THE IMPACT OF STATE SUBSIDIES ON THE VALUE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN CROATIA

Cilj rada je ustanoviti utjecaj isplaćenih proračunskih potpora (proizvodnih poticaja) na vrijednost proizvodnje i samodostatnost ekonomski najvažnijih proizvoda u poljoprivrednom sektoru. Provedena je vremenska i strukturna analiza ovih parametara u razdoblju od 1998. do 2008. godine i ustanovljena povezanost visine isplaćenih potpora i osnovnih proizvodnih i ekonomskih rezultata poljoprivredne proizvodnje. U istraživanju polazimo od pretpostavke da se povećani iznosi isplaćenih potpora u poljoprivrednom sektoru nisu osobito snažno odrazili na povećanje proizvodnje, njenu veću vrijednost i samodostatnost. Državne potpore u Hrvatskoj su prošle kroz određene zakonske reforme tijekom analiziranog razdoblja, na što je najviše utjecala prilagodba hrvatskog zakonodavstva legislativi Europske unije. Upravo se u čestim promjenama kriterija u isplati potpora može pronaći dio obrazloženja zašto je njihov utjecaj na proizvodne rezultate slab. Rezultati istraživanja potvrđuju kako se trendovi u isplaćenim potporama ne poklapaju s trendovima koje pokazuju vrijednost proizvodnje i samodostatnost, a velike oscilacije su zabilježene u strukturi isplaćenih potpora tijekom analiziranog razdoblja.The aim is to determine the impact of disbursed budget support (production subsidies) on production value and self-sufficiency of economically important products in agricultural sector. We conducted a time series and structural analysis of these parameters during the period from 1998 to 2008 and connection was established between the level of paid production subsidies and the basic production and economic results of agricultural production. The research is based on the assumption that the increase of paid subsidies in the agricultural sector had no particularly strong impact on production increase, such as increase of its value and self-sufficiency. State subsidies in Croatia have gone through certain legal reforms during the analyzed period, which is most affected by the adjustment of Croatian Legislation with European Union legislation. Just in these frequent changes of criteria in the payment of subsidies we may find some of the reasons why their impact on the performance was weak. The research results confirm that the trends in paid subsidies did not match with trends that show the value of production and self-sufficiency. Large fluctuations were recorded in the structure of paid support during the analyzed period