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89 The Agroforestry Complex in the Portuguese Economy – 2020* Ana Rita Moura Office of Planning, Policy and General Administration (GPP) 1. Background This analysis addresses the economic evolution of the agroforestry complex, which comprises the com- ponents of agrifood 1 and forestry 2 , with particular mention for the agricultural sector. In methodological terms, the production of public goods is not booked under sectoral added value and attention should be drawn to the difficulties in delimiting agriculture, manufacturing and services. It should be highlighted that the impact of growth in “Other Goods and Services” in agricultural interme- diate consumption heavily affected the production trajectory, a fact that should be regarded with cau- tion when analysing the data for Gross Value Added (GVA). * Editor’s note: Earlier articles on this topic or related topics were published in CULTIVAR issue 1 – Volatility in agricultural markets, June 2015, p.63, “A evolução da economia agrícola portuguesa”, https://www.gpp.pt/images/GPP/O_que_disponibilizamos/Publicacoes/CULTI- VAR_1/E_book/CULTIVAR_1_Volatilidade_dos_Mercados_Agricolas/64/ CULTIVAR issue 4 – Technology, June 2016, p.91, “O setor agroal- imentar na economia portuguesa”, https://www.gpp.pt/images/GPP/O_que_disponibilizamos/Publicacoes/CULTIVAR_4/E_book/CULTI- VAR_4_Tecnologia/92/ and CULTIVAR issue 7 – Risk in economic activity, March 2017, p.89, “Evolução económica do setor agroalimentar” https://www.gpp.pt/images/GPP/O_que_disponibilizamos/Publicacoes/CULTIVAR_7/E-book/CULTIVAR_7_O_Risco_na_atividade_eco- nomica/88/ 1 The agrifood complex includes the following sectors in the National Accounts (Base 2016): Agriculture: sector 01 (Agriculture, animal rearing, hunting and activities in related services) and Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing: sector 10 (Food manufacturers), sector 11 (Bev- erage manufacturers) and sector 12 (Tobacco manufacturers). 2 The forestry complex includes the following sectors in the National Accounts (Base 2016): Agriculture: sector 02 (Products of forestry, logging and related services) and Forest-based industries: sector 16 (Wood and products of wood and cork, except furniture, articles of straw and plaiting materials), sector 17 (Paper and paper products) and sector 18 (Printed and recorded matter). The analysis is based on the statistics contained in the National Accounts (NA) and Economic Accounts for Agriculture (EAA) (base 2016) from the Portuguese national statistics office (INE – Statistics Portugal), updated on February 2021 in accordance with the methodology used by the Office of Planning, Policies and General Administration (GPP). 2. Summary • Gross Value Added (GVA) for the agroforestry complex in the 2010–2020 period was mod- erately positive (0.2% per year in volume) due to growth in the agrifood complex, which was up by an annual average of 0.5%, although the forestry complex registered a decline (-0.5% per year).