| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 9A2 Estimated balance sheet for agriculture at current prices, 1992 to 19971 |
(£ million) |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 (Prov) |
1996 (Prov) |
1997 (Forecast) |
|
| TOTAL ASSETS | 7,495 |
9,850 |
9,040 |
11,755 |
9,365 |
9,685 |
| Total fixed assets | 6,475 |
8,530 |
7,725 |
10,175 |
7,910 |
8,305 |
| Land and buildings2 | 4,945 |
6,940 |
6,225 |
8,525 |
6,240 |
6,740 |
| Machinery & equipment | 725 |
760 |
790 |
840 |
900 |
940 |
| Breeding livestock | 800 |
835 |
710 |
815 |
770 |
625 |
| Total current assets | 1,020 |
1,315 |
1,320 |
1,580 |
1,455 |
1,380 |
| Trading livestock | 490 |
560 |
560 |
625 |
545 |
465 |
| Crops and stores | 210 |
230 |
290 |
335 |
250 |
235 |
| Debtors, cash, deposits | 320 |
525 |
470 |
620 |
660 |
680 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 1,160 |
1,290 |
1,305 |
1,360 |
1,390 |
1,500 |
| Total long and medium term | 250 |
285 |
280 |
330 |
420 |
450 |
| Bank loans | 115 |
125 |
120 |
165 |
250 |
280 |
| Family loans | 90 |
100 |
90 |
80 |
85 |
85 |
| Other | 50 |
60 |
70 |
85 |
85 |
85 |
| Total short term | 910 |
1,005 |
1,030 |
1,030 |
970 |
1,050 |
| Bank overdraft | 755 |
745 |
785 |
705 |
625 |
695 |
| Other | 150 |
260 |
245 |
320 |
345 |
355 |
| NET WORTH | 6,335 |
8,560 |
7,735 |
10,400 |
7,970 |
8,185 |
| Net worth as % of total assets | 85 |
87 |
86 |
88 |
85 |
85 |
Source: SOAEFD Economics and Statistics Unit Branch 2 |
| 1 Rounded to nearest £5
million. Individual items may not sum to totals. 2 The value of land and buildings does not include the domestic share of dwellings, but does include the business share i.e. the value of the proportion of the farmhouse used for business purposes. |
| Chart 9A2 Net worth of Scottish agriculture, 1988-1997 |
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Source: SOAEFD Economics and Statistics Unit Branch 2 |