First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 25 June 2021
VT-2021-1-2
ISSN 1334-0557

FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, 2020

 

Final data of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics on foreign trade in goods in 2020 show a stagnation of export and a decrease in import of the Republic of Croatia.

Export remained at almost the same level, import and foreign trade deficit decreased, while the coverage of import by export increased.

Final data on foreign trade in goods of the Republic of Croatia show that in 2020 as compared to 2019, the level of export remained almost the same, that is, export decreased by about 1%. Import and foreign trade deficit also recorded a decrease, which caused an increase of the coverage of import by export.

The total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to about 112 billion kuna in 2020, which is a fall of about 750 million kuna, or about 1%, compared to 2019. At the same time, the total import amounted to about 172 billion kuna, which is a fall of about 13 billion kuna, or about 7% compared to 2019.

In 2020 foreign trade deficit amounted to about 60 billion kuna, which is a decrease of about 17%, or 12 billion kuna, compared to 2019. A stronger fall of import compared to export affected the coverage of import by export, which amounted to 65% in 2020, i.e. it increased by about 4 percentage points compared to 2019.

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, 2020

 

Manufacturing contributed the most to changes in export and import

With the share of about 86% in the total export in 2020, Manufacturing realised a decrease in export of about 5%, thus contributing the most to changes in the total export of the Republic of Croatia.

Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products, as a part of Manufacturing, accounted for about 4% of the total export and contributed the most to the decrease in export, with as much as 46%.

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers also had a significant impact on the decrease in export, with the share of about 5% in the total export and with about 20% of the export decrease.

Manufacturing also contributed the most to the decrease in import in 2020, with the share of 91% in the total import and with about 5% of the import decrease, compared to 2019.

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, as a part of Manufacturing, accounted for about 6% of the total import and contributed most to the decrease in import, with about 28% compared to 2019.

Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products also contributed to the decrease in import, with the share of 3% in the total import and with 42% of the import decrease in 2020, as compared to 2019.

Machinery and transport equipment accounted for approximately a quarter of the total export and import value

According to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), the highest value, i.e. approximately a quarter of the total export and import of the Republic of Croatia, was generated by the sector Machinery and transport equipment. In 2020, export in that sector amounted to about 27 billion kuna, accounting for approximately 24% of the total Croatian export, which was a decrease of about 7% compared to 2019. In the same period, import amounted to about 46 billion kuna, which is about 27% of the total import of the Republic of Croatia and a decrease of about 8% compared to 2019.

As usual, Germany, Italy and Slovenia the most important trade partners from the EU

The most important foreign trade partners of the Republic of Croatia are EU Member States. Foreign trade in goods of the Republic of Croatia with the EU market accounted for about 70% of the total export in 2020, which increased by about 1% compared to the previous year, and for about 80% of the total import, which decreased by about 7% compared to 2019.

The biggest foreign trade partners from the EU in 2020 were Germany, Italy and Slovenia.

Germany, with the share of almost 13% in the total export, is a partner country with which the biggest export in 2020 was realised, in the value of about 14 billion kuna. At the same time, having the share of about 15% in the total import, it contributed to the realisation of about 26 billion kuna of the import value.

According to the provisional data of Eurostat, Germany was still the most important export destination for most of the EU Member States in 2020, but also the country from which most goods were imported.

In 2020, the share of export to Italy accounted for about 13% in the total Croatian export, which was a decrease of 11% compared to the previous year, while import, with the share of about 12%, recorded a decrease of about 17%.

Slovenia remained one of the most important partner countries in the total trade in goods of the Republic of Croatia. Thus, in 2020, the share of export accounted for about 10% of the total export and import for about 11% of the total import of the Republic of Croatia. In 2020, the export to Slovenia decreased by about 4% and the import from Slovenia by about 9%, as compared to the previous year.

Bosnia and Herzegovina remained the most important export market outside the EU

Foreign trade in goods with non-EU Member States accounted for about 30% of the total export in 2020, which decreased by about 5%, and for about 20% of the total import, which decreased by 6% compared to 2019.

The biggest foreign trade partners outside the EU, with which the Republic of Croatia realised trade in goods in 2020, were again its neighbouring countries Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Serbia. In 2020, around 9% of the total Croatian export was realised with Bosnia and Herzegovina, which fell by about 15% compared to 2019, while import fell by around 3%.

Republic of Croatia and other EU Members States

The Republic of Croatia is one of seven EU Member States that recorded a deficit in the trade in goods with both EU Member States and non-EU Member States.

1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
    Export Import Balance of foreign trade in goods Coverage of import by export, %
Thousand kuna Thousand euros Thousand US $ Thousand kuna Thousand euros Thousand US $ Thousand kuna Thousand euros Thousand US $
2019                                                               
  I 8 292 917 1 119 680 1 279 950 13 873 607 1 872 883 2 142 197 -5 580 690 -753 203 -862 247 59,8
  II 8 913 671 1 200 854 1 373 764 14 685 092 1 978 529 2 266 622 -5 771 421 -777 675 -892 858 60,7
  III 9 760 854 1 316 015 1 496 234 16 743 871 2 256 766 2 568 814 -6 983 017 -940 751 -1 072 580 58,3
  IV 9 226 955 1 243 496 1 401 712 17 051 212 2 297 348 2 585 908 -7 824 257 -1 053 852 -1 184 196 54,1
  V 9 931 256 1 338 885 1 504 490 17 590 310 2 372 357 2 662 983 -7 659 054 -1 033 472 -1 158 492 56,5
  VI 8 656 012 1 166 689 1 300 821 14 185 478 1 911 942 2 131 778 -5 529 466 -745 253 -830 957 61,0
  VII 11 880 850 1 606 282 1 809 283 17 511 603 2 367 873 2 673 117 -5 630 753 -761 591 -863 834 67,8
  VIII 7 635 224 1 035 113 1 154 620 13 393 165 1 816 003 2 024 962 -5 757 941 -780 889 -870 342 57,0
  IX 9 722 063 1 315 482 1 454 105 15 126 279 2 046 030 2 260 622 -5 404 216 -730 547 -806 516 64,3
  X 10 137 834 1 370 077 1 500 155 16 385 340 2 214 011 2 422 189 -6 247 506 -843 934 -922 035 61,9
  XI 9 810 141 1 315 795 1 467 087 15 411 852 2 066 629 2 304 388 -5 601 711 -750 834 -837 302 63,7
  XII 8 909 988 1 198 335 1 320 828 13 239 596 1 780 588 1 960 835 -4 329 608 -582 253 -640 006 67,3
  I–XII 112 877 765 15 226 703 17 063 050 185 197 405 24 980 960 28 004 414 -72 319 640 -9 754 256 -10 941 365 60,9
2020                               
  I 8 692 574 1 167 765 1 307 784 14 354 732 1 928 123 2 160 505 -5 662 158 -760 358 -852 721 60,6
  II 9 642 100 1 296 736 1 433 596 15 974 613 2 148 287 2 372 368 -6 332 513 -851 551 -938 771 60,4
  III 9 085 255 1 218 932 1 337 010 15 081 224 2 022 993 2 224 423 -5 995 968 -804 061 -887 413 60,2
  IV 7 233 018 951 188 1 045 538 11 084 784 1 456 943 1 600 553 -3 851 766 -505 755 -555 015 65,3
  V 7 701 046 1 019 658 1 107 178 12 755 514 1 688 665 1 834 033 -5 054 468 -669 007 -726 855 60,4
  VI 9 454 773 1 248 128 1 382 143 14 893 298 1 965 354 2 180 074 -5 438 525 -717 226 -797 931 63,5
  VII 10 387 736 1 374 051 1 545 159 15 511 965 2 051 735 2 303 852 -5 124 229 -677 684 -758 692 67,0
  VIII 7 647 409 1 020 248 1 210 932 12 660 857 1 689 975 2 005 005 -5 013 448 -669 727 -794 073 60,4
  IX 10 503 359 1 396 638 1 663 423 14 849 477 1 974 537 2 352 068 -4 346 118 -577 899 -688 645 70,7
  X 10 947 896 1 451 410 1 700 460 15 530 560 2 058 574 2 411 165 -4 582 664 -607 164 -710 705 70,5
  XI 10 685 945 1 411 526 1 652 885 14 503 154 1 915 986 2 240 608 -3 817 209 -504 460 -587 723 73,7
  XII 10 149 643 1 343 482 1 605 172 15 233 085 2 016 696 2 411 484 -5 083 442 -673 214 -806 312 66,6
  I–XII 112 130 754 14 899 762 16 991 282 172 433 263 22 917 867 26 096 137 -60 302 509 -8 018 105 -9 104 856 65,0

I FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, KUNA

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

Thousand kuna

          Export  Import
I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019		 I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019
    Total 112 877 765 112 130 754 99,3 185 197 405 172 433 263 93,1
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 261 754 6 718 621 127,7 5 262 628 5 032 029 95,6
B    Mining and quarrying 1 109 998 4 816 114 433,9 9 336 580 6 308 880 67,6
C    Manufacturing 101 817 522 96 319 233 94,6 165 153 647 156 986 482 95,1
  10 Manufacture of food products 9 090 798 9 389 692 103,3 17 374 130 16 356 294 94,1
  11 Manufacture of beverages 1 213 148 1 102 346 90,9 1 904 815 1 739 889 91,3
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 1 210 493 1 221 606 100,9 1 007 419 1 166 894 115,8
  13 Manufacture of textiles 1 286 174 1 296 440 100,8 3 250 235 3 395 831 104,5
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 5 295 188 4 658 229 88,0 8 294 575 8 079 269 97,4
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 3 275 832 3 082 250 94,1 4 488 273 4 241 976 94,5
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 5 510 094 5 318 001 96,5 2 657 924 2 483 043 93,4
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 2 012 559 2 126 718 105,7 3 985 734 3 790 548 95,1
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 15 756 16 751 106,3 15 592 13 983 89,7
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 8 037 377 4 342 651 54,0 8 956 927 5 196 503 58,0
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 6 342 109 6 148 757 97,0 14 569 028 14 683 347 100,8
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 7 747 080 8 016 273 103,5 10 115 707 12 679 314 125,3
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 3 637 969 3 684 170 101,3 7 521 270 7 501 213 99,7
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 3 814 586 3 935 803 103,2 3 450 566 3 344 594 96,9
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 4 065 754 4 115 896 101,2 10 142 850 9 837 959 97,0
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 7 298 110 7 773 835 106,5 7 052 102 6 781 771 96,2
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 3 651 032 3 854 896 105,6 11 157 773 10 969 269 98,3
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 7 702 520 8 384 056 108,8 9 085 041 9 140 572 100,6
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 7 410 127 6 846 833 92,4 14 735 911 14 265 415 96,8
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 6 241 130 5 016 962 80,4 15 091 625 10 906 504 72,3
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 3 884 048 2 893 353 74,5 3 298 086 3 804 759 115,4
  31 Manufacture of furniture 1 945 007 1 880 891 96,7 2 812 183 2 579 032 91,7
  32 Other manufacturing 1 130 633 1 212 822 107,3 4 185 881 4 028 502 96,2
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1 919 901 1 449 404 75,5 4 357 405 2 904 347 66,7
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 1 857 201 1 953 721 105,2 483 398 650 877 134,6
J   Information and communication 498 284 463 319 93,0 576 407 514 990 89,3
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 576 487 84,5 1 639 986 60,1
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 5 118 1 999 39,1 2 894 3 377 116,7
    Not classified 407 411 407 856 100,1 22 808 31 297 137,2

2. EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand kuna

        Export Import
I. – XII. 2019. I. – XII. 2020. Indices
I. – XII. 2020.
I. – XII. 2019.		 I. – XII. 2019. I. – XII. 2020. Indices
I. – XII. 2020.
I. – XII. 2019.
  Total 112 877 765 112 130 754 99,3 185 197 405 172 433 263 93,1
0 Food and live animals 12 014 726 13 504 290 112,4 20 535 823 19 327 358 94,1
1 Beverages and tobacco 2 349 730 2 254 916 96,0 3 009 064 2 950 694 98,1
2 Crude materials, except fuels 8 263 813 8 337 054 100,9 3 358 212 3 251 357 96,8
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 10 712 153 10 104 796 94,3 22 575 425 14 675 589 65,0
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 511 695 547 422 107,0 782 912 789 597 100,9
5 Chemical products 15 256 733 15 442 496 101,2 26 488 467 28 988 992 109,4
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 19 054 469 18 830 372 98,8 31 884 384 30 831 641 96,7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 28 613 630 26 562 955 92,8 50 619 238 46 466 791 91,8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 15 394 037 15 626 404 101,5 25 785 640 24 877 617 96,5
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 299 368 512 193 171,1 135 431 242 330 178,9
  Not classified 407 411 407 856 100,1 22 808 31 297 137,2

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT , ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand kuna

    Export Import
I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019		 I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019
Total 112 877 765 112 130 754 99,3 185 197 405 172 433 263 93,1
EU Member States1) 77 116 135 78 192 751 101,4 148 984 622 138 398 025 92,9
Austria 6 669 977 6 441 219 96,6 11 955 001 11 385 037 95,2
Belgium 1 913 570 2 013 912 105,2 3 386 052 5 405 485 159,6
Bulgaria 712 410 727 840 102,2 1 197 359 1 290 691 107,8
Cyprus 72 918 57 662 79,1 76 913 120 191 156,3
Czech Republic 1 742 013 1 869 612 107,3 4 703 307 4 470 577 95,1
Denmark 414 040 462 480 111,7 1 095 651 1 285 572 117,3
Estonia 69 303 70 897 102,3 48 288 62 833 130,1
Finland 179 125 201 720 112,6 334 711 276 202 82,5
France 3 214 775 3 396 495 105,7 5 051 417 4 520 341 89,5
Greece 863 889 549 292 63,6 994 220 1 765 122 177,5
Ireland 326 993 278 966 85,3 690 139 712 222 103,2
Italy 15 765 568 14 028 190 89,0 25 711 527 21 250 519 82,6
Latvia 77 095 100 567 130,4 82 653 120 981 146,4
Lithuania 375 247 387 234 103,2 239 112 301 261 126,0
Luxembourg 79 638 980 444 2) 128 924 116 290 90,2
Hungary 4 678 444 7 998 926 171,0 15 622 758 13 314 283 85,2
Malta 1 286 114 281 373 21,9 36 075 52 000 144,1
Netherlands 1 498 821 1 676 140 111,8 7 248 961 6 740 278 93,0
Germany 14 860 790 14 370 161 96,7 28 633 134 26 353 486 92,0
Poland 1 812 186 2 114 684 116,7 7 048 336 6 944 341 98,5
Portugal 525 901 342 988 65,2 289 898 236 715 81,7
Romania 1 921 109 2 199 663 114,5 1 946 143 1 926 149 99,0
Slovakia 1 239 019 1 067 116 86,1 3 685 365 3 586 137 97,3
Slovenia 12 139 459 11 624 507 95,8 21 396 510 19 538 207 91,3
Spain 1 977 730 1 910 872 96,6 4 248 282 3 514 569 82,7
Sweden 877 260 1 075 732 122,6 1 058 281 1 071 832 101,3
United Kingdom 1 784 536 1 945 186 109,0 2 070 875 2 036 138 98,3
Not classified 38 206 18 875 49,4 4 728 567 12,0
EFTA countries 1 979 645 2 101 067 106,1 1 296 869 1 447 366 111,6
Iceland 28 388 15 870 55,9 183 293 159,7
Liechtenstein 8 278 22 788 275,3 196 114 58,3
Norway 447 537 391 384 87,5 116 879 113 230 96,9
Switzerland 1 495 443 1 671 024 111,7 1 179 611 1 333 729 113,1
CEFTA countries 20 283 462 18 511 912 91,3 10 239 850 10 258 181 100,2
Albania 589 706 579 239 98,2 65 806 84 224 128,0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 270 554 9 599 993 85,2 5 169 842 5 039 425 97,5
Montenegro 1 530 496 1 285 963 84,0 33 809 31 619 93,5
Kosovo 808 017 751 228 93,0 24 996 29 468 117,9
Moldova 12 187 9 835 80,7 16 628 23 171 139,4
North Macedonia3) 911 377 1 039 893 114,1 539 061 624 321 115,8
Serbia 5 161 126 5 245 760 101,6 4 389 707 4 425 954 100,8
OPEC countries 1 090 023 1 224 553 112,3 2 903 982 329 191 11,3
Algeria 50 927 198 703 390,2 39 064 84 444 216,2
Angola 358 517 144,3 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 832 2 191 263,5 - - -
Gabon 1 164 2 106 180,9 158 90 57,3
Iraq 19 968 50 344 252,1 925 376 48 0,0
Iran, Islamic Republic of 69 113 35 476 51,3 17 242 15 529 90,1
Congo 943 1 156 122,6 20 28 136,6
Kuwait 49 886 37 909 76,0 313 314 100,5
Libya 42 541 36 350 85,4 1 034 100 1 510 0,1
Nigeria 13 698 38 133 278,4 170 603 136 839 80,2
Saudi Arabia 377 498 327 201 86,7 699 151 74 263 10,6
United Arab Emirates 463 031 494 416 106,8 15 324 13 208 86,2
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 63 50 78,8 2 633 2 917 110,8
Other countries in Europe 2 842 802 3 633 094 127,8 5 350 413 4 805 628 89,8
Belarus 122 068 243 222 199,3 93 232 39 172 42,0
Russian Federation 1 148 239 1 327 845 115,6 2 181 307 1 749 417 80,2
Turkey 1 053 854 1 377 930 130,8 2 807 012 2 733 724 97,4
Ukraine 314 220 439 267 139,8 264 967 280 861 106,0
Other countries 204 422 244 830 119,8 3 895 2 454 63,0
Other countries in Asia 3 260 518 2 840 794 87,1 12 925 629 14 326 844 110,8
Azerbaijan 10 150 10 853 106,9 2 961 482 3 311 434 111,8
Bangladesh 13 308 7 276 54,7 118 116 99 300 84,1
Philippines 69 889 64 304 92,0 30 050 10 261 34,1
Hong Kong, China 176 014 135 107 76,8 61 607 12 135 19,7
India 295 015 132 437 44,9 810 921 848 463 104,6
Indonesia 79 622 38 618 48,5 156 050 189 441 121,4
Israel 290 575 275 325 94,8 377 174 172 269 45,7
Japan 290 742 309 839 106,6 290 408 232 810 80,2
Qatar 176 117 308 809 175,3 16 235 2 006 12,4
Kazakhstan 59 781 140 260 234,6 58 970 79 573 134,9
China 795 473 642 089 80,7 5 309 371 7 985 963 150,4
Korea, Republic of 176 192 60 055 34,1 1 304 834 420 229 32,2
Lebanon 149 251 87 408 58,6 229 1 080 471,1
Malaysia 59 564 33 201 55,7 89 635 99 917 111,5
Pakistan 25 166 68 943 273,9 88 597 79 246 89,4
Singapore 61 477 57 083 92,9 50 225 74 768 148,9
Thailand 60 252 16 327 27,1 140 084 145 760 104,1
Taiwan, China 44 744 41 553 92,9 302 342 221 943 73,4
Viet Nam 179 464 165 273 92,1 248 447 220 774 88,9
Other countries 247 721 246 034 99,3 510 850 119 472 23,4
Other countries in Africa 1 314 916 1 032 881 78,6 860 041 620 525 72,2
Egypt 647 182 547 417 84,6 149 087 147 529 99,0
Ethiopia 70 288 52 955 75,3 15 258 57 247 375,2
South Africa 81 670 45 796 56,1 33 129 33 943 102,5
Morocco 83 914 160 079 190,8 61 546 131 542 213,7
Tunisia 143 487 36 684 25,6 33 348 203 152 609,2
Other countries 288 376 189 950 65,9 567 674 47 111 8,3
Other countries in America 3 666 778 4 353 449 118,7 2 014 125 1 943 470 96,5
Argentina 17 758 6 092 34,3 60 491 60 698 100,3
Brazil 93 343 74 720 80,0 313 647 131 323 41,9
Canada 269 004 638 363 237,3 154 175 125 066 81,1
Mexico 89 609 53 770 60,0 37 284 112 021 300,5
United States 3 049 096 3 434 790 112,6 1 243 187 1 319 707 106,2
Other countries 147 968 145 713 98,5 205 342 194 655 94,8
Countries of Oceania 1 161 764 158 519 13,6 46 389 62 682 135,1
Australia 137 634 142 827 103,8 34 602 43 719 126,3
New Zealand 15 719 14 187 90,3 9 971 15 263 153,1
Other countries 1 008 411 1 505 0,1 1 815 3 700 203,9
Not classified 161 722 81 733 50,5 575 484 241 352 41,9

1) As of 1 February 2020, the United Kingdom orderly ceased to be an EU Member State. Therefore, during the transition period, goods originating from the United Kingdom will be treated as EU-originating goods and the United Kingdom as an EU Member State by statistics on foreign trade in goods.
2) The index exceeds 999.
3) As of 15 February 2019, the Republic of Croatia uses the name Republic of North Macedonia in all forms of public communication.

II FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, EURO

1 AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE OF EURO IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
      Export Import
I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019		 I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019
Average exchange rate for 1 euro in kuna 7,4131 7,5257 101,5 7,4135 7,5240 101,5

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

Thousand euros

         Export  Import
I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019		 I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019
    Total 15 226 703 14 899 762 97,9 24 980 960 22 917 867 91,7
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 709 708 892 551 125,8 709 809 668 986 94,2
B    Mining and quarrying 149 410 640 154 428,5 1 260 094 838 986 66,6
C    Manufacturing 13 735 056 12 798 696 93,2 22 276 319 20 864 208 93,7
  10 Manufacture of food products 1 226 431 1 247 734 101,7 2 343 721 2 173 761 92,7
  11 Manufacture of beverages 163 712 146 457 89,5 257 009 231 160 89,9
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 163 290 162 305 99,4 135 914 155 008 114,0
  13 Manufacture of textiles 173 492 172 198 99,3 438 378 451 212 102,9
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 713 924 618 795 86,7 1 119 036 1 073 948 96,0
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 441 852 409 795 92,7 605 540 564 246 93,2
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 743 303 706 706 95,1 358 501 330 017 92,1
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 271 485 282 560 104,1 537 607 503 674 93,7
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 2 125 2 225 104,7 2 103 1 858 88,3
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 1 084 685 577 050 53,2 1 208 160 692 080 57,3
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 855 564 817 274 95,5 1 965 182 1 951 389 99,3
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 1 045 211 1 064 057 101,8 1 364 497 1 685 194 123,5
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 490 711 489 506 99,8 1 014 556 996 914 98,3
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 514 670 522 965 101,6 465 407 444 555 95,5
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 548 434 546 838 99,7 1 368 117 1 307 326 95,6
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 984 480 1 032 572 104,9 951 211 901 405 94,8
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 492 470 512 176 104,0 1 504 670 1 457 382 96,9
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1 039 028 1 113 981 107,2 1 225 316 1 214 475 99,1
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 999 496 909 590 91,0 1 987 400 1 895 380 95,4
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 841 641 666 906 79,2 2 035 194 1 450 548 71,3
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 524 251 385 813 73,6 444 897 504 390 113,4
  31 Manufacture of furniture 262 302 250 026 95,3 379 324 342 847 90,4
  32 Other manufacturing 152 501 161 169 105,7 564 578 535 440 94,8
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 258 996 192 794 74,4 588 067 386 156 65,7
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 250 524 259 531 103,6 65 213 86 366 132,4
J   Information and communication 67 213 61 555 91,6 77 766 68 428 88,0
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 78 65 83,7 221 131 59,3
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 691 266 38,5 391 449 115,0
    Not classified 55 028 54 150 98,4 3 080 4 156 135,0

 

3. EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euros

           Export Import
I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019		 I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019
  Total 15 226 703 14 899 762 97,9 24 980 960 22 917 867 91,7
0 Food and live animals 1 620 777 1 794 397 110,7 2 770 152 2 568 806 92,7
1 Beverages and tobacco 317 022 299 592 94,5 405 968 392 002 96,6
2 Crude materials, except fuels 1 114 768 1 107 680 99,4 452 998 432 030 95,4
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 1 445 245 1 343 119 92,9 3 046 077 1 952 514 64,1
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 69 032 72 731 105,4 105 628 104 930 99,3
5 Chemical products 2 058 271 2 051 063 99,6 3 573 033 3 852 740 107,8
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 2 570 368 2 502 124 97,3 4 300 670 4 097 539 95,3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 3 859 783 3 530 993 91,5 6 826 746 6 174 094 90,4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2 076 032 2 075 886 100,0 3 478 344 3 306 891 95,1
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 40 377 68 028 168,5 18 265 32 165 176,1
  Not classified 55 028 54 150 98,4 3 080 4 156 135,0

4 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euros

     Export Import
I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2021		 I – XII 2019 I – XII 2020 Indices
I – XII 2020
I – XII 2019
Total 15 226 703 14 899 762 97,9 24 980 960 22 917 867 91,7
EU Member States1) 10 399 706 10 388 720 99,9 20 092 865 18 393 216 91,5
Austria 899 512 855 739 95,1 1 612 388 1 513 191 93,8
Belgium 258 049 267 515 103,7 456 581 718 249 157,3
Bulgaria 96 061 96 696 100,7 161 517 171 398 106,1
Cyprus 9 840 7 651 77,8 10 372 15 980 154,1
Czech Republic 234 952 248 393 105,7 634 341 594 133 93,7
Denmark 55 838 61 432 110,0 147 801 170 665 115,5
Estonia 9 345 9 437 101,0 6 513 8 334 128,0
Finland 24 153 26 759 110,8 45 153 36 676 81,2
France 433 445 451 105 104,1 681 170 601 018 88,2
Greece 116 549 72 872 62,5 134 132 234 389 174,7
Ireland 44 099 36 987 83,9 93 059 94 545 101,6
Italy 2 126 017 1 863 211 87,6 3 467 642 2 824 342 81,4
Latvia 10 401 13 355 128,4 11 146 16 041 143,9
Lithuania 50 603 51 413 101,6 32 246 40 041 124,2
Luxembourg 10 736 131 466 2) 17 389 15 424 88,7
Hungary 630 820 1 063 069 168,5 2 106 980 1 769 671 84,0
Malta 173 724 37 346 21,5 4 863 6 907 142,0
Netherlands 202 139 222 542 110,1 977 552 895 943 91,7
Germany 2 004 084 1 909 038 95,3 3 861 734 3 502 343 90,7
Poland 244 348 280 932 115,0 950 631 922 681 97,1
Portugal 70 918 45 556 64,2 39 105 31 431 80,4
Romania 259 082 292 385 112,9 262 481 256 058 97,6
Slovakia 167 094 141 809 85 496 968 476 666 95,9
Slovenia 1 637 069 1 544 584 94,4 2 885 533 2 596 857 90,0
Spain 266 694 253 692 95,1 572 957 467 192 81,5
Sweden 118 298 142 802 120,7 142 673 142 432 99,8
United Kingdom 240 679 258 425 107,4 279 300 270 533 96,9
Not classified 5 158 2 507 48,6 637 75 11,8
EFTA countries 267 211 279 186 104,5 175 037 192 491 110,0
Iceland 3 829 2 106 55,0 25 39 158,0
Liechtenstein 1 117 3 019 270 26 15 57,4
Norway 60 409 52 002 86,1 15 776 15 058 95,4
Switzerland 201 855 222 058 110,0 159 210 177 378 111,4
CEFTA countries 2 737 877 2 461 002 89,9 1 382 159 1 363 753 98,7
Albania 79 609 76 968 96,7 8 880 11 186 126,0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 521 342 1 276 429 83,9 697 778 669 954 96,0
Montenegro 206 603 170 952 82,7 4 562 4 210 92,3
Kosovo 109 065 99 934 91,6 3 375 3 920 116,2
Moldova 1 644 1 305 79,3 2 245 3 080 137,2
North Macedonia3) 123 013 138 195 112,3 72 774 82 984 114,0
Serbia 696 601 697 220 100,1 592 546 588 419 99,3
OPEC countries 147 189 162 680 110,5 392 133 43 978 11,2
Algeria 6 874 26 328 383,0 5 272 11 236 213,1
Angola 48 69 142,3 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 112 291 259,3 - - -
Gabon 157 280 178,0 21 12 56,3
Iraq 2 691 6 728 250,0 124 955 6 0,0
Iran, Islamic Republic of 9 338 4 708 50,4 2 326 2 066 88,8
Congo 127 153 120,2 3 4 134,5
Kuwait 6 733 5 049 75,0 42 42 99,8
Libya 5 742 4 847 84,4 139 566 201 0,1
Nigeria 1 849 5 050 273,2 23 121 18 383 79,5
Saudi Arabia 50 967 43 415 85,2 94 403 9 882 10,5
United Arab Emirates 62 541 65 756 105,1 2 066 1 759 85,1
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9 7 77,3 356 387 108,8
Other countries in Europe 383 753 482 663 125,8 722 157 639 272 88,5
Belarus 16 491 32 352 196,2 12 598 5 204 41,3
Russian Federation 155 022 176 277 113,7 294 451 232 613 79,0
Turkey 142 194 183 171 128,8 378 832 363 787 96,0
Ukraine 42 407 58 401 137,7 35 751 37 343 104,5
Other countries 27 640 32 462 117,4 525 326 62,1
Other countries in Asia 439 979 377 758 85,9 1 744 647 1 903 816 109,1
Azerbaijan 1 369 1 444 105,5 399 783 440 571 110,2
Bangladesh 1 796 966 53,8 15 949 13 205 82,8
Philippines 9 422 8 545 90,7 4 057 1 366 33,7
Hong Kong, China 23 765 17 921 75,4 8 311 1 612 19,4
India 39 811 17 624 44,3 109 434 113 088 103,3
Indonesia 10 744 5 128 47,7 21 063 25 165 119,5
Israel 39 234 36 554 93,2 50 907 22 883 45,0
Japan 39 204 41 555 106,0 39 188 30 952 79,0
Qatar 23 771 40 956 172,3 2 195 267 12,1
Kazakhstan 8 069 18 643 231,1 7 973 10 555 132,4
China 107 320 85 337 79,5 716 652 1 060 189 147,9
Korea, Republic of 23 784 7 995 33,6 176 115 55 884 31,7
Lebanon 20 146 11 633 57,7 31 143 462,2
Malaysia 8 039 4 410 54,9 12 102 13 271 109,7
Pakistan 3 395 9 146 269,4 11 960 10 541 88,1
Singapore 8 293 7 571 91,3 6 778 9 959 146,9
Thailand 8 130 2 168 26,7 18 906 19 353 102,4
Taiwan, China 6 026 5 505 91,4 40 813 29 517 72,3
Viet Nam 24 221 21 968 90,7 33 523 29 402 87,7
Other countries 33 441 32 690 97,8 68 907 15 896 23,1
Other countries in Africa 177 410 137 385 77,4 116 171 82 482 71,0
Egypt 87 396 72 823 83,3 20 123 19 625 97,5
Ethiopia 9 484 7 035 74,2 2 057 7 608 369,9
South Africa 11 022 6 082 55,2 4 470 4 507 100,8
Morocco 11 331 21 311 188,1 8 313 17 469 210,1
Tunisia 19 313 4 866 25,2 4 501 27 008 600,0
Other countries 38 863 25 269 65,0 76 706 6 266 8,2
Other countries in America 494 947 578 375 116,9 271 873 258 504 95,1
Argentina 2 405 808 33,6 8 171 8 079 98,9
Brazil 12 589 9 902 78,7 42 338 17 471 41,3
Canada 36 307 84 806 233,6 20 806 16 634 79,9
Mexico 12 101 7 161 59,2 5 031 14 859 295,3
United States 411 567 456 341 110,9 167 801 175 570 104,6
Other countries 19 979 19 357 96,9 27 726 25 891 93,4
Countries of Oceania 156 786 21 058 13,4 6 255 8 305 132,8
Australia 18 582 18 975 102,1 4 663 5 789 124,2
New Zealand 2 123 1 882 88,7 1 347 2 022 150,1
Other countries 136 081 201 0,1 245 494 201,5
Not classified 21 846 10 934 50,1 77 664 32 050 41,3

1) As of 1 February 2020, the United Kingdom orderly ceased to be an EU Member State. Therefore, during the transition period, goods originating from the United Kingdom will be treated as EU-originating goods and the United Kingdom as an EU Member State by statistics on foreign trade in goods.
2) The index exceeds 999.
3) As of 15 February 2019, the Republic of Croatia uses the name Republic of North Macedonia in all forms of public communication.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

The data source for statistics on trading in goods with EU Member States is the Intrastat form used by the reporting units to report on arrivals and/or dispatches on a monthly basis, that is, for each month in which goods physically enter or leave the territory of the Republic of Croatia. The reporting units are all business entities, value added tax payers whose value of trading in goods with EU Member States exceeds the exemption threshold determined for the reference year. For 2020, an exemption threshold of 2.2 million kuna for arrivals and of 1.2 million kuna for dispatches has been determined. In order to achieve complete harmonisation with EU methodology and legislation, data on foreign trade in goods have been supplemented with trade value below the exemption threshold after being estimated on the basis of data on supplies and acquisitions of goods in/from EU Member States provided by the Tax Administration Office of the Republic of Croatia.

The data source for statistics on trading in goods with third countries, that is, non-EU countries, are Single Administrative Documents on export and import of goods. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics receives the reviewed Single Administrative Documents from the Customs Administration of the Republic of Croatia in the form of data records.

Following basic methodological recommendations of the UN Statistical Office and Eurostat, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics statistically processes and disseminates collected Intrastat and Extrastat data as unique information on foreign trade in goods of the Republic of Croatia.

Legal basis

The legal basis for the conduct of the Intrastat survey is the European legislation related to statistics on trading in goods between EU Member States (Regulation (EC) No. 638/2004 and amending regulations Nos 222/2009 and 659/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as the Commission Implementing Regulation No. 1982/2004 and the Commission amending regulations Nos 1915/2005, 91/2010, 96/2010 and 1093/2013), the Official Statistics Act (NN, No.25/20), the Annual Implementation Plan of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia 2020 (NN, No. 12/20), and the Customs Administration Act (NN, Nos 68/13, 30/14, 115/16, 39/19 and 98/19). More detailed notes on the methodology for this survey are published on the web site of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/intrastat/intrastat.htm.

The legal basis for Extrastat is the European legislation related to statistics on trading in goods with third countries (the Regulation (EC) No. 471/2009 and the amending regulations Nos 2016/1724 and 2016/2119 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Commission Regulation (EU) No. 92/2010 and the amending Regulation No. 2016/1253 as well as the Commission Regulation (EU) No. 113/2010), the EU Customs Legislations Implementation Act (NN, No. 40/16), the Official Statistics Act (NN, No.25/20), the Annual Implementation Plan of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia 2020 (NN, No. 12/20), the Customs Administration Act (NN, Nos 68/13, 30/14, 115/16, 39/19 and 98/19) and the Ordinance on Filling in the Single Administrative Document (NN, No. 65/19).

Coverage and comparability

Statistics on foreign trade in goods include all goods exported from or imported into the country. Data on foreign trade in goods include both export and import based on gross inward and outward processing.

Statistical value of goods is the value of goods at the Croatian border. Values for exports, i. e. dispatches, are shown as an FOB-type value, while values for imports, i. e. arrivals, are shown as a CIF-type value.

Amounts expressed in foreign currencies are converted into kuna, euros and American dollars according to the monthly exchange rate lists determined for the reporting month. The mean exchange rate of the Croatian National Bank is used.

In certain tables, the sum total may not equal the sum of individual figures due to the rounding to thousands.

Data by type of activities have been presented according to the NKD 2007. (NN, Nos 58/07 and 72/07), which entered into force on 1 January 2008 and is based on the European classification NACE, Rev. 2, which is obligatory in EU Member States. Data are presented using a production approach by which export and import data are reported according to the manufacturing activity from which the product originates.

Goods listed under export and import are classified, for statistical needs, according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC, Rev. 4).

Data on export are shown by countries of destination, while two methodological criterions has been applied, by which data on import are shown by countries. In Extrastat, data on import are shown by countries of origin of goods, while, in Intrastat, data on arrivals of goods are presented by countries of dispatch.

OPEC membership is subject to frequent changes. More detailed information about Member Countries are published on the web site https://www.opec.org/.

Only Single Administrative Documents containing the date of acceptance in a customs office in a particular month are processed for that month as well as Intrastat forms submitted for the reporting month. Already issued data for previous months are changed during the current year in order to classify subsequently received and/or corrected Intrastat forms and Single Administrative Documents for earlier periods.

Monthly data are corrected until final data processing for the current year is done (the middle of the next year). Monthly data are considered provisional until the final processing of the current year and dissemination of final data is done. Monthly data for 2019 and 2020 are considered final.

Data on foreign trade in goods are available in the time series published on the website of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics under Statistics in Line; Economy – Basic Indicators (data from 2000) and Foreign Trade in Goods (data from 2010).

 

Abbreviations  
CEFTA Central European Free Trade Agreement
CIF cost, insurance and freight
EC European Community
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EU European Union
Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities
FOB free on board
NACE Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community
n.e.c. not elsewhere classified
n.e.s. not elsewhere specified
NKD 2007. National Classification of Activities, 2007 version
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
SITC Standard International Trade Classification
UN United Nations
US $ American dollar
   
Symbols  
- no occurence
0 Value not zero but less than 0.5 of the unit of measure used

 

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