First Release

Year: LX.
Zagreb, 08 March 2024
VT-2023-1-1/12

ISSN 1334-0557

FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA – Provisional data January – December 2023 and January 2024

According to provisional data, from January to December 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 22.9 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 39.5 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 16.6 billion euro.

In the period from January to December 2023, coverage of import by export was 58.0%.

According to the First Results, in January 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1.7 billion euro, while total import was 2.9 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 1.2 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 59.1% in January 2024.

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 differ from those published in the First Release VT-2023-1-2.

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, DECEMBER 2022 – DECEMBER 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 1 683 177 1 795 261 3 021 951 3 223 211 -1 338 774 -1 427 950 55,7
  II 1 783 028 1 931 549 3 175 239 3 439 725 -1 392 211 -1 508 176 56,2
  III 2 398 299 2 546 751 3 762 975 3 995 898 -1 364 676 -1 449 146 63,7
  IV 1 808 988 1 967 274 3 203 654 3 483 971 -1 394 667 -1 516 697 56,5
  V 1 922 487 2 111 081 3 556 755 3 905 666 -1 634 269 -1 794 585 54,1
  VI 1 926 317 2 057 883 3 499 458 3 738 334 -1 573 141 -1 680 450 55,0
  VII 1 843 058 2 002 667 3 362 551 3 653 741 -1 519 493 -1 651 074 54,8
  VIII 1 667 432 1 838 011 3 149 969 3 472 202 -1 482 537 -1 634 191 52,9
  IX 1 888 291 2 052 194 3 207 275 3 485 662 -1 318 984 -1 433 467 58,9
  X 2 086 835 2 210 791 3 439 088 3 643 365 -1 352 253 -1 432 573 60,7
  XI 2 091 140 2 220 579 3 191 141 3 388 668 -1 100 001 -1 168 089 65,5
  XII 1 775 490 1 940 786 2 882 794 3 151 179 -1 107 304 -1 210 393 61,6
  I – XII 22 874 542 24 674 828 39 452 851 42 581 620 -16 578 310 -17 906 793 58,0

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

        Export  Import
I ‒ XII 2022 I ‒ XII 2023 indices
I ‒ XII 2023
I ‒ XII 2022
I ‒ XII 2022 I ‒ XII 2023 indices
I ‒ XII 2023
I ‒ XII 2022
    Total 24 108 220 22 874 542 94,9 41 864 518 39 452 851 94,2
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 397 930 1 253 987 89,7 1 032 580 1 241 048 120,2
  Mining and quarrying 1 783 399 867 753 48,7 5 382 621 2 949 928 54,8
  Manufacturing 18 877 177 19 491 054 103,3 32 974 236 34 086 586 103,4
  10 Manufacture of food products 1 812 370 1 998 247 110,3 3 367 204 3 814 326 113,3
  11 Manufacture of beverages 231 135 284 564 123,1 325 291 379 948 116,8
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 201 592 252 093 125,1 237 207 243 583 102,7
  13 Manufacture of textiles 217 120 215 315 99,2 523 074 540 745 103,4
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 902 583 1 054 628 116,8 1 512 016 1 704 805 112,8
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 465 778 475 971 102,2 695 062 776 750 111,8
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 1 200 464 983 624 81,9 539 458 511 314 94,8
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 479 129 424 453 88,6 809 386 737 664 91,1
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 2 503 2 150 85,9 3 882 3 223 83,0
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 1 590 780 1 180 181 74,2 3 098 624 2 547 687 82,2
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 1 209 257 1 259 578 104,2 3 046 644 2 842 314 93,3
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 1 054 770 1 134 464 107,6 1 778 129 1 825 461 102,7
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 753 231 721 308 95,8 1 458 860 1 433 220 98,2
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 742 672 813 245 109,5 711 114 761 582 107,1
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 1 037 274 910 481 87,8 2 741 254 2 264 565 82,6
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 1 474 933 1 423 399 96,5 1 285 708 1 352 921 105,2
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 630 171 579 784 92,0 1 965 523 2 058 167 104,7
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1 765 462 1 990 231 112,7 1 968 419 2 133 991 108,4
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 1 300 244 1 500 529 115,4 2 647 472 2 890 845 109,2
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 673 015 788 799 117,2 2 274 423 3 049 456 134,1
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 560 457 910 617 162,5 668 253 805 102 120,5
  31 Manufacture of furniture 327 154 314 510 96,1 497 859 536 834 107,8
  32 Other manufacturing 245 084 272 881 111,3 819 375 872 084 106,4
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1 429 996 776 817 54,3 2 145 699 882 299 41,1
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 481 648 356 662 74,1 249 930 206 512 82,6
J   Information and communication 83 819 80 815 96,4 76 743 81 813 106,6
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 12 58 482,7 91 143 157,3
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 743 891 119,9 418 2 127 509,3
    Not classified 53 496 46 505 86,9 2 200 2 397 109,0

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

         Export Import
I ‒ XII 2022 I ‒ XII 2023 indices
I ‒ XII 2023
I ‒ XII 2022
I ‒ XII 2022 I ‒ XII 2023 indices
I ‒ XII 2023
I ‒ XII 2022
  Total 24 108 220 22 874 542 94,9 41 864 518 39 452 851 94,2
0 Food and live animals 2 667 734 2 829 158 106,1 3 883 524 4 598 709 118,4
1 Beverages and tobacco 406 123 511 997 126,1 574 510 641 886 111,7
2 Crude materials, except fuels 1 785 473 1 456 553 81,6 806 846 691 980 85,8
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 4 723 841 2 741 816 58,0 10 706 352 6 357 807 59,4
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 157 381 95 699 60,8 230 265 181 158 78,7
5 Chemical products 2 561 460 2 675 812 104,5 5 173 380 5 103 968 98,7
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 3 865 889 3 784 563 97,9 6 528 682 6 203 727 95,0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 4 795 261 5 633 893 117,5 9 065 866 10 443 172 115,2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2 956 054 3 027 526 102,4 4 634 422 5 072 467 109,5
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 135 508 71 018 52,4 258 471 155 580 60,2
  Not classified 53 496 46 505 86,9 2 200 2 397 109,0

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

    Export Import
I ‒ XII 2022 I ‒ XII 2023 indices
I ‒ XII 2023
I ‒ XII 2022
I ‒ XII 2022 I ‒ XII 2023 indices
I ‒ XII 2023
I ‒ XII 2022
Total 24 108 220 22 874 542 94,9 41 864 518 39 452 851 94,2
EU Member States 16 595 283 15 517 737 93,5 29 582 892 30 288 440 102,4
Austria 1 275 382 1 281 895 100,5 2 169 218 2 190 211 101,0
Belgium 232 613 254 595 109,5 688 386 691 801 100,5
Bulgaria 137 540 160 862 117,0 401 511 328 307 81,8
Cyprus 52 302 34 658 66,3 12 988 15 803 121,7
Czech Republic 347 197 382 635 110,2 800 726 907 885 113,4
Denmark 123 006 171 057 139,1 220 248 263 807 119,8
Estonia 19 882 22 983 115,6 16 323 17 611 107,9
Finland 43 878 45 257 103,1 64 322 70 199 109,1
France 584 066 582 643 99,8 886 738 1 061 996 119,8
Greece 147 295 151 668 103,0 298 376 309 969 103,9
Ireland 66 711 56 500 84,7 107 056 95 302 89,0
Italy 2 946 999 2 793 524 94,8 5 800 324 5 729 726 98,8
Latvia 27 185 20 012 73,6 18 010 18 174 100,9
Lithuania 80 980 85 014 105,0 72 457 67 809 93,6
Luxembourg 17 376 10 809 62,2 14 287 13 499 94,5
Hungary 2 729 383 1 568 750 57,5 3 059 947 2 532 195 82,8
Malta 46 639 299 738 642,7 16 999 86 680 509,9
Netherlands 351 726 371 589 105,6 1 396 884 1 561 404 111,8
Germany 2 739 585 2 793 096 102,0 5 226 223 5 625 632 107,6
Poland 508 354 562 898 110,7 1 449 228 1 563 932 107,9
Portugal 84 041 77 225 91,9 76 369 58 993 77,2
Romania 360 782 354 230 98,2 449 699 509 489 113,3
Northern Ireland 2 551 3 005 117,8 7 032 9 046 128,6
Slovakia 251 655 256 366 101,9 839 733 786 353 93,6
Slovenia 2 789 033 2 565 022 92,0 4 518 966 4 533 559 100,3
Spain 408 540 407 598 99,8 724 174 954 634 131,8
Sweden 212 464 196 244 92,4 246 550 284 256 115,3
Not classified 8 119 7 862 96,8 117 168 144,0
EFTA countries 389 308 391 175 100,5 217 966 238 293 109,3
Iceland 3 634 4 969 136,7 50 104 206,3
Liechtenstein 26 787 22 591 84,3 105 198 187,9
Norway 85 487 65 973 77,2 23 833 24 969 104,8
Switzerland 273 399 297 642 108,9 193 977 213 022 109,8
CEFTA countries 4 605 247 4 378 898 95,1 3 065 882 2 533 126 82,6
Albania 121 970 92 003 75,4 44 353 30 402 68,5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 503 432 2 306 328 92,1 1 426 658 1 288 396 90,3
Montenegro 307 082 347 759 113,2 8 432 8 160 96,8
Kosovo 133 701 169 001 126,4 11 075 11 247 101,6
Moldova 5 094 4 264 83,7 5 283 10 818 204,7
North Macedonia 162 207 196 652 121,2 118 160 127 341 107,8
Serbia 1 371 760 1 262 892 92,1 1 451 920 1 056 763 72,8
OPEC countries 192 140 173 380 90,2 80 705 182 498 226,1
Algeria 7 088 6 985 98,6 26 489 21 633 81,7
Angola 3 969 4 448 112,1 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 312 332 106,6 - - -
Gabon 1 291 1 108 85,8 107 116 107,6
Iraq 3 604 11 792 327,2 554 255 46,1
Iran, Islamic Republic of 5 071 5 768 113,7 6 013 5 216 86,7
Congo 1 168 2 443 209,2 - 71 422 -
Kuwait 9 779 7 738 79,1 92 147 160,6
Libya 9 408 7 960 84,6 2 387 - -
Nigeria 9 146 9 198 100,6 15 392 68 039 442,0
Saudi Arabia 72 910 61 937 84,9 12 957 8 670 66,9
United Arab Emirates 68 366 53 148 77,7 16 648 6 771 40,7
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 29 522 1) 66 229 348,8
Other countries in Europe 902 783 879 069 97,4 1 304 733 950 199 72,8
Belarus 13 499 8 763 64,9 2 764 781 28,2
Russian Federation 181 750 223 231 122,8 471 893 58 655 12,4
Turkey 349 748 308 739 88,3 634 774 665 940 104,9
United Kingdom 234 009 245 292 104,8 115 399 129 303 112,0
Ukraine 76 958 90 490 117,6 75 584 94 398 124,9
Other countries 46 819 2 554 5,5 4 319 1 123 26,0
Other countries in Asia 471 686 453 227 96,1 3 553 271 3 337 946 93,9
Azerbaijan 7 608 4 373 57,5 1 173 063 699 487 59,6
Bangladesh 2 540 7 247 285,3 31 626 57 630 182,2
Philippines 3 619 3 435 94,9 2 150 3 760 174,9
Hong Kong, China 10 873 18 733 172,3 5 026 2 663 53,0
India 30 742 25 391 82,6 153 054 245 369 160,3
Indonesia 8 648 8 744 101,1 117 049 86 487 73,9
Israel 113 739 37 292 32,8 44 979 29 902 66,5
Japan 49 755 58 800 118,2 48 548 72 180 148,7
Qatar 13 690 6 126 44,7 227 978 2 567 1,1
Kazakhstan 21 131 48 737 230,6 71 131 45 154 63,5
China 85 373 78 731 92,2 1 366 737 1 276 122 93,4
Korea, Republic of 10 482 13 309 127,0 93 585 65 244 69,7
Lebanon 11 597 24 752 213,4 10 102 1)
Malaysia 2 835 5 244 184,9 29 297 18 860 64,4
Pakistan 4 247 5 802 136,6 21 473 17 435 81,2
Singapore 9 832 10 099 102,7 20 673 28 031 135,6
Thailand 5 961 5 402 90,6 18 857 20 727 109,9
Taiwan, China 10 927 11 395 104,3 36 970 39 773 107,6
Viet Nam 28 618 28 949 101,2 48 160 67 230 139,6
Other countries 39 466 50 667 128,4 42 903 559 224 1)
Other countries in Africa 241 982 210 404 87,0 455 971 296 639 65,1
Egypt 109 165 91 225 83,6 408 506 43 157 10,6
Ethiopia 2 245 2 577 114,8 6 215 5 715 92,0
South Africa 13 621 25 902 190,2 12 658 33 853 267,5
Morocco 73 221 40 990 56,0 7 493 7 877 105,1
Mozambique 19 75 402,4 8 363 191 573 1)
Tunisia 6 796 14 681 216,0 5 509 7 799 141,6
Other countries 36 915 34 955 94,7 7 227 6 665 92,2
Other countries in America 658 558 768 854 116,7 3 371 606 1 442 170 42,8
Argentina 10 014 1 995 19,9 13 337 11 729 87,9
Brazil 10 807 10 023 92,7 26 431 11 482 43,4
Canada 51 565 56 164 108,9 32 738 30 406 92,9
Mexico 11 342 73 043 644,0 58 574 23 401 40,0
United States 554 626 586 215 105,7 3 174 830 1 067 780 33,6
Other countries 20 206 41 415 205,0 65 696 297 372 452,6
Countries of Oceania 26 807 77 971 290,9 21 812 8 168 37,4
Australia 23 421 33 966 145,0 5 304 5 698 107,4
New Zealand 2 986 1 935 64,8 1 446 2 378 164,4
Other countries 400 42 070 1) 15 062 92 0,6
Not classified 24 426 23 826 97,5 209 680 175 372 83,6

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

       I 2023 I 2024 Indices
I  2024
I 2023
Export 1 683 177 1 685 543 100,1
EU Member States 1 159 086 1 139 633 98,3
Non-EU Member States 524 091 545 910 104,2
Import 3 021 951 2 852 380 94,4
EU Member States 2 269 430 2 360 668 104,0
Non-EU Member States 752 522 491 712 65,3
Balance of foreign trade in goods -1 338 774 -1 166 837 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 55,7 59,1 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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