Impact of the new measures related to the circular economy on the management of agrochemical packaging in Spanish agriculture and the use of biodegradable plastics

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Table 3 Main indicators of Spanish agriculture.

Cultivated area (ha)		Consumption of agrochemicals (t)
Useful agricultural area	23,913,682	Phytosanitary products
Ecological surface	2,354,916	Fungicides and bactericides	37,950
Irrigated area	3,831,181	Herbicides	20,199
Greenhouse area	73,115	Insecticides and acaricides	8381
Major subsectors^a		Growth regulators, molluscicides and others	9494
Grain cereals	6,170,885	Total, phytosanitary products	76,024
Olive groves	2,770,424	Fertilizers
Non-citrus fruit trees	1,260,762	Total, nitrogenous	2,495,037
Fodder crops	973,161	Simple phosphates	179,992
Vineyard	957,857	Simple potassic	295,398
Industrial crops	918,754	Monoammonium and diammonium phosphates	381,592
Grain legumes	313,959	NP + NK + PK fertilizers	218,351
Citrus fruit trees	307,343	NPK fertilizers	1,556,046
Vegetables and flowers	254,402	Total, complex fertilizers	2,155,989
Tubers	48,060	Total, fertilizers	5,126,461

Source: own elaboration based on the Agrarian Census [66] and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) [23, 24]
^aNatural pastures and home gardens have been excluded from the classification