First Release

Year: LX.
Zagreb, 09 August 2023
VT-2023-1-1/5
ISSN 1334-0557

FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA – PROVISIONAL DATA JANUARY – MAY 2023 AND JANUARY – JUNE 2023

According to provisional data, from January to May 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 9.6 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 16.5 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 7.0 billion euro.

In the period from January to May 2023, coverage of import by export was 57.9%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to June 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 11.5 billion euro, while total import was 19.7 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 8.3 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 58.1% in the period from January to June 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, MAY 2022 – MAY 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 1 683 601 1 795 713 3 009 834 3 210 286 -1 326 232 -1 414 573 55,9
  II 1 779 470 1 927 695 3 153 668 3 416 357 -1 374 198 -1 488 662 56,4
  III 2 392 968 2 541 090 3 735 707 3 966 942 -1 342 740 -1 425 852 64,1
  IV 1 795 794 1 952 926 3 166 062 3 443 089 -1 370 268 -1 490 163 56,7
  V 1 920 182 2 108 550 3 470 290 3 810 720 -1 550 109 -1 702 170 55,3
  I – V 9 572 015 10 325 973 16 535 562 17 847 394 -6 963 547 -7 521 420 57,9

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I ‒ V 2022 I ‒ V 2023 indices
I ‒ V 2023
I ‒ V 2022		 I ‒ V 2022 I ‒ V 2023 indices
I ‒ V 2023
I ‒ V 2022
    Total 9 006 659 9 572 015 106,3 16 264 308 16 535 562 101,7
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 549 269 493 145 89,8 451 178 522 228 115,7
B    Mining and quarrying 522 580 410 217 78,5 1 626 450 1 250 799 76,9
C    Manufacturing 7 369 390 8 050 265 109,2 13 357 385 14 233 147 106,6
  10 Manufacture of food products 675 624 803 747 119,0 1 228 182 1 465 736 119,3
  11 Manufacture of beverages 82 363 123 701 150,2 123 433 146 217 118,5
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 76 390 105 575 138,2 79 230 94 077 118,7
  13 Manufacture of textiles 92 406 94 936 102,7 224 626 243 920 108,6
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 310 195 407 040 131,2 562 960 680 098 120,8
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 193 496 209 189 108,1 281 658 334 626 118,8
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 527 549 464 178 88,0 238 650 236 658 99,2
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 199 683 180 158 90,2 323 740 310 877 96,0
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 089 844 77,5 1 995 1 283 64,3
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 477 146 391 822 82,1 1 172 495 1 140 767 97,3
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 497 657 511 319 102,7 1 279 716 1 263 606 98,7
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 402 753 438 199 108,8 760 002 769 487 101,2
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 323 385 305 930 94,6 633 690 607 677 95,9
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 292 360 323 384 110,6 293 645 315 668 107,5
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 483 313 402 064 83,2 1 301 778 1 002 259 77,0
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 583 009 591 865 101,5 546 840 567 754 103,8
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 238 456 244 711 102,6 752 685 826 162 109,8
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 694 544 796 076 114,6 784 519 880 796 112,3
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 495 646 607 668 122,6 1 049 093 1 181 893 112,7
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 267 988 312 823 116,7 902 347 1 313 849 145,6
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 220 180 489 527 222,3 287 457 269 012 93,6
  31 Manufacture of furniture 136 105 139 219 102,3 207 467 234 058 112,8
  32 Other manufacturing 98 054 106 292 108,4 321 179 346 669 107,9
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 256 664 415 955 162,1 649 502 399 304 61,5
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 262 502 159 687 60,8 151 188 98 841 65,4
J   Information and communication 33 940 32 291 95,1 27 357 28 590 104,5
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 5 15 276,6 35 20 58,0
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 211 180 85,2 184 1 680 912,4
    Not classified 12 098 10 261 84,8 1 028 952 92,6

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I ‒ V 2022 I ‒ V 2023 indices
I ‒ V 2023
I ‒ V 2022		 I ‒ V 2022 I ‒ V 2023 indices
I ‒ V 2023
I ‒ V 2022
  Total 9 006 659 9 572 015 106,3 16 264 308 16 535 562 101,7
0 Food and live animals 1 020 948 1 121 323 109,8 1 463 947 1 792 074 122,4
1 Beverages and tobacco 148 819 218 950 147,1 203 506 242 553 119,2
2 Crude materials, except fuels 785 900 656 572 83,5 403 723 325 750 80,7
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 1 215 706 1 181 188 97,2 3 484 641 2 790 201 80,1
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 67 149 35 367 52,7 87 076 70 139 80,5
5 Chemical products 1 039 206 1 071 277 103,1 2 198 855 2 213 638 100,7
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 1 648 859 1 610 484 97,7 2 867 754 2 668 800 93,1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 1 879 633 2 391 826 127,2 3 598 804 4 281 746 119,0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1 123 451 1 243 233 110,7 1 825 751 2 065 935 113,2
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 64 889 31 534 48,6 129 221 83 772 64,8
  Not classified 12 098 10 261 84,8 1 028 952 92,6

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

    Export Import
I ‒ V 2022 I ‒ V 2023 indices
I ‒ V 2023
I ‒ V 2022		 I ‒ V 2022 I ‒ V 2023 indices
I ‒ V 2023
I ‒ V 2022
Total 9 006 659 9 572 015 106,3 16 264 308 16 535 562 101,7
EU Member States 6 285 277 6 612 624 105,2 11 983 610 12 575 710 104,9
Austria 533 821 529 911 99,3 925 931 944 729 102,0
Belgium 89 717 100 663 112,2 291 174 297 446 102,2
Bulgaria 57 695 65 692 113,9 214 738 149 123 69,4
Cyprus 42 197 11 194 26,5 4 710 6 553 139,1
Czech Republic 133 843 163 270 122,0 316 430 365 604 115,5
Denmark 47 090 54 675 116,1 87 031 96 060 110,4
Estonia 7 899 11 024 139,6 6 273 6 846 109,1
Finland 16 619 18 281 110,0 25 910 29 414 113,5
France 236 530 247 152 104,5 363 806 429 088 117,9
Greece 33 277 59 924 180,1 123 409 130 973 106,1
Ireland 26 052 25 790 99,0 36 850 39 851 108,1
Italy 1 206 190 1 149 659 95,3 2 296 704 2 408 989 104,9
Latvia 10 983 8 411 76,6 8 652 7 041 81,4
Lithuania 32 514 37 101 114,1 30 345 26 507 87,4
Luxembourg 7 150 5 007 70,0 5 612 5 561 99,1
Hungary 819 934 715 638 87,3 1 240 527 1 057 191 85,2
Malta 16 832 220 211 1) 7 930 16 960 213,9
Netherlands 123 774 166 292 134,4 556 911 616 363 110,7
Germany 1 133 226 1 170 866 103,3 2 091 853 2 326 097 111,2
Poland 199 863 218 676 109,4 566 038 635 353 112,2
Portugal 35 257 36 520 103,6 22 700 25 058 110,4
Romania 146 416 147 042 100,4 195 221 208 167 106,6
Northern Ireland 1 762 662 37,6 3 008 4 236 140,8
Slovakia 92 009 117 910 128,2 351 000 334 755 95,4
Slovenia 983 423 1 094 937 111,3 1 813 999 1 880 591 103,7
Spain 153 697 151 366 98,5 294 206 406 445 138,1
Sweden 94 527 81 597 86,3 102 580 120 692 117,7
Not classified 2 982 3 154 105,8 64 15 23,9
EFTA countries 158 452 159 010 100,4 86 298 93 645 108,5
Iceland 801 1 329 165,9 42 63 151,0
Liechtenstein 10 063 9 595 95,3 11 20 183,9
Norway 32 758 20 821 63,6 8 007 9 528 119,0
Switzerland 114 830 127 266 110,8 78 239 84 034 107,4
CEFTA countries 1 607 522 1 741 322 108,3 1 095 801 1 126 861 102,8
Albania 40 048 34 764 86,8 22 831 14 268 62,5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 896 505 885 701 98,8 547 284 579 277 105,8
Montenegro 104 403 125 041 119,8 2 729 3 368 123,4
Kosovo 51 984 62 356 120,0 5 112 5 516 107,9
Moldova 1 299 1 370 105,4 1 492 2 376 159,2
North Macedonia 64 118 73 310 114,3 51 103 46 829 91,6
Serbia 449 164 558 780 124,4 465 250 475 226 102,1
OPEC countries 74 780 68 275 91,3 56 364 62 370 110,7
Algeria 1 063 3 302 310,5 15 759 17 118 108,6
Angola 1 439 2 359 163,9 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 60 175 292,1 - - -
Gabon 496 530 106,7 20 59 296,4
Iraq 2 171 2 845 131,1 526 235 44,7
Iran, Islamic Republic of 2 590 1 986 76,7 2 842 1 813 63,8
Congo 374 1 022 273,1 - 1 -
Kuwait 3 802 3 597 94,6 1 6 892,7
Libya 4 090 1 438 35,2 2 387 - -
Nigeria 588 7 827 1) 14 512 39 797 274,2
Saudi Arabia 26 377 24 050 91,2 5 664 605 10,7
United Arab Emirates 31 726 18 621 58,7 14 589 2 737 18,8
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3 522 1) 65 - -
Other countries in Europe 358 779 370 390 103,2 556 658 435 552 78,2
Belarus 5 509 3 755 68,2 2 085 289 13,9
Russian Federation 49 142 88 565 180,2 201 485 37 493 18,6
Turkey 176 197 142 446 80,8 274 834 298 192 108,5
United Kingdom 91 629 94 273 102,9 52 325 55 135 105,4
Ukraine 16 261 39 632 243,7 25 707 43 757 170,2
Other countries 20 041 1 718 8,6 222 686 309,4
Other countries in Asia 187 198 197 665 105,6 1 184 300 1 243 566 105,0
Azerbaijan 5 716 2 018 35,3 353 040 160 147 45,4
Bangladesh 947 981 103,6 6 064 22 346 368,5
Philippines 2 312 1 062 45,9 516 1 121 217,4
Hong Kong, China 3 444 4 398 127,7 2 227 1 125 50,5
India 6 811 6 735 98,9 72 554 145 545 200,6
Indonesia 3 117 4 144 133,0 14 835 24 977 168,4
Israel 14 084 12 503 88,8 16 531 14 359 86,9
Japan 38 803 49 049 126,4 16 174 26 232 162,2
Qatar 8 461 2 178 25,7 659 1 347 204,5
Kazakhstan 8 203 20 221 246,5 41 019 10 078 24,6
China 41 164 30 965 75,2 530 506 515 560 97,2
Korea, Republic of 4 008 7 776 194,0 48 535 27 697 57,1
Lebanon 7 716 10 898 141,2 7 65 876,7
Malaysia 1 160 1 290 111,2 6 567 9 089 138,4
Pakistan 153 2 641 1) 7 975 7 971 100,0
Singapore 3 241 2 663 82,2 8 452 20 804 246,1
Thailand 3 363 2 296 68,3 6 117 8 141 133,1
Taiwan, China 8 182 4 629 56,6 13 685 18 234 133,2
Viet Nam 13 039 14 646 112,3 18 494 42 159 228,0
Other countries 13 276 16 572 124,8 20 342 186 569 917,1
Other countries in Africa 64 657 79 742 123,3 143 297 252 969 176,5
Egypt 35 642 40 068 112,4 121 936 19 315 15,8
Ethiopia 683 1 402 205,2 3 260 4 414 135,4
South Africa 4 789 6 046 126,2 6 164 26 725 433,6
Morocco 12 341 18 289 148,2 4 052 4 781 118,0
Mozambique 6 41 731,3 2 870 191 000 1)
Tunisia 2 075 2 339 112,7 1 633 2 801 171,6
Other countries 9 121 11 558 126,7 3 383 3 933 116,2
Other countries in America 252 827 321 316 127,1 1 026 671 676 136 65,9
Argentina 4 963 899 18,1 4 233 4 274 101,0
Brazil 5 008 3 941 78,7 7 701 4 942 64,2
Canada 17 784 25 681 144,4 9 275 11 718 126,3
Mexico 3 122 50 546 1) 10 364 9 810 94,7
United States 214 705 232 872 108,5 978 246 549 023 56,1
Other countries 7 244 7 377 101,8 16 852 96 369 571,9
Countries of Oceania 11 648 15 794 135,6 19 400 2 969 15,3
Australia 10 463 13 115 125,3 3 997 1 689 42,3
New Zealand 1 032 866 83,9 343 1 189 347,1
Other countries 153 1 813 1) 15 060 90 0,6
Not classified 5 520 5 878 106,5 111 909 65 783 58,8

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I ‒ VI 2022 I ‒ VI 2023 Indices
I ‒ VI 2023
I ‒ VI 2022
Export 11 155 595 11 469 603 102,8
EU Member States 7 726 260 7 889 937 102,1
Non-EU Member States 3 429 335 3 579 666 104,4
Import 19 790 218 19 739 053 99,7
EU Member States 14 460 716 15 058 113 104,1
Non-EU Member States 5 329 502 4 680 939 87,8
Balance of foreign trade in goods -8 634 624 -8 269 450 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 56,4 58,1 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, 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 Regulations (EU) 2020/1197 and 2021/1225 and 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 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

 

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