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 $
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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