First Release

Year: LX.

Zagreb, 09 May 2023

VT-2023-1-1/2

ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to February 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 3.4 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 6.1 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 2.7 billion euro.

In the period from January to February 2023, coverage of import by export was 56.1%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to March 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 5.8 billion euro, while total import was 9.8 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 4.0 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 59.5% in the period from January to March 2023.

Notice: 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, FEBRUARY 2022 – FEBRUARY 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	1 680 865	1 792 810	3 003 428	3 203 453	-1 322 563	-1 410 642	56,0
	II	1 765 416	1 912 470	3 140 354	3 401 932	-1 374 937	-1 489 462	56,2
	I – II	3 446 281	3 705 280	6 143 782	6 605 385	-2 697 501	-2 900 105	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 - II 2022	I - II 2023	indices I - II 2023 I - II 2022	I - II 2022	I - II 2023	indices I - II 2023 I - II 2022
		Total	3 156 289	3 446 281	109,2	5 465 014	6 143 782	112,4
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	206 845	200 333	96,9	164 537	198 203	120,5
B		Mining and quarrying	180 659	124 609	69,0	435 292	486 168	111,7
C		Manufacturing	2 572 236	2 876 627	111,8	4 601 452	5 237 849	113,8
	10	Manufacture of food products	228 955	285 922	124,9	415 087	530 795	127,9
	11	Manufacture of beverages	25 126	33 654	133,9	34 839	39 106	112,2
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	25 682	33 647	131,0	26 360	29 658	112,5
	13	Manufacture of textiles	31 447	35 806	113,9	74 681	88 179	118,1
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	107 231	146 635	136,7	194 500	239 156	123,0
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	74 018	86 031	116,2	94 456	129 108	136,7
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	181 377	173 957	95,9	76 154	84 426	110,9
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	71 588	72 281	101,0	111 508	116 704	104,7
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	350	331	94,6	581	437	75,2
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	125 732	155 190	123,4	366 348	516 771	141,1
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	185 410	194 214	104,7	464 540	492 554	106,0
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	157 677	175 472	111,3	305 718	315 984	103,4
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	113 663	117 104	103,0	217 053	217 623	100,3
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	94 622	114 220	120,7	93 652	108 348	115,7
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	172 530	158 787	92,0	432 080	372 942	86,3
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	203 623	205 356	100,9	181 812	190 581	104,8
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	90 247	90 575	100,4	297 266	318 836	107,3
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	247 531	287 926	116,3	286 185	316 219	110,5
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.	170 999	209 259	122,4	359 149	406 316	113,1
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	110 768	117 670	106,2	308 542	441 106	143,0
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	65 662	87 655	133,5	81 080	75 528	93,2
	31	Manufacture of furniture	52 716	54 556	103,5	70 821	80 506	113,7
	32	Other manufacturing	35 282	40 376	114,4	109 039	126 964	116,4
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	104 156	166 158	159,5	213 394	181 130	84,9
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	78 587	64 246	81,8	40 689	29 067	71,4
J		Information and communication	11 904	12 372	103,9	9 272	10 536	113,6
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	0	7	¹⁾	18	4	23,9
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	30	59	195,1	28	422	¹⁾
		Not classified	1 872	1 871	100,0	332	402	120,9

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

		Export			Import
		I - II 2022	I - II 2023	indices I - II 2023 I - II 2022	I - II 2022	I - II 2023	indices I - II 2023 I - II 2022
	Total	3 156 289	3 446 281	109,2	5 465 013	6 143 782	112,4
0	Food and live animals	367 067	418 760	114,1	505 260	651 034	128,9
1	Beverages and tobacco	47 756	64 995	136,1	62 720	72 685	115,9
2	Crude materials, except fuels	259 142	248 530	95,9	130 348	112 371	86,2
3	Mineral fuels and lubricants	395 048	431 660	109,3	1 009 401	1 188 648	117,8
4	Animal and vegetable oils and fats	19 070	13 901	72,9	27 135	25 686	94,7
5	Chemical products	390 765	419 159	107,3	839 052	870 641	103,8
6	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material	585 912	605 774	103,4	959 760	961 589	100,2
7	Machinery and transport equipment	675 763	773 944	114,5	1 269 091	1 483 662	116,9
8	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	395 513	453 846	114,7	628 558	744 737	118,5
9	Commodities and transactions, n. e. s.	18 381	13 841	75,3	33 357	32 327	96,9
	Not classified	1 872	1 871	100,0	332	402	120,9

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

	Export			Import
	I - II 2022	I - II 2023	indices I - II 2023 I - II 2022	I - II 2022	I - II 2023	indices I - II 2023 I - II 2022
Total	3 156 289	3 446 281	109,2	5 465 013	6 143 782	112,4
EU Member States	2 207 010	2 334 500	105,8	4 059 934	4 684 831	115,4
Austria	190 219	188 764	99,2	314 017	353 440	112,6
Belgium	32 763	35 445	108,2	114 599	116 311	101,5
Bulgaria	20 579	25 027	121,6	123 098	73 051	59,3
Cyprus	1 354	3 969	293,1	1 411	2 417	171,2
Czech Republic	52 557	65 404	124,4	105 811	129 822	122,7
Denmark	18 471	21 156	114,5	30 505	33 102	108,5
Estonia	2 349	4 893	208,3	1 911	2 213	115,8
Finland	3 886	5 477	140,9	10 133	12 090	119,3
France	90 494	102 675	113,5	127 264	142 988	112,4
Greece	12 630	22 824	180,7	29 290	59 039	201,6
Ireland	10 587	7 286	68,8	13 204	16 389	124,1
Italy	407 845	410 815	100,7	675 143	922 061	136,6
Latvia	4 227	3 309	78,3	4 020	3 184	79,2
Lithuania	10 118	16 089	159,0	10 066	8 575	85,2
Luxembourg	3 932	1 978	50,3	2 474	2 620	105,9
Hungary	289 780	228 954	79,0	398 224	395 185	99,2
Malta	5 591	5 276	94,4	1 290	11 826	916,7
Netherlands	43 576	52 373	120,2	195 602	233 144	119,2
Germany	415 019	442 244	106,6	737 971	850 066	115,2
Poland	70 753	82 985	117,3	198 065	231 007	116,6
Portugal	13 106	11 887	90,7	6 905	8 961	129,8
Romania	54 966	58 222	105,9	75 432	74 380	98,6
Northern Ireland	1 331	444	33,4	1 466	2 175	148,4
Slovakia	35 659	42 652	119,6	129 048	130 367	101,0
Slovenia	337 557	411 276	121,8	616 591	688 146	111,6
Spain	41 318	52 218	126,4	96 823	139 137	143,7
Sweden	35 183	30 041	85,4	39 542	43 131	109,1
Not classified	1 161	817	70,3	32	3	10,6
EFTA countries	52 356	63 443	121,2	31 233	37 187	119,1
Iceland	311	849	273,1	9	4	41,5
Liechtenstein	3 705	3 988	107,6	8	4	44,8
Norway	7 517	9 743	129,6	3 191	4 079	127,9
Switzerland	40 823	48 863	119,7	28 026	33 100	118,1
CEFTA countries	544 121	658 741	121,1	358 703	399 209	111,3
Albania	9 589	12 231	127,5	4 744	3 517	74,1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	298 433	339 481	113,8	183 401	195 268	106,5
Montenegro	35 607	43 525	122,2	642	983	153,2
Kosovo	17 355	20 333	117,2	1 464	1 866	127,4
Moldova	345	190	54,9	284	599	210,7
North Macedonia	22 288	25 019	112,3	16 015	14 354	89,6
Serbia	160 503	217 962	135,8	152 153	182 622	120,0
OPEC countries	22 791	24 237	106,3	28 729	9 834	34,2
Algeria	189	1 252	660,8	9 199	8 587	93,3
Angola	870	563	64,7	-	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	12	151	¹⁾	-	-	-
Gabon	358	24	6,8	0	59	¹⁾
Iraq	581	672	115,6	3	-	-
Iran, Islamic Republic of	666	1 261	189,3	1 095	568	51,9
Congo	73	489	674,4	-	-	-
Kuwait	694	863	124,3	-	-	-
Libya	1 316	557	42,3	0	-	-
Nigeria	505	3 386	671,0	14 198	0	0,0
Saudi Arabia	8 301	6 964	83,9	3 776	320	8,5
United Arab Emirates	9 223	7 985	86,6	414	299	72,2
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	71	¹⁾	43	-	-
Other countries in Europe	118 040	127 947	108,4	169 105	138 435	81,9
Belarus	3 578	1 876	52,4	1 307	158	12,1
Russian Federation	23 831	32 396	135,9	41 306	13 831	33,5
Turkey	43 259	54 989	127,1	99 674	97 937	98,3
United Kingdom	36 941	31 333	84,8	14 818	13 286	89,7
Ukraine	10 415	7 320	70,3	11 944	12 833	107,4
Other countries	15	32	205,6	57	389	682,3
Other countries in Asia	89 779	91 905	102,4	324 801	347 563	107,0
Azerbaijan	957	1 769	184,8	-	77	-
Bangladesh	441	152	34,5	2 023	8 625	426,4
Philippines	1 281	493	38,5	332	360	108,4
Hong Kong, China	910	1 027	112,8	833	293	35,2
India	2 560	1 992	77,8	27 384	51 894	189,5
Indonesia	1 327	1 063	80,1	7 963	17 365	218,1
Israel	3 695	2 610	70,6	7 200	4 445	61,7
Japan	35 734	46 782	130,9	5 936	9 110	153,5
Qatar	2 423	606	25,0	285	746	261,6
Kazakhstan	2 634	7 082	268,9	457	465	101,8
China	15 374	10 702	69,6	221 134	200 598	90,7
Korea, Republic of	1 245	1 237	99,3	27 962	12 857	46,0
Lebanon	3 106	2 466	79,4	3	1	47,0
Malaysia	206	835	405,7	2 615	3 457	132,2
Pakistan	53	846	¹⁾	1 853	2 120	114,4
Singapore	1 170	1 033	88,3	2 885	3 289	114,0
Thailand	2 612	1 191	45,6	3 114	2 541	81,6
Taiwan, China	6 361	1 022	16,1	4 501	8 843	196,5
Viet Nam	3 407	4 282	125,7	5 717	13 298	232,6
Other countries	4 281	4 716	110,1	2 605	7 177	275,5
Other countries in Africa	24 005	27 596	115,0	15 114	179 205	¹⁾
Egypt	15 537	13 635	87,8	6 750	6 034	89,4
Ethiopia	57	758	¹⁾	14	103	741,2
South Africa	1 148	2 544	221,5	4 180	23 410	560,1
Morocco	3 936	6 792	172,5	1 782	2 773	155,6
Mozambique	6	-	-	1 420	144 838	¹⁾
Tunisia	495	444	89,6	337	916	272,0
Other countries	2 826	3 424	121,2	631	1 133	179,5
Other countries in America	92 125	109 045	118,4	423 563	326 372	77,1
Argentina	371	433	116,7	2 414	1 464	60,7
Brazil	660	478	72,3	2 771	2 236	80,7
Canada	6 711	7 830	116,7	3 273	3 699	113,0
Mexico	1 194	1 186	99,3	3 918	3 249	82,9
United States	80 214	96 383	120,2	406 627	249 563	61,4
Other countries	2 975	2 735	91,9	4 559	66 161	¹⁾
Countries of Oceania	3 832	7 117	185,7	3 386	1 364	40,3
Australia	3 322	6 723	202,4	3 260	987	30,3
New Zealand	445	371	83,3	67	287	431,6
Other countries	65	23	35,2	60	90	151,2
Not classified	2 229	1 751	78,5	50 445	19 782	39,2

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

	I - III 2022	I - III 2023	Indices I - III 2023 I - III 2022
Export	5 119 217	5 819 408	113,7
EU Member States	3 587 319	4 030 033	112,3
Non-EU Member States	1 531 898	1 789 376	116,8
Import	9 221 832	9 783 288	106,1
EU Member States	6 927 375	7 481 935	108,0
Non-EU Member States	2 294 457	2 301 354	100,3
Balance of foreign trade in goods	-4 102 615	-3 963 880	¹⁾
Coverage of import by export, %	55,5	59,5	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 2023 (NN, No. 35/23) 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 2023 (NN, No. 35/23), 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
0,0	value not zero but less than 0.05 of the unit of measure used

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