First Release

Year: LX.
Zagreb, 07 July 2023
VT-2023-1-1/4
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to April 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 7.6 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 13.1 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 5.4 billion euro.

In the period from January to April 2023, coverage of import by export was 58.4%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to May 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 9.6 billion euro, while total import was 16.5 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 6.9 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 58.2% in the period from January to May 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 in this First Release differ from those published in the First Release VT-2023-1-2.

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, APRIL 2022 – APRIL 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 1 687 358 1 799 736 3 018 080 3 219 081 -1 330 721 -1 419 345 55,9
  II 1 775 292 1 923 167 3 165 410 3 429 077 -1 390 118 -1 505 909 56,1
  III 2 384 701 2 532 311 3 732 199 3 963 217 -1 347 499 -1 430 906 63,9
  IV 1 791 053 1 947 769 3 169 029 3 446 315 -1 377 976 -1 498 546 56,5
  I – IV 7 638 404 8 202 984 13 084 719 14 057 690 -5 446 315 -5 854 706 58,4

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I - IV 2022 I - IV 2023 indices
I - IV 2023
I - IV 2022		 I - IV 2022 I - IV 2023 indices
I - IV 2023
I - IV 2022
    Total 6 971 021 7 638 404 109,6 12 702 811 13 084 719 103,0
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 448 461 395 547 88,2 364 298 418 816 115,0
B    Mining and quarrying 371 947 337 872 90,8 1 175 782 930 025 79,1
C    Manufacturing 5 715 356 6 408 235 112,1 10 493 178 11 300 244 107,7
  10 Manufacture of food products 533 456 634 623 119,0 943 886 1 137 392 120,5
  11 Manufacture of beverages 60 644 81 623 134,6 89 094 104 570 117,4
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 59 527 76 814 129,0 57 777 66 122 114,4
  13 Manufacture of textiles 71 661 76 165 106,3 174 183 193 072 110,8
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 238 954 319 541 133,7 439 088 552 144 125,7
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 154 080 170 223 110,5 218 741 269 464 123,2
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 410 440 364 976 88,9 184 852 187 424 101,4
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 155 482 145 148 93,4 247 884 243 064 98,1
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 753 641 85,0 1 525 990 64,9
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 316 656 326 882 103,2 948 806 975 125 102,8
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 404 160 403 693 99,9 993 117 1 012 580 102,0
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 321 391 348 317 108,4 621 770 627 382 100,9
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 255 475 242 658 95,0 499 169 484 080 97,0
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 224 776 253 132 112,6 225 065 246 192 109,4
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 371 960 319 998 86,0 1 045 792 803 948 76,9
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 446 392 468 183 104,9 429 301 442 884 103,2
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 187 785 196 307 104,5 607 343 662 260 109,0
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 531 435 623 896 117,4 608 171 688 116 113,1
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 385 369 470 633 122,1 816 282 919 487 112,6
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 215 610 246 659 114,4 707 581 1 042 647 147,4
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 182 911 440 140 240,6 221 247 186 075 84,1
  31 Manufacture of furniture 107 846 112 848 104,6 161 241 182 186 113,0
  32 Other manufacturing 78 594 85 136 108,3 251 259 273 040 108,7
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 210 425 328 818 156,3 529 839 330 577 62,4
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 191 970 135 703 70,7 117 857 81 038 68,8
J   Information and communication 26 320 25 915 98,5 20 897 21 612 103,4
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 5 8 143,7 33 12 35,9
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 188 93 49,5 134 1 607 1)
    Not classified 6 350 6 213 97,8 793 789 99,5

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I - IV 2022 I - IV 2023 indices
I - IV 2023
I - IV 2022		 I - IV 2022 I - IV 2023 indices
I - IV 2023
I - IV 2022
  Total 6 971 021 7 638 404 109,6 12 702 811 13 084 719 103,0
0 Food and live animals 819 619 884 788 108,0 1 137 843 1 395 487 122,6
1 Beverages and tobacco 112 490 152 627 135,7 148 203 174 035 117,4
2 Crude materials, except fuels 602 935 529 826 87,9 320 444 266 714 83,2
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 866 793 964 030 111,2 2 667 873 2 234 507 83,8
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 51 932 28 096 54,1 64 652 54 960 85,0
5 Chemical products 834 536 849 065 101,7 1 754 930 1 784 350 101,7
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 1 282 614 1 276 583 99,5 2 253 515 2 116 335 93,9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 1 474 470 1 932 650 131,1 2 819 526 3 343 421 118,6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 870 494 989 642 113,7 1 422 495 1 646 828 115,8
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 48 788 24 883 51,0 112 538 67 293 59,8
  Not classified 6 350 6 213 97,8 793 789 99,5

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

    Export Import
I - IV 2022 I - IV 2023 indices
I - IV 2023
I - IV 2022		 I - IV 2022 I - IV 2023 indices
I - IV 2023
I - IV 2022
Total 6 971 021 7 638 404 109,6 12 702 811 13 084 719 103,0
EU Member States 4 878 597 5 251 835 107,7 9 445 755 10 029 976 106,2
Austria 416 098 410 210 98,6 735 754 756 362 102,8
Belgium 68 960 69 739 101,1 242 939 237 721 97,9
Bulgaria 45 036 51 329 114,0 187 246 122 311 65,3
Cyprus 41 111 7 704 18,7 3 486 5 293 151,8
Czech Republic 105 475 126 189 119,6 251 297 291 617 116,0
Denmark 36 569 44 160 120,8 70 408 76 675 108,9
Estonia 6 261 9 869 157,6 4 912 5 573 113,5
Finland 10 921 15 433 141,3 19 033 22 543 118,4
France 190 767 196 052 102,8 276 190 329 175 119,2
Greece 25 881 49 649 191,8 104 387 114 138 109,3
Ireland 20 116 19 839 98,6 28 660 29 745 103,8
Italy 938 195 881 371 93,9 1 780 885 1 938 799 108,9
Latvia 9 119 7 142 78,3 7 407 5 730 77,4
Lithuania 26 374 29 937 113,5 22 781 21 649 95,0
Luxembourg 6 306 4 036 64,0 4 961 4 381 88,3
Hungary 595 810 573 546 96,3 986 500 849 336 86,1
Malta 12 638 216 911 1) 5 858 14 949 255,2
Netherlands 100 605 131 002 130,2 437 099 486 841 111,4
Germany 883 349 924 282 104,6 1 636 775 1 839 824 112,4
Poland 149 902 170 355 113,6 441 784 505 314 114,4
Portugal 27 997 27 477 98,1 17 872 20 057 112,2
Romania 117 015 115 941 99,1 154 996 163 306 105,4
Northern Ireland 1 593 597 37,4 2 604 3 582 137,6
Slovakia 72 894 93 313 128,0 279 217 270 500 96,9
Slovenia 783 895 886 393 113,1 1 432 525 1 503 201 104,9
Spain 113 020 120 924 107,0 228 028 316 748 138,9
Sweden 70 479 65 635 93,1 82 099 94 598 115,2
Not classified 2 212 2 802 126,6 51 8 15,3
EFTA countries 120 558 127 358 105,6 66 886 75 918 113,5
Iceland 664 1 112 167,6 13 58 430,7
Liechtenstein 7 952 7 598 95,5 11 8 70,4
Norway 25 589 16 174 63,2 6 516 7 913 121,4
Switzerland 86 353 102 474 118,7 60 345 67 939 112,6
CEFTA countries 1 241 743 1 379 613 111,1 866 497 885 792 102,2
Albania 26 025 29 016 111,5 18 231 11 143 61,1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 683 066 709 441 103,9 429 268 447 396 104,2
Montenegro 79 974 98 471 123,1 2 379 2 234 93,9
Kosovo 41 962 50 164 119,5 4 091 4 408 107,8
Moldova 605 548 90,5 936 1 206 128,8
North Macedonia 51 523 58 717 114,0 40 798 35 353 86,7
Serbia 358 588 433 257 120,8 370 794 384 051 103,6
OPEC countries  55 156 53 140 96,3 54 042 58 983 109,1
Algeria 549 2 321 422,7 15 324 16 671 108,8
Angola 1 152 1 071 93,0 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 32 175 545,2 - - -
Gabon 456 427 93,6 0 59 1)
Iraq 1 815 2 578 142,1 365 169 46,3
Iran, Islamic Republic of 2 095 1 770 84,5 1 942 1 265 65,1
Congo 147 572 389,7 - 1 -
Kuwait 3 112 2 081 66,9 1 6 892,7
Libya 1 661 1 371 82,5 2 387 - -
Nigeria 556 7 432 1) 14 384 39 287 273,1
Saudi Arabia 19 833 16 944 85,4 5 319 596 11,2
United Arab Emirates 23 745 15 875 66,9 14 256 930 6,5
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3 522 1) 65 - -
Other countries in Europe 254 603 312 350 122,7 404 305 330 067 81,6
Belarus 4 452 3 347 75,2 1 972 273 13,8
Russian Federation 40 921 70 919 173,3 113 940 29 769 26,1
Turkey 121 861 128 093 105,1 224 731 234 428 104,3
United Kingdom 74 713 77 581 103,8 42 979 31 965 74,4
Ukraine 12 542 32 326 257,8 20 551 32 994 160,5
Other countries 113 84 74,0 132 639 483,8
Other countries in Asia 160 763 164 494 102,3 865 006 778 916 90,0
Azerbaijan 4 933 1 898 38,5 211 380 57 145 27,0
Bangladesh 947 259 27,3 4 908 18 347 373,8
Philippines 2 300 1 032 44,9 359 774 215,7
Hong Kong, China 2 843 3 462 121,8 1 510 862 57,1
India 5 236 4 977 95,0 56 687 123 971 218,7
Indonesia 2 602 3 659 140,6 10 519 19 158 182,1
Israel 11 398 9 123 80,0 12 576 11 842 94,2
Japan 38 253 48 427 126,6 12 480 22 104 177,1
Qatar 6 137 1 682 27,4 639 1 043 163,3
Kazakhstan 6 627 16 390 247,3 40 995 10 017 24,4
China 33 340 25 037 75,1 416 678 402 783 96,7
Korea, Republic of 3 213 4 440 138,2 38 932 23 616 60,7
Lebanon 7 645 7 364 96,3 5 45 878,4
Malaysia 793 1 082 136,5 5 482 7 219 131,7
Pakistan 120 2 633 1) 6 204 5 511 88,8
Singapore 2 826 2 094 74,1 6 636 7 185 108,3
Thailand 2 827 2 029 71,8 5 176 6 233 120,4
Taiwan, China 7 696 4 230 55,0 10 071 14 740 146,4
Viet Nam 9 934 11 449 115,2 15 658 33 296 212,6
Other countries 11 090 13 224 119,2 8 111 13 024 160,6
Other countries in Africa 51 336 61 935 120,6 33 327 244 789 734,5
Egypt 30 023 31 641 105,4 17 759 14 729 82,9
Ethiopia 683 919 134,6 1 517 3 258 214,8
South Africa 3 796 5 193 136,8 5 428 25 851 476,2
Morocco 9 253 14 970 161,8 2 997 4 258 142,1
Mozambique 6 30 532,7 2 870 191 000 1)
Tunisia 714 713 99,8 728 2 251 309,3
Other countries 6 862 8 469 123,4 2 029 3 441 169,6
Other countries in America 194 479 225 949 116,2 864 343 622 449 72,0
Argentina 2 760 770 27,9 3 684 3 438 93,3
Brazil 3 118 3 423 109,8 6 170 4 415 71,6
Canada 13 631 22 286 163,5 7 205 10 015 139,0
Mexico 1 815 2 898 159,7 7 380 5 919 80,2
United States 166 865 190 592 114,2 828 815 527 555 63,7
Other countries 6 290 5 980 95,1 11 088 71 107 641,3
Countries of Oceania 9 530 11 731 123,1 4 999 2 086 41,7
Australia 8 768 10 961 125,0 3 808 1 513 39,7
New Zealand 609 687 112,8 184 483 262,8
Other countries 153 83 54,2 1 008 90 8,9
Not classified 4 257 49 998 1) 97 651 55 744 57,1

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

         I - V 2022 I - V 2023 Indices
I - V 2023
I - V 2022
Export 9 006 659 9 606 402 106,7
EU Member States 6 285 277 6 598 772 105,0
Non-EU Member States 2 721 382 3 007 630 110,5
Import 16 264 308 16 494 814 101,4
EU Member States 11 983 610 12 561 794 104,8
Non-EU Member States 4 280 697 3 933 021 91,9
Balance of foreign trade in goods -7 257 649 -6 888 412 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 55,4 58,2 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 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, 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 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 in this First Release 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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