RESEARCH REGARDING OIL SEEDS CROPS DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA IN THE EU CONTEXT

The paper aimed to present the dynamics of sunflower, soybean and rape cultivated area, yield and production in Romania in the period 1990-2009 and established the 2012-2015 forecast. In this respect, the statistical data have been processed based on fixed indices and average annual growth rate. Romania is an important oilseed producer contributing by 8.22% to the EU-27 production. In 2009, Romania oilseed production counted for 1,764 thou tons of which sunflower seeds 62.24 %, rapeseed 32.29 % and 5.47 % soy beans. In 2015, it is forecast as oilseed production to reach 7,850 thou tons, of which 73.84 % sunflower seeds and 25.26 % rapeseed