First Release

Year: LX.
Zagreb, 09 June 2023
VT-2023-1-1/3
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to March 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 5.8 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 9.9 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 4.0 billion euro.

In the period from January to March 2023, coverage of import by export was 59.1%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to April 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 7.6 billion euro, while total import was 12.9 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 5.3 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 58.9% in the period from January to April 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) and the data for 2022 differ from those published in the First Release VT-2023-1-2.

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, MARCH 2022 – MARCH 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 1 493 587 1 693 397 2 570 127 2 914 112 -1 076 540 -1 220 716 58,1
  II 1 662 924 1 870 153 2 901 671 3 258 998 -1 238 746 -1 388 845 57,3
  III 1 963 530 2 210 178 3 762 537 4 230 512 -1 799 007 -2 020 334 52,2
  IV 1 850 980 2 040 464 3 468 477 3 824 503 -1 617 496 -1 784 039 53,4
  V 2 035 638 2 160 223 3 561 497 3 777 599 -1 525 859 -1 617 376 57,2
  VI 2 148 936 2 288 714 3 525 910 3 757 830 -1 376 974 -1 469 116 60,9
  VII 2 148 407 2 253 632 3 635 546 3 813 782 -1 487 139 -1 560 150 59,1
  VIII 1 879 173 1 925 049 3 882 197 3 978 264 -2 003 024 -2 053 216 48,4
  IX 2 489 267 2 489 045 3 825 807 3 825 322 -1 336 540 -1 336 277 65,1
  X 2 163 486 2 137 720 3 731 390 3 683 309 -1 567 904 -1 545 589 58,0
  XI 2 303 006 2 283 072 3 562 787 3 533 297 -1 259 780 -1 250 225 64,6
  XII 1 969 287 2 031 518 3 436 574 3 545 949 -1 467 287 -1 514 431 57,3
  I – XII 24 108 220 25 383 164 41 864 518 44 143 477 -17 756 298 -18 760 313 57,6
2023                    
  I 1 686 665 1 798 997 3 017 820 3 218 804 -1 331 156 -1 419 807 55,9
  II 1 771 877 1 919 468 3 148 807 3 411 090 -1 376 931 -1 491 622 56,3
  III 2 378 504 2 525 731 3 708 819 3 938 388 -1 330 315 -1 412 657 64,1
  I – III 5 837 046 6 244 197 9 875 447 10 568 283 -4 038 401 -4 324 086 59,1

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

       Export  Import
I - III 2022 I - III 2023 indices
I - III 2023
I - III 2022		 I - III 2022 I - III 2023 indices
I - III 2023
I - III 2022
    Total 5 120 041 5 837 046 114,0 9 234 334 9 875 447 106,9
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 348 151 304 863 87,6 268 978 320 905 119,3
B    Mining and quarrying 235 391 234 888 99,8 811 272 720 979 88,9
C    Manufacturing 4 218 323 4 897 084 116,1 7 684 111 8 498 655 110,6
  10 Manufacture of food products 387 749 477 988 123,3 693 018 856 117 123,5
  11 Manufacture of beverages 41 570 57 983 139,5 60 039 70 441 117,3
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 41 492 56 939 137,2 42 829 49 193 114,9
  13 Manufacture of textiles 52 857 58 654 111,0 124 128 144 274 116,2
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 172 846 239 266 138,4 324 674 426 123 131,2
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 118 886 134 113 112,8 159 503 207 610 130,2
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 301 807 279 239 92,5 132 635 140 870 106,2
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 114 527 112 488 98,2 181 019 185 313 102,4
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 577 479 82,9 1 162 782 67,4
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 213 121 253 746 119,1 680 463 709 360 104,2
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 311 425 318 894 102,4 729 223 787 863 108,0
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 247 511 267 376 108,0 471 401 464 845 98,6
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 185 942 187 651 100,9 366 479 366 004 99,9
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 161 835 185 578 114,7 161 265 185 144 114,8
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 276 596 251 255 90,8 759 791 607 200 79,9
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 327 620 350 143 106,9 315 114 326 624 103,7
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 144 588 154 743 107,0 463 684 509 043 109,8
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 390 769 471 446 120,6 458 091 517 117 112,9
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 282 053 351 137 124,5 595 538 692 681 116,3
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 169 422 190 112 112,2 525 978 779 147 148,1
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 135 675 346 354 255,3 135 551 130 086 96,0
  31 Manufacture of furniture 81 568 85 832 105,2 116 118 135 219 116,5
  32 Other manufacturing 57 887 65 669 113,4 186 410 207 597 111,4
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 169 880 265 954 156,6 375 216 264 564 70,5
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 125 572 111 094 88,5 78 560 53 906 68,6
J   Information and communication 19 318 19 738 102,2 15 422 15 393 99,8
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 0 8 1) 30 6 18,6
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 91 72 79,2 85 447 523,4
    Not classified 3 315 3 346 100,9 660 593 89,8

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I - III 2022 I - III 2023 indices
I - III 2023
I - III 2022		 I - III 2022 I - III 2023 indices
I - III 2023
I - III 2022
  Total 5 120 041 5 837 046 114,0 9 234 334 9 875 447 106,9
0 Food and live animals 613 421 669 924 109,2 838 701 1 051 089 125,3
1 Beverages and tobacco 79 100 110 324 139,5 104 147 124 348 119,4
2 Crude materials, except fuels 429 678 412 749 96,1 227 422 197 898 87,0
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 594 454 733 019 123,3 1 857 863 1 694 721 91,2
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 36 011 22 221 61,7 46 544 42 336 91,0
5 Chemical products 637 514 662 700 104,0 1 319 513 1 359 409 103,0
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 953 396 974 322 102,2 1 627 414 1 591 582 97,8
7 Machinery and transport equipment 1 100 697 1 477 998 134,3 2 073 625 2 509 548 121,0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 638 960 750 922 117,5 1 047 595 1 253 065 119,6
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 33 495 19 520 58,3 90 851 50 858 56,0
  Not classified 3 315 3 346 100,9 660 593 89,8

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

   Export Import
I - III 2022 I - III 2023 indices
I - III 2023
I - III 2022		 I - III 2022 I - III 2023 indices
I - III 2023
I - III 2022
Total 5 120 041 5 837 046 114,0 9 234 334 9 875 447 106,9
EU Member States 3 588 598 4 046 531 112,8 6 940 324 7 552 040 108,8
Austria 306 817 307 027 100,1 547 755 576 236 105,2
Belgium 52 605 56 626 107,6 187 622 179 089 95,5
Bulgaria 32 834 39 095 119,1 156 090 99 760 63,9
Cyprus 40 227 5 587 13,9 2 488 3 862 155,2
Czech Republic 79 239 101 191 127,7 186 073 217 631 117,0
Denmark 27 852 33 115 118,9 50 059 57 877 115,6
Estonia 5 158 6 957 134,9 3 431 4 291 125,1
Finland 8 463 12 770 150,9 15 286 17 809 116,5
France 142 950 149 998 104,9 206 616 241 559 116,9
Greece 19 555 38 946 199,2 79 726 76 662 96,2
Ireland 16 372 14 923 91,1 22 765 25 195 110,7
Italy 682 450 665 772 97,6 1 261 660 1 442 800 114,4
Latvia 7 462 5 547 74,3 5 960 4 356 73,1
Lithuania 18 004 23 840 132,4 17 530 14 606 83,3
Luxembourg 5 352 3 208 59,9 3 929 3 495 89,0
Hungary 407 738 419 701 102,9 708 174 639 456 90,3
Malta 8 845 212 770 1) 4 767 13 516 283,5
Netherlands 74 124 104 347 140,8 318 420 373 324 117,2
Germany 657 544 711 396 108,2 1 210 410 1 390 216 114,9
Poland 109 628 129 511 118,1 324 043 389 563 120,2
Portugal 21 598 20 904 96,8 12 677 15 706 123,9
Romania 92 423 90 856 98,3 116 968 125 093 106,9
Northern Ireland 1 549 488 31,5 2 107 3 108 147,5
Slovakia 55 829 68 296 122,3 212 586 209 645 98,6
Slovenia 587 036 682 168 116,2 1 053 973 1 121 856 106,4
Spain 71 716 91 051 127,0 166 528 236 406 142,0
Sweden 53 404 49 123 92,0 62 641 68 917 110,0
Not classified 1 823 1 317 72,2 43 6 13,1
EFTA countries 81 742 99 844 122,1 50 275 57 067 113,5
Iceland 624 958 153,5 13 18 138,0
Liechtenstein 5 902 5 867 99,4 11 8 69,9
Norway 11 441 13 954 122,0 4 326 6 014 139,0
Switzerland 63 774 79 065 124,0 45 925 51 027 111,1
CEFTA countries 916 497 1 043 837 113,9 616 082 671 372 109,0
Albania 17 928 21 213 118,3 9 978 7 689 77,1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 504 098 537 800 106,7 305 648 334 735 109,5
Montenegro 57 608 72 913 126,6 1 920 1 800 93,8
Kosovo 30 293 33 628 111,0 2 127 3 366 158,2
Moldova 412 441 107,0 498 734 147,5
North Macedonia 38 985 44 787 114,9 26 835 25 327 94,4
Serbia 267 173 333 056 124,7 269 077 297 720 110,6
OPEC countries 39 157 40 917 104,5 35 725 16 127 45,1
Algeria 200 2 131 1) 12 976 13 697 105,6
Angola 1 131 824 72,9 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 12 162 1) - - -
Gabon 442 92 20,9 0 59 1)
Iraq 1 526 2 282 149,5 114 33 28,8
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 194 1 608 134,6 1 450 1 002 69,1
Congo 73 572 788,6 - 1 -
Kuwait 1 769 1 470 83,1 0 - -
Libya 1 388 1 278 92,0 2 387 - -
Nigeria 544 3 406 625,7 14 326 250 1,7
Saudi Arabia 14 652 14 046 95,9 3 885 405 10,4
United Arab Emirates 16 222 12 976 80,0 521 680 130,4
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3 71 1) 65 - -
Other countries in Europe 172 217 244 296 141,9 263 769 240 212 91,1
Belarus 4 272 2 428 56,8 1 793 248 13,8
Russian Federation 33 208 55 001 165,6 53 600 22 012 41,1
Turkey 69 402 108 198 155,9 166 904 169 586 101,6
United Kingdom 53 980 53 569 99,2 24 720 23 838 96,4
Ukraine 11 244 25 043 222,7 16 665 24 036 144,2
Other countries 112 58 51,6 86 492 570,6
Other countries in Asia 122 187 133 345 109,1 653 153 555 531 85,1
Azerbaijan 2 229 1 827 82,0 145 657 162 0,1
Bangladesh 900 176 19,6 3 393 16 078 473,8
Philippines 1 502 543 36,2 351 688 195,8
Hong Kong, China 1 946 2 818 144,8 1 219 815 66,9
India 3 659 3 729 101,9 38 052 91 935 241,6
Indonesia 1 953 1 792 91,7 9 659 16 531 171,1
Israel 6 351 7 779 122,5 9 997 9 446 94,5
Japan 37 394 47 587 127,3 8 538 16 006 187,5
Qatar 3 825 945 24,7 591 746 126,2
Kazakhstan 4 622 13 602 294,3 40 992 720 1,8
China 22 157 19 625 88,6 323 457 316 925 98,0
Korea, Republic of 2 585 3 619 140,0 33 323 18 247 54,8
Lebanon 6 806 6 074 89,3 3 45 1)
Malaysia 757 975 128,8 3 999 6 067 151,7
Pakistan 89 1 084 1) 3 670 3 730 101,6
Singapore 1 555 1 685 108,4 4 304 5 042 117,1
Thailand 2 701 1 932 71,5 4 115 4 444 108,0
Taiwan, China 7 164 1 910 26,7 7 159 11 489 160,5
Viet Nam 5 989 6 447 107,7 10 057 25 653 255,1
Other countries 8 004 9 195 114,9 4 617 10 762 233,1
Other countries in Africa 38 750 45 638 117,8 23 895 189 639 793,6
Egypt 23 454 22 035 94,0 11 639 10 648 91,5
Ethiopia 443 809 182,5 806 1 653 205,0
South Africa 3 227 3 407 105,6 4 770 24 342 510,3
Morocco 6 615 11 505 173,9 2 643 3 944 149,2
Mozambique 6 12 209,4 2 315 145 466 1)
Tunisia 520 543 104,5 443 1 609 363,2
Other countries 4 485 7 327 163,4 1 279 1 977 154,6
Other countries in America 150 439 170 692 113,5 582 475 545 883 93,7
Argentina 471 701 148,7 3 358 2 404 71,6
Brazil 2 886 3 155 109,3 4 851 2 978 61,4
Canada 10 257 18 408 179,5 5 331 7 646 143,4
Mexico 1 394 1 766 126,7 5 748 4 921 85,6
United States 130 805 142 288 108,8 555 255 458 935 82,7
Other countries 4 626 4 374 94,5 7 932 69 000 869,9
Countries of Oceania 7 417 9 192 123,9 4 623 1 740 37,6
Australia 6 805 8 615 126,6 3 443 1 211 35,2
New Zealand 533 544 102,0 173 438 253,3
Other countries 79 33 41,4 1 007 90 9,0
Not classified 3 036 2 754 90,7 64 013 45 836 71,6

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

       I - IV 2022 I - IV 2023 Indices
I - IV 2023
I - IV 2022
Export 6 971 021 7 623 838 109,4
EU Member States 4 878 597 5 237 269 107,4
Non-EU Member States 2 092 424 2 386 569 114,1
Import 12 702 811 12 936 259 101,8
EU Member States 9 445 755 9 982 236 105,7
Non-EU Member States 3 257 056 2 954 024 90,7
Balance of foreign trade in goods -5 731 790 -5 312 421 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 54,9 58,9 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 the 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 customs declarations on export and import of goods. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics receives the reviewed customs declarations 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 (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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, Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as the Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/1197 and 2021/1225, the Commission 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 US 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 OPEC Member Countries is published on the website https://www.opec.org/.

Only customs declarations 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 customs declarations 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 2022 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 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 the Petroleum Exporting Countries
PSI provider of statistical information
SITC Standard International Trade Classification
UN United Nations
US $ United States dollar
   
Symbols  
- no occurrence
0 value not zero but less than 0.5 of the unit of measure used

 

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