First Release

Year: LX.

Zagreb, 07 April 2023

VT-2023-1-1/1

ISSN 1334-0557

FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA – Provisional Data January 2023 and January – February 2023

According to provisional data, in January 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1.7 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 3.0 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 1.3 billion euro.

In January 2023, coverage of import by export was 56.1%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to February 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 3.4 billion euro, while total import was 6.1 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 2.6 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 56.7% in the period from January to February 2023.

Remark: From 1 January, 2023, a new currency, the euro, was introduced in the Republic of Croatia. Values for periods before 1 January, 2023 have been converted into euro at a fixed exchange rate (1 euro = 7.53450 kuna).

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, JANUARY 2022 – JANUARY 2023

1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

		Export		Import		Balance of foreign trade in goods		Coverage of import by export, %
		Thousand euro	Thousand US $	Thousand euro	Thousand US $	Thousand euro	Thousand US $	Coverage of import by export, %
2022
	I	1 493 841	1 693 685	2 568 219	2 911 941	-1 074 378	-1 218 256	58,2
	II	1 662 448	1 869 626	2 896 794	3 253 538	-1 234 347	-1 383 912	57,4
	III	1 962 928	2 209 507	3 756 819	4 224 103	-1 793 891	-2 014 595	52,2
	IV	1 849 771	2 039 128	3 452 939	3 807 325	-1 603 168	-1 768 197	53,6
	V	2 034 921	2 159 468	3 549 264	3 764 707	-1 514 343	-1 605 239	57,3
	VI	2 146 475	2 286 073	3 520 288	3 751 808	-1 373 813	-1 465 735	61,0
	VII	2 146 790	2 251 944	3 628 346	3 806 249	-1 481 557	-1 554 305	59,2
	VIII	1 873 635	1 919 383	3 868 507	3 964 239	-1 994 872	-2 044 856	48,4
	IX	2 484 455	2 484 226	3 816 686	3 816 171	-1 332 231	-1 331 945	65,1
	X	2 123 789	2 098 788	3 681 603	3 634 486	-1 557 814	-1 535 698	57,7
	XI	2 280 479	2 260 682	3 520 355	3 491 125	-1 239 876	-1 230 443	64,8
	XII	1 892 013	1 951 697	3 294 268	3 398 841	-1 402 255	-1 447 144	57,4
	I – XII	23 951 545	25 224 206	41 554 089	43 824 531	-17 602 544	-18 600 325	57,6
2023
	I	1 676 838	1 788 516	2 990 380	3 189 537	-1 313 542	-1 401 021	56,1

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

			Export			Import
			I 2022	I 2023	indices I 2023 I 2022	I 2022	I 2023	indices I 2023 I 2022
		Total	1 493 841	1 676 838	112,3	2 568 219	2 990 380	116,4
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	95 032	106 106	111,7	81 047	90 254	111,4
B		Mining and quarrying	98 048	78 860	80,4	229 748	284 881	124,0
C		Manufacturing	1 209 557	1 372 386	113,5	2 117 641	2 492 444	117,7
	10	Manufacture of food products	105 174	140 179	133,3	190 173	268 746	141,3
	11	Manufacture of beverages	11 429	15 978	139,8	16 460	17 396	105,7
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	11 554	14 096	122,0	14 179	13 306	93,8
	13	Manufacture of textiles	14 816	16 907	114,1	33 903	40 161	118,5
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	52 040	71 867	138,1	92 536	111 971	121,0
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	35 018	41 935	119,8	43 755	63 358	144,8
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	81 369	85 666	105,3	33 902	38 002	112,1
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	35 181	36 599	104,0	51 750	56 087	108,4
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	173	176	101,8	275	229	83,3
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	60 562	76 450	126,2	151 208	253 330	167,5
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	81 682	87 587	107,2	213 781	238 874	111,7
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	77 742	72 955	93,8	170 020	167 818	98,7
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	51 714	55 705	107,7	93 852	97 684	104,1
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	44 406	53 838	121,2	40 098	47 289	117,9
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	87 662	76 892	87,7	197 364	179 111	90,8
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	95 645	97 779	102,2	81 793	86 265	105,5
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	40 729	44 114	108,3	153 255	165 038	107,7
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	120 013	137 069	114,2	138 254	143 108	103,5
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.	75 856	92 406	121,8	162 932	174 540	107,1
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	55 337	59 013	106,6	133 697	202 504	151,5
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	30 872	48 671	157,7	22 004	32 516	147,8
	31	Manufacture of furniture	24 715	26 242	106,2	31 880	36 989	116,0
	32	Other manufacturing	15 868	20 259	127,7	50 571	58 123	114,9
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	57 045	77 074	135,1	116 710	105 519	90,4
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	27 988	35 692	127,5	18 591	11 433	61,5
J		Information and communication	5 458	5 771	105,7	4 274	5 334	124,8
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	-	2	-	14	2	11,2
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	2	33	¹⁾	9	393	¹⁾
		Not classified	711	914	128,5	186	121	65,1

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

		Export			Import
		I 2022	I 2023	indices I 2023 I 2022	I 2022	I 2023	indices I 2023 I 2022
	Total	1 493 841	1 676 838	112,3	2 568 219	2 990 380	116,4
0	Food and live animals	169 433	212 627	125,5	235 208	323 641	137,6
1	Beverages and tobacco	21 411	28 569	133,4	31 933	32 209	100,9
2	Crude materials, except fuels	107 856	128 790	119,4	59 577	49 627	83,3
3	Mineral fuels and lubricants	208 235	225 349	108,2	493 342	646 015	130,9
4	Animal and vegetable oils and fats	8 797	6 798	77,3	12 853	12 035	93,6
5	Chemical products	180 708	184 739	102,2	412 911	434 150	105,1
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	280 926	289 396	103,0	436 961	445 507	102,0
7	Machinery and transport equipment	322 243	374 016	116,1	581 886	683 257	117,4
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	184 053	219 248	119,1	289 180	349 518	120,9
9	Commodities and transactions, n. e. s.	9 469	6 391	67,5	14 185	14 301	100,8
	Not classified	711	914	128,5	186	121	65,1

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

	Export			Import
	I 2022	I 2023	indices I 2023 I 2022	I 2022	I 2023	indices I 2023 I 2022
Total	1 493 841	1 676 838	112,3	2 568 219	2 990 380	116,4
EU Member States	1 056 194	1 150 651	108,9	1 871 356	2 238 974	119,6
Austria	86 839	91 468	105,3	138 554	169 830	122,6
Belgium	15 332	15 600	101,7	61 946	58 682	94,7
Bulgaria	10 005	10 829	108,2	26 670	48 709	182,6
Cyprus	588	1 764	300,0	769	1 595	207,3
Czech Republic	28 342	31 928	112,7	50 988	63 751	125,0
Denmark	9 866	11 055	112,1	16 915	14 772	87,3
Estonia	1 313	3 457	263,4	496	1 281	258,5
Finland	1 912	3 553	185,8	5 543	7 460	134,6
France	46 769	47 833	102,3	55 987	64 227	114,7
Greece	7 258	9 946	137,0	15 799	44 974	284,7
Ireland	3 399	3 007	88,5	5 992	7 661	127,8
Italy	193 720	196 862	101,6	322 783	400 411	124,0
Latvia	1 178	1 465	124,4	1 559	1 372	88,0
Lithuania	5 733	8 706	151,8	3 999	3 681	92,1
Luxembourg	1 964	740	37,7	725	1 296	178,7
Hungary	143 992	131 733	91,5	186 340	199 443	107,0
Malta	3 658	2 034	55,6	877	1 375	156,8
Netherlands	22 568	19 835	87,9	95 968	111 881	116,6
Germany	192 972	216 404	112,1	339 679	402 774	118,6
Poland	35 354	36 846	104,2	92 952	109 826	118,2
Portugal	5 765	6 329	109,8	3 071	3 429	111,6
Romania	27 336	30 226	110,6	37 279	38 261	102,6
Northern Ireland	1 091	132	12,1	553	1 542	279,0
Slovakia	14 912	26 467	177,5	55 617	72 453	130,3
Slovenia	155 808	200 699	128,8	287 150	330 079	115,0
Spain	21 070	25 754	122,2	39 300	56 154	142,9
Sweden	17 153	15 617	91,0	23 827	22 055	92,6
Not classified	299	360	120,3	19	-	-
EFTA countries	25 338	31 936	126,0	13 213	16 944	128,2
Iceland	149	753	505,2	4	4	91,6
Liechtenstein	1 958	1 983	101,3	1	2	222,0
Norway	3 414	5 795	169,7	2 080	1 197	57,5
Switzerland	19 818	23 405	118,1	11 128	15 742	141,5
CEFTA countries	251 785	301 116	119,6	175 504	191 793	109,3
Albania	5 203	3 408	65,5	1 664	1 425	85,7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	136 520	155 381	113,8	93 074	96 130	103,3
Montenegro	17 251	19 157	111,0	194	199	102,2
Kosovo	7 538	10 221	135,6	549	698	127,2
Moldova	73	63	86,2	26	372	¹⁾
North Macedonia	10 600	10 920	103,0	6 814	5 607	82,3
Serbia	74 600	101 966	136,7	73 183	87 363	119,4
OPEC countries	7 843	11 894	151,7	5 744	4 996	87,0
Algeria	21	534	¹⁾	4 462	4 222	94,6
Angola	340	563	165,8	-	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	-	62	-	-	-	-
Gabon	25	24	95,9	0	59	¹⁾
Iraq	271	176	64,8	-	-	-
Iran, Islamic Republic of	106	340	320,5	351	232	66,2
Congo	38	-	-	-	-	-
Kuwait	160	304	189,9	-	-	-
Libya	284	354	124,8	-	-	-
Nigeria	121	3 295	¹⁾	31	-	-
Saudi Arabia	2 284	2 112	92,4	502	320	63,7
United Arab Emirates	4 188	4 058	96,9	355	163	46,0
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	71	¹⁾	43	-	-
Other countries in Europe	56 158	66 717	118,8	73 341	62 407	85,1
Belarus	2 071	592	28,6	357	104	29,1
Russian Federation	11 852	17 036	143,7	11 415	6 545	57,3
Turkey	13 791	31 106	225,5	47 172	45 365	96,2
United Kingdom	22 890	14 582	63,7	7 250	4 352	60,0
Ukraine	5 554	3 402	61,3	7 109	5 913	83,2
Other countries	-	-	-	38	128	335,6
Other countries in Asia	41 008	53 983	131,6	181 456	161 809	89,2
Azerbaijan	665	14	2,1	-	69	-
Bangladesh	-	136	-	1 023	5 666	553,7
Philippines	862	173	20,0	129	104	80,6
Hong Kong, China	255	181	71,0	501	229	45,6
India	318	1 037	326,7	14 647	13 959	95,3
Indonesia	961	511	53,2	5 989	15 745	262,9
Israel	2 435	1 191	48,9	4 653	1 733	37,3
Japan	18 198	33 203	182,5	4 153	6 038	145,4
Qatar	1 183	146	12,4	0	163	¹⁾
Kazakhstan	1 426	1 913	134,1	274	231	84,3
China	8 635	5 521	63,9	123 102	94 659	76,9
Korea, Republic of	691	573	82,9	16 801	5 651	33,6
Lebanon	693	2 162	312,0	3	1	47,7
Malaysia	27	642	¹⁾	1 208	3 057	253,1
Pakistan	9	134	¹⁾	640	1 141	178,5
Singapore	366	723	197,7	942	1 993	211,4
Thailand	995	1 032	103,8	1 667	1 385	83,1
Taiwan, China	181	275	151,8	1 885	3 355	178,0
Viet Nam	1 479	1 875	126,7	2 427	2 374	97,8
Other countries	1 629	2 541	156,0	1 413	4 255	301,3
Other countries in Africa	11 894	14 405	121,1	3 532	172 759	¹⁾
Egypt	7 265	7 284	100,3	1 521	2 207	145,1
Ethiopia	57	537	943,8	5	28	539,2
South Africa	747	1 060	141,9	256	22 838	¹⁾
Morocco	2 311	2 383	103,1	628	1 456	231,8
Mozambique	-	-	-	867	144 779	¹⁾
Tunisia	136	358	262,7	55	837	¹⁾
Other countries	1 378	2 782	202,0	199	613	308,8
Other countries in America	40 325	43 986	109,1	227 732	132 043	58,0
Argentina	62	150	243,6	1 409	967	68,7
Brazil	516	287	55,6	490	438	89,3
Canada	3 640	4 243	116,6	1 793	2 150	119,9
Mexico	713	504	70,7	2 682	2 272	84,7
United States	33 420	38 046	113,8	219 810	123 690	56,3
Other countries	1 973	756	38,3	1 547	2 525	163,3
Countries of Oceania	1 826	1 278	70,0	231	276	119,3
Australia	1 683	1 040	61,8	118	53	45,1
New Zealand	143	236	165,0	53	222	418,2
Other countries	-	2	-	60	-	-
Not classified	1 470	871	59,3	16 110	8 378	52,0

1) The index exceeds 999.

4 FIRST RESULTS OF FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Thousand euro

	I - II 2022	I - II 2023	Indices I - II 2023 I - II 2022
Export	3 156 289	3 442 615	109,1
EU Member States	2 207 010	2 329 907	105,6
Non-EU Member States	949 279	1 112 708	117,2
Import	5 465 013	6 074 342	111,1
EU Member States	4 059 934	4 664 340	114,9
Non-EU Member States	1 405 079	1 410 002	100,4
Balance of foreign trade in goods	-2 308 725	-2 631 728	¹⁾
Coverage of import by export, %	57,8	56,7	¹⁾

1) The index is not presented.

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 2023, an exemption threshold of 400 thousand euro for arrivals and of 200 thousand euro 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 First Results of the statistics concerning the foreign trade in goods of the Republic of Croatia are an integral part of this First Release and they contain the estimate of the trade value below the exemption threshold for the entire period they refer to.

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, the Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 as well as the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197, the Official Statistics Act (NN, No. 25/20), the Annual Implementation Plan of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia 2022 (NN, No. 42/22) and the Customs Administration Act (NN, Nos 68/13, 30/14, 115/16, 39/19 and 98/19). More detailed notes on methodology for this survey are published on the website of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics at Državni zavod za statistiku - Intrastat (gov.hr).

The legal basis for Extrastat is the European legislation related to statistics on trading in goods with third countries, the Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 as well as the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 and 2021/1225 and the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1704, the Act on the Implementation of the Customs Legislation of the European Union (NN, No. 40/16), the Official Statistics Act (NN, No. 25/20), the Annual Implementation Plan of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia 2022 (NN, No. 42/22), 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, Nos 65/19 and 136/20).

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 export, i.e. dispatches, are shown as an FOB-type value, while values for import, i.e. arrivals, are shown as a CIF-type value.

Amounts expressed in foreign currencies are converted into 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 criteria have 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 website 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.

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 Union
FOB	free on board
mln	million
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
PSI	provider of statistical information
SITC	Standard International Trade Classification
UN	United Nations
US $	American dollar

Symbols
-	no occurrence
0	value not zero but less than 0.5 of the unit of measure used

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