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
Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics
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
B
Mining and quarrying
1 783 399
867 753
48,7
5 382 621
2 949 928
54,8
C
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.