First Release

Year: LX.
Zagreb, 08 December 2023
VT-2023-1-1/9
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to September 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 17.0 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 29.9 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 12.9 billion euro.

In the period from January to September 2023, coverage of import by export was 56.8%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to October 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 19.0 billion euro, while total import was 33.2 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 14.2 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 57.3% in the period from January to October 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, SEPTEMBER 2022 – SEPTEMBER 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 1 682 667 1 794 717 3 021 124 3 222 328 -1 338 457 -1 427 611 55,7
  II 1 780 560 1 928 875 3 172 480 3 436 736 -1 391 921 -1 507 861 56,1
  III 2 396 980 2 545 351 3 756 067 3 988 562 -1 359 087 -1 443 211 63,8
  IV 1 809 206 1 967 511 3 197 164 3 476 912 -1 387 957 -1 509 401 56,6
  V 1 921 581 2 110 086 3 552 560 3 901 059 -1 630 979 -1 790 973 54,1
  VI 1 922 745 2 054 067 3 498 886 3 737 725 -1 576 141 -1 683 657 55,0
  VII 1 908 072 2 073 307 3 354 673 3 645 183 -1 446 601 -1 571 876 56,9
  VIII 1 662 489 1 832 561 3 131 472 3 451 815 -1 468 983 -1 619 254 53,1
  IX 1 880 919 2 044 183 3 168 369 3 443 379 -1 287 450 -1 399 196 59,4
  I – IX 16 965 219 18 350 658 29 852 794 32 303 699 -12 887 576 -13 953 041 56,8

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I ‒ IX 2022 I ‒ IX 2023 indices
I ‒ IX 2023
I ‒ IX 2022		 I ‒ IX 2022 I ‒ IX 2023 indices
I ‒ IX 2023
I ‒ IX 2022
    Total 17 672 442 16 965 219 96,0 31 133 768 29 852 794 95,9
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 033 184 899 932 87,1 776 512 925 588 119,2
B    Mining and quarrying 1 218 231 612 981 50,3 4 075 167 2 450 487 60,1
C    Manufacturing 13 943 566 14 478 915 103,8 24 392 665 25 576 317 104,9
  10 Manufacture of food products 1 304 270 1 479 963 113,5 2 489 296 2 867 482 115,2
  11 Manufacture of beverages 173 019 224 138 129,5 262 184 302 367 115,3
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 146 882 196 333 133,7 167 452 184 836 110,4
  13 Manufacture of textiles 166 889 169 020 101,3 395 791 419 253 105,9
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 601 805 741 147 123,2 1 092 321 1 252 052 114,6
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 347 320 362 728 104,4 524 053 597 102 113,9
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 920 055 759 937 82,6 410 753 395 927 96,4
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 363 666 320 005 88,0 616 138 562 822 91,3
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 943 1 553 79,9 3 252 2 436 74,9
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 1 232 288 841 795 68,3 2 154 179 1 919 930 89,1
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 891 239 932 034 104,6 2 317 198 2 183 562 94,2
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 793 189 793 179 100,0 1 297 970 1 346 253 103,7
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 569 482 539 198 94,7 1 121 622 1 081 780 96,4
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 550 909 609 556 110,6 532 986 565 884 106,2
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 818 071 693 291 84,7 2 187 747 1 739 882 79,5
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 1 072 615 1 069 674 99,7 967 639 1 012 919 104,7
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 455 802 430 142 94,4 1 397 159 1 482 151 106,1
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1 307 127 1 492 575 114,2 1 439 834 1 569 202 109,0
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 923 656 1 103 235 119,4 1 912 835 2 148 665 112,3
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 470 777 560 216 119,0 1 672 772 2 255 484 134,8
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 414 042 731 519 176,7 467 737 645 301 138,0
  31 Manufacture of furniture 242 731 230 632 95,0 366 668 403 717 110,1
  32 Other manufacturing 175 788 197 044 112,1 595 079 637 308 107,1
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 979 295 607 132 62,0 1 624 623 677 568 41,7
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 389 890 269 233 69,1 207 866 159 439 76,7
J   Information and communication 61 267 58 361 95,3 54 838 59 513 108,5
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 6 25 401,1 60 89 149,0
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 517 466 90,1 332 1 965 592,8
    Not classified 46 486 38 173 82,1 1 706 1 829 107,2

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I ‒ IX 2022 I ‒ IX 2023 indices
I ‒ IX 2023
I ‒ IX 2022		 I ‒ IX 2022 I ‒ IX 2023 indices
I ‒ IX 2023
I ‒ IX 2022
  Total 17 672 442 16 965 219 96,0 31 133 768 29 852 794 95,9
0 Food and live animals 1 953 552 2 069 792 106,0 2 877 453 3 463 500 120,4
1 Beverages and tobacco 303 192 399 294 131,7 433 783 488 082 112,5
2 Crude materials, except fuels 1 349 008 1 106 652 82,0 626 991 525 276 83,8
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 3 365 015 2 000 895 59,5 7 931 605 5 037 824 63,5
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 121 900 71 293 58,5 180 907 137 085 75,8
5 Chemical products 1 917 832 1 936 449 101,0 3 870 814 3 854 103 99,6
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 2 932 482 2 864 797 97,7 5 039 675 4 719 644 93,6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 3 489 024 4 220 214 121,0 6 564 972 7 740 423 117,9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2 084 844 2 207 694 105,9 3 398 648 3 757 486 110,6
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 109 108 49 965 45,8 207 215 127 541 61,6
  Not classified 46 486 38 173 82,1 1 706 1 829 107,2

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

  Export Import
I ‒ IX 2022 I ‒ IX 2023 indices
I ‒ IX 2023
I ‒ IX 2022		 I ‒ IX 2022 I ‒ IX 2023 indices
I ‒ IX 2023
I ‒ IX 2022
Total 17 672 442 16 965 219 96,0 31 133 768 29 852 794 95,9
EU Member States 12 160 493 11 574 136 95,2 21 766 251 22 626 997 104,0
Austria 964 451 940 204 97,5 1 624 095 1 659 178 102,2
Belgium 167 678 180 353 107,6 499 806 507 128 101,5
Bulgaria 100 291 122 775 122,4 324 966 254 190 78,2
Cyprus 47 061 26 816 57,0 9 377 11 425 121,8
Czech Republic 258 308 288 106 111,5 595 657 665 221 111,7
Denmark 93 613 122 622 131,0 162 748 190 245 116,9
Estonia 13 551 18 042 133,1 12 969 14 160 109,2
Finland 35 151 28 108 80,0 47 315 52 559 111,1
France 425 335 428 428 100,7 673 104 786 007 116,8
Greece 109 154 105 615 96,8 255 233 218 053 85,4
Ireland 51 978 43 500 83,7 79 715 72 883 91,4
Italy 2 205 344 2 079 077 94,3 4 069 334 4 306 540 105,8
Latvia 18 515 15 332 82,8 13 975 13 299 95,2
Lithuania 57 221 60 878 106,4 57 386 50 637 88,2
Luxembourg 14 078 8 058 57,2 11 587 10 356 89,4
Hungary 1 911 772 1 157 903 60,6 2 334 359 1 889 944 81,0
Malta 42 546 271 861 639,0 13 010 81 842 629,1
Netherlands 231 276 276 657 119,6 1 030 462 1 156 652 112,2
Germany 2 054 605 2 108 999 102,6 3 813 439 4 201 043 110,2
Poland 372 760 424 074 113,8 1 061 550 1 155 602 108,9
Portugal 59 446 57 900 97,4 42 508 41 305 97,2
Romania 260 011 259 070 99,6 331 759 376 302 113,4
Northern Ireland 2 157 2 293 106,3 4 838 6 429 132,9
Slovakia 177 449 199 018 112,2 622 126 564 040 90,7
Slovenia 2 024 759 1 904 028 94,0 3 343 141 3 410 324 102,0
Spain 294 138 282 275 96,0 547 940 719 020 131,2
Sweden 160 953 155 836 96,8 183 739 212 538 115,7
Not classified 6 894 6 305 91,5 109 73 67,3
EFTA countries 295 376 295 457 100,0 159 516 174 647 109,5
Iceland 1 695 3 151 185,9 50 67 133,8
Liechtenstein 19 446 16 686 85,8 96 29 30,3
Norway 70 055 52 751 75,3 17 922 18 462 103,0
Switzerland 204 180 222 869 109,2 141 448 156 089 110,4
CEFTA countries 3 349 676 3 216 209 96,0 2 315 772 1 940 385 83,8
Albania 85 611 72 913 85,2 37 155 22 122 59,5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 851 660 1 690 739 91,3 1 071 734 990 109 92,4
Montenegro 231 930 258 086 111,3 6 442 5 967 92,6
Kosovo 99 485 123 104 123,7 8 858 8 959 101,1
Moldova 3 993 2 272 56,9 4 172 7 870 188,6
North Macedonia 119 881 139 487 116,4 91 421 97 323 106,5
Serbia 957 115 929 609 97,1 1 095 991 808 035 73,7
OPEC countries 142 011 120 441 84,8 67 139 142 558 212,3
Algeria 5 101 5 260 103,1 16 110 17 141 106,4
Angola 1 967 3 682 187,2 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 168 332 198,3 - - -
Gabon 942 919 97,6 107 116 107,6
Iraq 3 218 6 146 191,0 554 236 42,6
Iran, Islamic Republic of 4 071 3 907 96,0 5 222 3 517 67,3
Congo 932 2 010 215,6 - 71 422 -
Kuwait 8 044 6 195 77,0 92 6 6,6
Libya 7 966 3 678 46,2 2 387 - -
Nigeria 1 161 8 210 706,9 15 197 41 427 272,6
Saudi Arabia 58 040 39 868 68,7 12 462 4 502 36,1
United Arab Emirates 50 378 39 712 78,8 14 944 3 962 26,5
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 24 522 1) 65 229 352,7
Other countries in Europe 667 676 659 061 98,7 1 040 419 721 256 69,3
Belarus 9 788 6 872 70,2 2 631 494 18,8
Russian Federation 127 665 175 717 137,6 424 660 49 638 11,7
Turkey 254 655 235 017 92,3 473 664 506 553 106,9
United Kingdom 167 125 177 925 106,5 87 019 93 947 108,0
Ukraine 61 962 61 590 99,4 51 696 69 727 134,9
Other countries 46 481 1 939 4,2 750 898 119,7
Other countries in Asia 363 355 325 113 89,5 2 953 838 2 749 727 93,1
Azerbaijan 6 963 2 945 42,3 1 103 057 581 996 52,8
Bangladesh 1 406 1 690 120,2 17 014 45 740 268,8
Philippines 2 773 1 338 48,3 1 527 3 121 204,4
Hong Kong, China 7 731 9 124 118,0 4 128 2 129 51,6
India 13 456 12 888 95,8 128 828 204 059 158,4
Indonesia 6 799 6 149 90,4 67 688 74 791 110,5
Israel 100 008 29 970 30,0 35 413 21 813 61,6
Japan 41 690 52 113 125,0 33 365 58 199 174,4
Qatar 11 837 3 623 30,6 227 460 1 962 0,9
Kazakhstan 13 323 36 565 274,5 70 757 23 899 33,8
China 68 430 56 998 83,3 1 029 804 970 328 94,2
Korea, Republic of 7 137 11 332 158,8 76 970 54 444 70,7
Lebanon 8 910 17 858 200,4 9 90 1)
Malaysia 1 869 4 063 217,4 14 462 16 376 113,2
Pakistan 1 719 2 727 158,6 17 193 13 546 78,8
Singapore 6 235 6 817 109,3 15 421 25 419 164,8
Thailand 4 655 3 809 81,8 13 364 14 846 111,1
Taiwan, China 9 384 9 183 97,9 26 414 30 769 116,5
Viet Nam 23 629 20 811 88,1 40 029 56 228 140,5
Other countries 25 399 35 108 138,2 30 935 549 971 1)
Other countries in Africa 178 590 146 703 82,1 182 319 283 143 155,3
Egypt 77 534 70 335 90,7 143 362 35 301 24,6
Ethiopia 1 229 2 246 182,7 6 199 5 608 90,5
South Africa 9 521 9 032 94,9 11 848 32 781 276,7
Morocco 61 548 31 080 50,5 6 123 7 114 116,2
Mozambique 19 53 283,8 5 192 191 061 1)
Tunisia 5 709 9 143 160,2 4 205 5 298 126,0
Other countries 23 031 24 814 107,7 5 390 5 980 111,0
Other countries in America 476 703 543 185 113,9 2 461 148 1 076 216 43,7
Argentina 8 689 1 446 16,6 8 436 8 485 100,6
Brazil 9 631 7 265 75,4 14 085 8 660 61,5
Canada 33 517 41 663 124,3 23 895 23 664 99,0
Mexico 7 829 58 698 749,8 18 385 17 524 95,3
United States 402 508 399 681 99,3 2 339 545 809 248 34,6
Other countries 14 529 34 432 237,0 56 801 208 634 367,3
Countries of Oceania 20 457 68 132 333,1 21 277 6 441 30,3
Australia 18 211 24 918 136,8 4 906 4 979 101,5
New Zealand 2 064 1 214 58,8 1 310 1 372 104,7
Other countries 182 42 000 1) 15 061 90 0,6
Not classified 18 107 16 781 92,7 166 088 131 425 79,1

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I ‒ X 2022 I ‒ X 2023 Indices
I ‒ X 2023
I ‒ X 2022
Export 19 835 928 19 026 561 95,9
EU Member States 13 612 033 12 974 126 95,3
Non-EU Member States 6 223 895 6 052 434 97,2
Import 34 865 158 33 207 077 95,2
EU Member States 24 433 146 25 274 270 103,4
Non-EU Member States 10 432 012 7 932 807 76,0
Balance of foreign trade in goods -15 029 230 -14 180 517 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 56,9 57,3 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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