First Release

Year: LX.
Zagreb, 09 November 2023
VT-2023-1-1/8
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to August 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 15.0 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 26.5 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 11.5 billion euro.

In the period from January to August 2023, coverage of import by export was 56.7%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to September 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 16.9 billion euro, while total import was 29.6 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 12.7 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 57.0% in the period from January to September 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, AUGUST 2022 – AUGUST 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 1 683 178 1 795 262 3 009 790 3 210 239 -1 326 611 -1 414 977 55,9
  II 1 779 877 1 928 135 3 158 381 3 421 462 -1 378 503 -1 493 326 56,4
  III 2 396 294 2 544 623 3 736 858 3 968 163 -1 340 563 -1 423 541 64,1
  IV 1 808 498 1 966 742 3 181 689 3 460 084 -1 373 191 -1 493 342 56,8
  V 1 922 112 2 110 669 3 524 161 3 869 875 -1 602 050 -1 759 205 54,5
  VI 1 923 633 2 055 017 3 480 394 3 717 970 -1 556 761 -1 662 953 55,3
  VII 1 840 200 1 997 682 3 267 126 3 548 734 -1 426 927 -1 551 052 56,3
  VIII 1 649 079 1 815 988 3 110 125 3 425 270 -1 461 046 -1 609 282 53,0
  I – VIII 15 002 872 16 214 117 26 468 524 28 621 797 -11 465 651 -12 407 680 56,7

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I ‒ VIII 2022 I ‒ VIII 2023 indices
I ‒ VIII 2023
I ‒ VIII 2022		 I ‒ VIII 2022 I ‒ VIII 2023 indices
I ‒ VIII 2023
I ‒ VIII 2022
    Total 15 183 175 15 002 872 98,8 27 307 961 26 468 524 96,9
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 895 559 775 117 86,6 693 323 822 539 118,6
B    Mining and quarrying 909 030 566 694 62,3 3 461 610 2 272 769 65,7
C    Manufacturing 12 210 036 12 774 230 104,6 21 570 912 22 569 111 104,6
  10 Manufacture of food products 1 133 282 1 300 501 114,8 2 177 203 2 532 675 116,3
  11 Manufacture of beverages 153 921 203 385 132,1 238 636 274 950 115,2
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 128 544 173 172 134,7 144 572 163 238 112,9
  13 Manufacture of textiles 146 918 147 382 100,3 348 489 372 540 106,9
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 514 945 645 771 125,4 928 954 1 072 764 115,5
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 302 507 317 438 104,9 455 909 525 760 115,3
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 811 349 675 173 83,2 366 541 352 480 96,2
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 322 990 284 399 88,1 539 464 502 113 93,1
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 717 1 381 80,4 2 780 2 138 76,9
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 1 066 225 721 654 67,7 1 949 190 1 693 322 86,9
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 782 389 807 936 103,3 2 047 817 1 942 481 94,9
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 700 329 715 948 102,2 1 161 289 1 203 670 103,6
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 501 835 474 897 94,6 996 685 954 506 95,8
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 484 035 525 475 108,6 470 406 493 930 105,0
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 733 441 615 045 83,9 1 973 146 1 553 300 78,7
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 940 043 946 042 100,6 858 056 895 182 104,3
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 392 138 378 501 96,5 1 214 740 1 295 169 106,6
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1 136 513 1 304 973 114,8 1 254 449 1 381 987 110,2
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 806 897 975 303 120,9 1 689 786 1 902 317 112,6
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 413 476 491 719 118,9 1 471 024 2 023 559 137,6
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 368 905 689 811 187,0 437 132 508 158 116,2
  31 Manufacture of furniture 214 595 205 007 95,5 325 393 362 561 111,4
  32 Other manufacturing 153 042 173 314 113,2 519 251 560 310 107,9
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 718 013 557 729 77,7 1 338 578 602 996 45,0
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 357 942 246 315 68,8 194 337 146 550 75,4
J   Information and communication 52 717 51 359 97,4 47 276 51 108 108,1
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 6 25 405,6 48 75 153,8
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 422 414 98,1 320 1 743 544,1
    Not classified 39 450 30 989 78,6 1 557 1 634 104,9

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I ‒ VIII 2022 I ‒ VIII 2023 indices
I ‒ VIII 2023
I ‒ VIII 2022		 I ‒ VIII 2022 I ‒ VIII 2023 indices
I ‒ VIII 2023
I ‒ VIII 2022
  Total 15 183 175 15 002 872 98,8 27 307 961 26 468 524 96,9
0 Food and live animals 1 710 391 1 827 274 106,8 2 527 663 3 061 555 121,1
1 Beverages and tobacco 267 174 356 379 133,4 384 332 436 671 113,6
2 Crude materials, except fuels 1 181 697 962 561 81,5 569 100 472 751 83,1
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 2 636 676 1 791 662 68,0 6 822 444 4 562 084 66,9
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 106 009 62 026 58,5 157 178 123 553 78,6
5 Chemical products 1 690 033 1 710 830 101,2 3 437 308 3 431 362 99,8
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 2 592 861 2 523 185 97,3 4 484 130 4 181 483 93,3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 3 051 374 3 757 871 123,2 5 781 336 6 797 895 117,6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1 809 788 1 936 424 107,0 2 954 474 3 280 211 111,0
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 97 721 43 672 44,7 188 439 119 325 63,3
  Not classified 39 450 30 989 78,6 1 557 1 634 104,9

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

    Export Import
I ‒ VIII 2022 I ‒ VIII 2023 indices
I ‒ VIII 2023
I ‒ VIII 2022		 I ‒ VIII 2022 I ‒ VIII 2023 indices
I ‒ VIII 2023
I ‒ VIII 2022
Total 15 183 175 15 002 872 98,8 27 307 961 26 468 524 96,9
EU Member States 10 495 993 10 204 810 97,2 19 242 257 19 938 287 103,6
Austria 845 717 834 624 98,7 1 440 107 1 470 496 102,1
Belgium 146 166 163 847 112,1 445 376 473 035 106,2
Bulgaria 88 680 108 034 121,8 295 722 227 453 76,9
Cyprus 46 117 24 419 53,0 8 260 9 811 118,8
Czech Republic 227 878 259 925 114,1 516 959 591 827 114,5
Denmark 81 850 94 405 115,3 141 051 163 769 116,1
Estonia 11 856 16 641 140,4 11 231 12 037 107,2
Finland 31 811 25 827 81,2 41 363 44 701 108,1
France 374 118 384 504 102,8 602 586 707 151 117,4
Greece 98 560 92 085 93,4 239 723 187 742 78,3
Ireland 43 760 34 987 80,0 70 009 64 947 92,8
Italy 1 926 645 1 815 643 94,2 3 593 553 3 793 737 105,6
Latvia 16 603 12 872 77,5 12 770 11 810 92,5
Lithuania 50 547 52 752 104,4 52 138 43 887 84,2
Luxembourg 12 029 7 312 60,8 10 626 9 381 88,3
Hungary 1 511 547 1 042 493 69,0 2 069 112 1 672 898 80,9
Malta 32 980 251 003 761,1 11 842 22 060 186,3
Netherlands 196 691 242 202 123,1 904 517 1 003 195 110,9
Germany 1 819 527 1 859 108 102,2 3 353 477 3 712 960 110,7
Poland 325 158 370 544 114,0 930 799 1 018 310 109,4
Portugal 52 545 52 769 100,4 38 421 37 746 98,2
Romania 229 767 229 257 99,8 299 388 331 447 110,7
Northern Ireland 2 086 2 051 98,4 4 679 6 082 130,0
Slovakia 153 229 180 893 118,1 551 128 502 830 91,2
Slovenia 1 757 980 1 670 903 95,0 2 954 103 3 021 863 102,3
Spain 263 269 236 377 89,8 483 491 616 523 127,5
Sweden 143 189 134 034 93,6 159 717 180 570 113,1
Not classified 5 686 5 301 93,2 108 19 17,4
EFTA countries 254 809 265 129 104,1 140 015 154 775 110,5
Iceland 1 633 3 051 186,9 46 63 136,0
Liechtenstein 17 118 14 993 87,6 94 29 31,2
Norway 58 956 49 355 83,7 16 004 17 050 106,5
Switzerland 177 102 197 730 111,6 123 871 137 633 111,1
CEFTA countries 2 797 290 2 826 442 101,0 1 960 171 1 727 212 88,1
Albania 74 628 62 562 83,8 32 195 20 742 64,4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 560 147 1 475 200 94,6 945 056 887 517 93,9
Montenegro 203 039 226 595 111,6 5 373 5 271 98,1
Kosovo 87 600 107 061 122,2 8 046 8 003 99,5
Moldova 3 723 2 075 55,7 3 274 6 575 200,8
North Macedonia 103 598 120 249 116,1 82 075 78 656 95,8
Serbia 764 555 832 699 108,9 884 152 720 447 81,5
OPEC countries 123 927 101 539 81,9 64 700 140 244 216,8
Algeria 3 604 4 916 136,4 15 998 17 141 107,1
Angola 1 691 3 668 217,0 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 129 307 237,8 - - -
Gabon 646 842 130,3 53 116 218,0
Iraq 2 862 6 087 212,6 554 236 42,6
Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 769 3 888 103,2 4 726 2 985 63,2
Congo 469 2 005 427,6 - 71 422 -
Kuwait 7 233 5 894 81,5 92 6 6,6
Libya 7 591 3 506 46,2 2 387 - -
Nigeria 887 6 538 737,3 15 066 41 072 272,6
Saudi Arabia 48 171 34 399 71,4 11 010 3 543 32,2
United Arab Emirates 46 852 28 968 61,8 14 750 3 494 23,7
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 24 522 1) 65 229 352,7
Other countries in Europe 590 691 602 223 102,0 952 415 654 949 68,8
Belarus 9 145 5 812 63,6 2 514 437 17,4
Russian Federation 99 064 163 292 164,8 398 476 46 773 11,7
Turkey 232 427 220 625 94,9 425 750 459 042 107,8
United Kingdom 146 916 153 078 104,2 79 548 84 495 106,2
Ukraine 56 660 57 519 101,5 45 516 63 327 139,1
Other countries 46 479 1 897 4,1 610 875 143,4
Other countries in Asia 318 261 297 440 93,5 2 447 674 2 509 427 102,5
Azerbaijan 6 905 2 577 37,3 1 040 306 523 857 50,4
Bangladesh 1 353 1 541 113,9 12 459 39 531 317,3
Philippines 2 747 1 230 44,8 1 139 2 801 245,8
Hong Kong, China 6 299 7 873 125,0 3 682 1 885 51,2
India 12 386 11 805 95,3 119 422 190 756 159,7
Indonesia 5 971 5 700 95,5 37 175 64 334 173,1
Israel 75 446 28 026 37,1 33 487 19 570 58,4
Japan 40 922 51 300 125,4 30 754 54 316 176,6
Qatar 11 078 3 137 28,3 2 125 1 962 92,3
Kazakhstan 11 891 32 902 276,7 70 754 10 279 14,5
China 62 271 50 033 80,3 887 152 865 163 97,5
Korea, Republic of 6 224 10 279 165,2 71 466 44 403 62,1
Lebanon 8 907 16 278 182,7 8 90 1)
Malaysia 1 660 3 504 211,1 12 390 15 694 126,7
Pakistan 1 573 2 706 172,0 12 461 11 473 92,1
Singapore 5 872 6 500 110,7 13 576 24 910 183,5
Thailand 4 359 3 605 82,7 11 329 13 722 121,1
Taiwan, China 9 190 8 866 96,5 22 448 27 882 124,2
Viet Nam 20 991 19 907 94,8 38 187 53 693 140,6
Other countries 22 217 29 672 133,6 27 354 543 108 1)
Other countries in Africa 156 223 127 693 81,7 174 210 276 898 158,9
Egypt 64 771 60 399 93,3 138 761 31 552 22,7
Ethiopia 929 2 173 234,0 6 058 5 608 92,6
South Africa 9 197 8 116 88,2 11 068 32 096 290,0
Morocco 58 542 28 134 48,1 5 673 6 396 112,8
Mozambique 6 42 744,8 4 228 191 001 1)
Tunisia 5 464 9 041 165,5 3 521 4 455 126,5
Other countries 17 316 19 789 114,3 4 901 5 789 118,1
Other countries in America 414 224 498 367 120,3 2 152 274 943 981 43,9
Argentina 8 485 1 139 13,4 7 216 7 090 98,2
Brazil 8 521 5 201 61,0 12 121 7 850 64,8
Canada 29 372 38 599 131,4 21 904 22 220 101,4
Mexico 7 008 56 377 804,5 17 187 16 349 95,1
United States 348 707 365 906 104,9 2 065 119 716 072 34,7
Other countries 12 131 31 144 256,7 28 726 174 399 607,1
Countries of Oceania 17 408 65 621 377,0 21 066 5 467 26,0
Australia 15 232 22 580 148,2 4 773 4 033 84,5
New Zealand 2 000 1 087 54,3 1 231 1 344 109,2
Other countries 176 41 953 1) 15 061 90 0,6
Not classified 14 349 13 608 94,8 153 180 117 284 76,6

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I ‒ IX 2022 I ‒ IX 2023 Indices
I ‒ IX 2023
I ‒ IX 2022
Export 17 672 442 16 875 359 95,5
EU Member States 12 160 493 11 482 780 94,4
Non-EU Member States 5 511 949 5 392 579 97,8
Import 31 133 768 29 593 808 95,1
EU Member States 21 766 251 22 367 380 102,8
Non-EU Member States 9 367 517 7 226 428 77,1
Balance of foreign trade in goods -13 461 326 -12 718 449 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 56,8 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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