hydromelioration 136 2.1. Sites for protection against the harmful effects of water 136 2.2. Irrigation 137 2.3. Activities under sub-measure 4.3 Investments for development, modernization or adaptation of agricultural and forestry infrastructure of RDP 2014-2020 140 3. Plant protection and phytosanitary control 141 3.1. Plant protection 141 3.2. Phytosanitary Control 147 3.2.1. Production control of the territory of Bulgaria and movement of plants, plant products and other objects within the EU 147 3.2.2. Phytosanitary control at export 149 3.2.3. Phytosanitary control at import 150 3.3. Plant Protection Products and Fertilizers Control 150 3.3.1. Results of control activities on the marketing of PPPs 151 3.3.2. Results of control activities on the use of PPPs 151 4. Fertilizers 152 4.1. Registration of Fertilizers 152 4.2. Control of fertilizers upon their placing on the market 153 5. Variety testing, Approbation and Seed Control 153 6. Food Chain Safety 161 6.1. Animal Healthcare and Welfare. 161 6.2. Controls of identification of animals and veterinary activities 167 6.3. Control activities 170 6.3.1. Food Safety 170 6.3.2. Administrative Assistance and Cooperation System 177 6.3.3. Administrative Assistance and Cooperation System - Food Fraud Network 178 6.3.4. IMSOC system 178 6.3.5. Control of Veterinary Activities, Veterinary Medicinal Products and Feeds, Border Control 179 6.3.5.1. Control of Veterinary Activity 179 6.3.5.2. Control of Veterinary Medicinal Products 180 6.3.5.3. Border control 184 6.3.5.4. Feed controls 185 6.4. Risk analysis along the food chain 196 6.5. Legislative amendments in the field of food chain safety 200 7. Livestock Selection and Reproduction 202 7.1. National Livestock Genetic Resources Management 202 7.2. Control and Coordination of Breeding Activities 208 8. Agricultural Science, Training and Advisory Activities 210 8.1. Agricultural Scientific Research and Scientific Service Activities Provided by the Agricultural Academy 210 8.1.1. Scientific Outputs Rolled out in Production 211 8.1.2. Transfer of knowledge and scientific outputs and vocational training 212 8.1.3. Transfer of knowledge and scientific outputs and vocational training 212 8.1.4. Specialized scientific journals 213 8.1.5. International cooperation in the field of agricultural science 213 8.2. Advisory activities 214 8.3. Vocational Training 217 8.4. In 2019, 21 farmers were trained on Agri-Environment at CVT. 217 8.5. Information support 218 8.6. Agrochemical analyses 218 8.7. NAAS activity under measure 6 „Development of farms and enterprises” from RDP 2014 - 2020 219 8.8. NAAS activity under measure 4 „Investments in tangible assets” from RDP 2014 - 2020 219 8.9. Common Agricultural Policy 2021 - 2027 220 9. Hail Suppression 220 10. Reducing the Regulatory and Administrative Burden on Businesses 224 10.1. Review of the Applied Regulatory Regimes in the MAFF system 224 10.2. Measures taken in 2019 to Reduce the Regulatory and Administrative Burden on Businesses 224 10.3. Risk and Crisis Management in Agriculture 225 VI. FORESTRY 229 1. Characteristics of Forest Areas 229 2. Changes of Forest Areas 230 3. Management of Forest Territories 233 3.1. Afforestation and Protection against Erosion and Rain 233 3.2. Logging in forests 235 4. Use of Timber and Non-Timber Forest Products 236 4.1. Use of Timber 236 4.2. Auxiliary Activities and Use of Non-Timber Forest Products 238 5. Protection of Forest Territories 238 5.1. Protection of Forest Territories from Diseases, Pests and Other Damage 238 5.2. Forest Fire Protection 240 6. Protected Areas 240 7. Forest certification 244 8. Inventory and Planning in Forest Territories 245 9. Hunting Units 247 10. Protection of Forest Territories and Control 248 11. Strategic Planning, Improvement of the Regulatory Framework and International Activities 251 12. Financing and Investments in Forest Territories 253 12.1. Executive Forest Agency 253 12.2. State forestry units 254 13. Administrative Services 254 VII. FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 257 1. Catch and Production of Fish and Other Aquatic Organisms 257 2. Import and export of fish and fish products 263 3. Operational Programme for Fisheries Sector Development /2007-2013/ 267 4. Maritime and Fisheries Programme 2014-2020 269 5. Common Fisheries Policy 280 SECTION B 283 ANNEXES 299 Abbreviation list AGC Administrative Grant Contracts AEP Agri-environmental payments AAC Administrative Assistance and Cooperation System BFSA Bulgarian Food Safety Agency BSMAEC Bulgarian Survey for Monitoring the Agricultural and Economic Conjuncture GDP Gross Domestic Product GVA Gross Value Added BSS Bulgarian State Standard Buffaloes Coupled support scheme for buffaloes BNB Bulgarian National Bank VCU Value for cultivation and use BRC Bulgarian Red Cross Grants Grants RES Renewable energy sources VMP Veterinary products VOC Verification of Official Controls Directorate General CLLD Community-led local development HNV Restoration and maintenance of grasslands of high nature value BCP Border checkpoints BCRP Border crossing points GMO Genetically Modified Organism PG PG Producer Groups FRM Forest reproductive materials FMPP Forest management plans