First Release

Year: LX.
Zagreb, 09 October 2023
VT-2023-1-1/7
ISSN 1334-0557

FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA – Provisional Data January – July 2023 and January – August 2023

According to provisional data, from January to July 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 13.3 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 23.3 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 10.0 billion euro.

In the period from January to July 2023, coverage of import by export was 57.2%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to August 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 15.0 billion euro, while total import was 26.2 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 11.3 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 57.0% in the period from January to August 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, JULY 2022 – JULY 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 1 684 261 1 796 417 3 010 225 3 210 703 -1 325 964 -1 414 286 56,0
  II 1 779 702 1 927 945 3 155 608 3 418 459 -1 375 906 -1 490 513 56,4
  III 2 396 036 2 544 348 3 735 810 3 967 051 -1 339 774 -1 422 703 64,1
  IV 1 808 750 1 967 015 3 180 801 3 459 118 -1 372 051 -1 492 103 56,9
  V 1 916 000 2 103 958 3 520 608 3 865 972 -1 604 607 -1 762 014 54,4
  VI 1 917 321 2 048 274 3 458 796 3 694 897 -1 541 474 -1 646 623 55,4
  VII 1 831 721 1 988 469 3 238 235 3 517 339 -1 406 515 -1 528 871 56,6
  I – VII 13 333 791 14 376 426 23 300 083 25 133 540 -9 966 293 -10 757 114 57,2

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I ‒ VII 2022 I ‒ VII 2023 indices
I ‒ VII 2023
I ‒ VII 2022		 I ‒ VII 2022 I ‒ VII 2023 indices
I ‒ VII 2023
I ‒ VII 2022
    Total 13 304 002 13 333 791 100,2 23 425 764 23 300 083 99,5
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 769 241 684 122 88,9 615 528 729 089 118,4
B    Mining and quarrying 763 223 517 437 67,8 2 575 716 1 819 617 70,6
C    Manufacturing 10 791 958 11 329 756 105,0 18 945 984 20 046 992 105,8
  10 Manufacture of food products 977 357 1 138 304 116,5 1 855 861 2 182 209 117,6
  11 Manufacture of beverages 131 143 177 145 135,1 200 845 238 812 118,9
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 111 818 152 610 136,5 121 342 143 917 118,6
  13 Manufacture of textiles 134 360 135 239 100,7 316 552 338 186 106,8
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 464 034 575 787 124,1 809 122 928 614 114,8
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 272 184 288 989 106,2 396 672 461 923 116,4
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 750 551 631 237 84,1 334 038 321 630 96,3
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 285 457 253 492 88,8 474 401 442 791 93,3
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 511 1 226 81,1 2 627 1 860 70,8
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 882 560 575 540 65,2 1 638 889 1 530 828 93,4
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 696 040 709 148 101,9 1 808 226 1 725 767 95,4
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 642 412 630 447 98,1 1 038 259 1 066 409 102,7
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 450 976 426 125 94,5 889 173 848 134 95,4
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 422 836 462 483 109,4 418 669 439 460 105,0
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 657 693 552 009 83,9 1 782 728 1 397 988 78,4
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 832 429 851 909 102,3 755 254 798 411 105,7
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 340 078 338 057 99,4 1 048 336 1 149 656 109,7
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 982 210 1 159 403 118,0 1 106 055 1 225 790 110,8
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 722 663 873 830 120,9 1 491 980 1 706 064 114,3
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 370 007 443 138 119,8 1 310 344 1 825 306 139,3
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 332 929 613 485 184,3 400 913 453 947 113,2
  31 Manufacture of furniture 195 008 186 542 95,7 290 010 324 794 112,0
  32 Other manufacturing 135 702 153 613 113,2 455 689 494 495 108,5
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 573 065 511 130 89,2 1 066 657 525 501 49,3
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 329 544 223 668 67,9 180 912 134 374 74,3
J   Information and communication 46 098 44 000 95,4 39 238 41 200 105,0
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 6 15 246,7 42 57 135,4
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 376 314 83,4 256 1 727 674,1
    Not classified 30 491 23 349 76,6 1 431 1 525 106,6

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I ‒ VII 2022 I ‒ VII 2023 indices
I ‒ VII 2023
I ‒ VII 2022		 I ‒ VII 2022 I ‒ VII 2023 indices
I ‒ VII 2023
I ‒ VII 2022
  Total 13 304 002 13 333 791 100,2 23 425 764 23 300 083 99,5
0 Food and live animals 1 466 318 1 597 032 108,9 2 171 715 2 652 481 122,1
1 Beverages and tobacco 228 430 312 175 136,7 322 231 383 230 118,9
2 Crude materials, except fuels 1 075 931 886 231 82,4 522 341 430 343 82,4
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 2 166 889 1 557 348 71,9 5 348 990 3 871 900 72,4
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 91 770 52 444 57,1 129 895 102 154 78,6
5 Chemical products 1 527 355 1 506 169 98,6 3 051 667 3 046 285 99,8
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 2 319 912 2 262 617 97,5 4 010 993 3 740 069 93,2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2 689 468 3 352 187 124,6 5 107 048 6 084 272 119,1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1 620 021 1 745 317 107,7 2 590 555 2 879 543 111,2
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 87 416 38 922 44,5 168 899 108 282 64,1
  Not classified 30 491 23 349 76,6 1 431 1 525 106,6

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I ‒ VII 2022 I ‒ VII 2023 indices
I ‒ VII 2023
I ‒ VII 2022		 I ‒ VII 2022 I ‒ VII 2023 indices
I ‒ VII 2023
I ‒ VII 2022
Total 13 304 002 13 333 791 100,2 23 425 764 23 300 083 99,5
EU Member States 9 223 292 9 170 111 99,4 16 919 191 17 709 181 104,7
Austria 750 130 748 268 99,8 1 282 381 1 314 957 102,5
Belgium 129 785 146 810 113,1 396 227 417 227 105,3
Bulgaria 77 141 96 702 125,4 268 603 200 600 74,7
Cyprus 45 530 15 136 33,2 6 581 8 774 133,3
Czech Republic 201 716 232 422 115,2 447 873 525 429 117,3
Denmark 69 525 86 767 124,8 124 753 147 266 118,0
Estonia 11 015 15 427 140,1 9 599 10 416 108,5
Finland 26 897 23 021 85,6 35 997 38 496 106,9
France 336 191 348 461 103,6 528 176 625 326 118,4
Greece 93 798 85 233 90,9 174 720 170 782 97,7
Ireland 39 618 33 228 83,9 58 151 59 272 101,9
Italy 1 719 017 1 633 384 95,0 3 214 070 3 437 686 107,0
Latvia 14 510 11 161 76,9 11 395 10 618 93,2
Lithuania 44 323 48 993 110,5 46 976 37 915 80,7
Luxembourg 10 534 6 879 65,3 9 353 8 337 89,1
Hungary 1 281 271 938 785 73,3 1 791 954 1 478 603 82,5
Malta 22 001 232 674 1) 9 775 21 083 215,7
Netherlands 176 423 222 774 126,3 790 712 877 812 111,0
Germany 1 622 912 1 665 208 102,6 2 948 283 3 264 526 110,7
Poland 287 676 328 107 114,1 811 308 892 600 110,0
Portugal 47 403 48 301 101,9 33 125 33 653 101,6
Romania 205 508 206 412 100,4 268 823 296 000 110,1
Northern Ireland 1 935 1 979 102,2 3 929 5 720 145,6
Slovakia 134 011 163 103 121,7 485 534 444 131 91,5
Slovenia 1 509 710 1 491 714 98,8 2 590 050 2 660 936 102,7
Spain 232 767 214 434 92,1 428 553 556 277 129,8
Sweden 126 967 120 513 94,9 142 190 164 723 115,8
Not classified 4 979 4 215 84,7 100 18 18,1
EFTA countries 222 401 239 109 107,5 122 506 135 565 110,7
Iceland 1 567 2 843 181,3 46 63 136,3
Liechtenstein 14 423 13 523 93,8 84 20 24,4
Norway 48 225 44 936 93,2 14 081 15 045 106,9
Switzerland 158 186 177 807 112,4 108 295 120 437 111,2
CEFTA countries 2 384 748 2 456 022 103,0 1 645 953 1 537 264 93,4
Albania 61 067 51 838 84,9 28 653 19 719 68,8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 335 894 1 263 991 94,6 813 103 792 179 97,4
Montenegro 166 111 195 202 117,5 4 458 4 631 103,9
Kosovo 75 116 90 977 121,1 7 266 7 497 103,2
Moldova 3 596 1 962 54,6 2 839 5 515 194,3
North Macedonia 92 584 105 239 113,7 73 555 68 485 93,1
Serbia 650 381 746 812 114,8 716 079 639 238 89,3
OPEC countries 108 013 91 474 84,7 61 806 66 806 108,1
Algeria 2 941 4 589 156,1 15 878 17 141 108,0
Angola 1 642 3 666 223,2 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 125 283 227,4 - - -
Gabon 595 773 130,0 53 116 218,0
Iraq 2 640 3 785 143,3 553 236 42,6
Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 617 3 888 107,5 4 388 2 628 59,9
Congo 374 1 679 448,8 - 1 -
Kuwait 7 026 4 438 63,2 92 6 6,6
Libya 7 526 1 944 25,8 2 387 - -
Nigeria 698 8 078 1) 15 030 40 538 269,7
Saudi Arabia 40 978 31 118 75,9 8 642 2 938 34,0
United Arab Emirates 39 827 26 710 67,1 14 719 3 030 20,6
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 24 522 1) 65 173 265,4
Other countries in Europe 524 350 520 113 99,2 841 658 592 974 70,5
Belarus 7 591 4 388 57,8 2 200 421 19,1
Russian Federation 85 379 124 335 145,6 345 941 45 928 13,3
Turkey 211 207 197 892 93,7 380 701 412 346 108,3
United Kingdom 130 479 139 942 107,3 71 373 76 376 107,0
Ukraine 43 465 51 708 119,0 40 900 57 076 139,6
Other countries 46 229 1 848 4,0 543 827 152,2
Other countries in Asia 292 102 261 370 89,5 1 976 067 1 997 463 101,1
Azerbaijan 6 781 2 575 38,0 753 335 365 025 48,5
Bangladesh 1 353 1 470 108,6 9 561 33 776 353,3
Philippines 2 679 1 207 45,1 998 1 552 155,5
Hong Kong, China 5 433 6 931 127,6 3 314 1 677 50,6
India 9 903 10 026 101,2 106 016 175 959 166,0
Indonesia 4 395 5 222 118,8 32 059 61 017 190,3
Israel 68 765 18 475 26,9 29 676 17 492 58,9
Japan 40 258 50 593 125,7 25 785 44 767 173,6
Qatar 9 849 3 006 30,5 2 125 1 703 80,2
Kazakhstan 10 848 26 502 244,3 70 699 10 217 14,5
China 56 912 44 512 78,2 757 343 746 999 98,6
Korea, Republic of 5 716 9 615 168,2 63 397 39 824 62,8
Lebanon 8 880 13 049 147,0 7 90 1)
Malaysia 1 574 3 093 196,5 10 639 10 725 100,8
Pakistan 1 514 2 682 177,1 10 806 9 397 87,0
Singapore 5 319 5 138 96,6 12 013 24 044 200,1
Thailand 4 248 3 110 73,2 9 266 11 594 125,1
Taiwan, China 8 886 8 487 95,5 19 099 25 190 131,9
Viet Nam 18 827 19 035 101,1 36 131 51 111 141,5
Other countries 19 962 26 642 133,5 23 797 365 303 1)
Other countries in Africa 141 924 116 618 82,2 158 110 271 828 171,9
Egypt 59 317 56 876 95,9 128 832 28 445 22,1
Ethiopia 719 2 056 286,0 5 954 5 513 92,6
South Africa 8 798 6 939 78,9 7 922 31 223 394,1
Morocco 54 647 25 308 46,3 4 874 5 965 122,4
Mozambique 6 41 731,3 2 963 191 001 1)
Tunisia 5 315 7 363 138,5 2 830 4 203 148,5
Other countries 13 123 18 035 137,4 4 735 5 478 115,7
Other countries in America 380 864 444 329 116,7 1 537 389 876 415 57,0
Argentina 7 840 1 115 14,2 6 198 6 044 97,5
Brazil 7 856 4 887 62,2 10 956 6 843 62,5
Canada 26 090 35 045 134,3 13 222 18 443 139,5
Mexico 6 487 54 158 834,8 14 897 13 786 92,5
United States 321 286 318 737 99,2 1 468 554 668 304 45,5
Other countries 11 306 30 387 268,8 23 562 162 995 691,8
Countries of Oceania 15 962 23 864 149,5 20 496 5 270 25,7
Australia 13 853 21 103 152,3 4 621 3 848 83,3
New Zealand 1 948 926 47,5 815 1 331 163,3
Other countries 160 1 834 1) 15 060 90 0,6
Not classified 10 345 10 782 104,2 142 587 107 318 75,3

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

       I ‒ VIII 2022 I ‒ VIII 2023 Indices
I ‒ VIII 2023
I ‒ VIII 2022
Export 15 183 175 14 958 802 98,5
EU Member States 10 495 993 10 162 934 96,8
Non-EU Member States 4 687 182 4 795 867 102,3
Import 27 307 961 26 239 167 96,1
EU Member States 19 242 257 19 881 765 103,3
Non-EU Member States 8 065 704 6 357 402 78,8
Balance of foreign trade in goods -12 124 786 -11 280 366 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 55,6 57,0 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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