Margarine and shortening — Production in Romania
Romania: Margarine and shortening — Production was 62,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Margarine and shortening — Production in Romania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Romania recorded 62,000 t for margarine and shortening — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Romania peaked at 77,000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,000 t, in 1961.
That places Romania 31st out of 97 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Margarine and shortening — Production in Romania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 t | +50.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 3,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 4,900 t | +63.3% |
| 1966 | 6,600 t | +34.7% |
| 1967 | 7,700 t | +16.7% |
| 1968 | 9,300 t | +20.8% |
| 1969 | 8,300 t | -10.8% |
| 1970 | 8,900 t | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 11,500 t | +29.2% |
| 1972 | 11,400 t | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 11,900 t | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 13,700 t | +15.1% |
| 1975 | 14,500 t | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 20,445 t | +41.0% |
| 1977 | 20,057 t | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 22,331 t | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 22,574 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 25,855 t | +14.5% |
| 1981 | 26,080 t | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 27,100 t | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 31,845 t | +17.5% |
| 1984 | 32,548 t | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 33,093 t | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 39,131 t | +18.2% |
| 1987 | 42,318 t | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 46,420 t | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 47,964 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 28,711 t | -40.1% |
| 1991 | 26,500 t | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 19,800 t | -25.3% |
| 1993 | 20,650 t | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 16,443 t | -20.4% |
| 1995 | 17,413 t | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 21,930 t | +25.9% |
| 1997 | 25,777 t | +17.5% |
| 1998 | 36,147 t | +40.2% |
| 1999 | 36,065 t | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 38,047 t | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 45,617 t | +19.9% |
| 2002 | 60,017 t | +31.6% |
| 2003 | 68,173 t | +13.6% |
| 2004 | 60,933 t | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 65,805 t | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 61,330 t | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 61,020 t | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 60,417 t | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 55,062 t | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 69,913 t | +27.0% |
| 2011 | 67,227 t | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 66,602 t | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 64,395 t | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 66,691 t | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 69,483 t | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 66,749 t | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 64,564 t | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 56,499 t | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 75,000 t | +32.7% |
| 2020 | 77,000 t | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 61,500 t | -20.1% |
| 2022 | 61,900 t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 62,000 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,922 t | 1,000 t | 9,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,731 t | 8,900 t | 22,574 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,235 t | 25,855 t | 47,964 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,944 t | 16,443 t | 36,147 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,642 t | 38,047 t | 68,173 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,712 t | 56,499 t | 75,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,600 t | 61,500 t | 77,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 28 Czechoslovakia 82,000 t compare
- 29 South Africa 78,312 t compare
- 30 Colombia 62,577 t compare
- 32 Kazakhstan 61,314 t compare
- 33 Yugoslav SFR 58,811 t compare
- 34 Norway 54,300 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in Romania?
- Margarine and shortening — production in Romania was 62,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 77,000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 t in 1961.
- How does Romania rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- Romania ranks 31st out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Margarine and shortening — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.