First Release

Year: LX.
Zagreb, 08 September 2023
VT-2023-1-1/6
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to June 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 11.5 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 20.0 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 8.5 billion euro.

In the period from January to June 2023, coverage of import by export was 57.5%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to July 2023, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 13.3 billion euro, while total import was 23.2 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 9.8 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 57.5% in the period from January to July 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, JUNE 2022 – JUNE 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 1 684 539 1 796 713 3 009 586 3 210 023 -1 325 047 -1 413 310 56,0
  II 1 780 426 1 928 730 3 155 836 3 418 704 -1 375 411 -1 489 975 56,4
  III 2 395 495 2 543 774 3 738 518 3 969 927 -1 343 023 -1 426 153 64,1
  IV 1 807 436 1 965 586 3 178 434 3 456 544 -1 370 998 -1 490 958 56,9
  V 1 927 010 2 116 048 3 482 375 3 823 990 -1 555 365 -1 707 942 55,3
  VI 1 905 428 2 035 568 3 452 611 3 688 423 -1 547 184 -1 652 855 55,2
  I – VI 11 500 334 12 386 419 20 017 361 21 567 611 -8 517 027 -9 181 192 57,5

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I ‒ VI 2022 I ‒ VI 2023 indices
I ‒ VI 2023
I ‒ VI 2022		 I ‒ VI 2022 I ‒ VI 2023 indices
I ‒ VI 2023
I ‒ VI 2022
    Total 11 155 595 11 500 334 103,1 19 790 218 20 017 361 101,1
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 640 137 586 875 91,7 538 503 632 445 117,4
B    Mining and quarrying 654 820 466 079 71,2 2 022 906 1 599 270 79,1
C    Manufacturing 9 127 319 9 721 349 106,5 16 196 167 17 183 463 106,1
  10 Manufacture of food products 826 638 976 454 118,1 1 531 346 1 825 130 119,2
  11 Manufacture of beverages 108 298 162 665 150,2 163 616 193 399 118,2
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 94 699 131 735 139,1 98 199 116 373 118,5
  13 Manufacture of textiles 113 399 114 831 101,3 271 165 293 916 108,4
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 389 450 492 413 126,4 692 489 804 356 116,2
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 232 654 246 268 105,9 339 422 397 752 117,2
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 637 217 549 792 86,3 288 990 282 330 97,7
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 243 688 216 516 88,8 399 091 378 462 94,8
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 309 1 029 78,7 2 378 1 627 68,4
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 723 413 482 508 66,7 1 392 585 1 313 651 94,3
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 606 933 608 779 100,3 1 562 568 1 500 772 96,0
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 527 015 526 753 100,0 889 185 927 790 104,3
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 389 061 367 867 94,6 764 041 730 789 95,6
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 358 798 392 793 109,5 359 509 380 683 105,9
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 572 445 480 671 84,0 1 532 541 1 191 507 77,7
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 704 844 731 182 103,7 653 627 686 851 105,1
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 285 913 291 184 101,8 905 176 981 647 108,4
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 839 014 982 281 117,1 950 007 1 063 449 111,9
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 608 299 742 764 122,1 1 284 725 1 452 705 113,1
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 320 851 377 143 117,5 1 125 778 1 589 661 141,2
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 260 615 551 374 211,6 347 378 361 520 104,1
  31 Manufacture of furniture 166 402 163 881 98,5 251 856 284 855 113,1
  32 Other manufacturing 116 363 130 465 112,1 390 496 424 238 108,6
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 377 935 475 677 125,9 829 558 446 394 53,8
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 294 271 196 126 66,6 167 872 116 806 69,6
J   Information and communication 40 208 38 495 95,7 33 704 35 882 106,5
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 6 15 268,6 38 32 85,2
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 251 219 87,2 201 1 705 849,6
    Not classified 20 648 15 499 75,1 1 269 1 363 107,4

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I ‒ VI 2022 I ‒ VI 2023 indices
I ‒ VI 2023
I ‒ VI 2022		 I ‒ VI 2022 I ‒ VI 2023 indices
I ‒ VI 2023
I ‒ VI 2022
  Total 11 155 595 11 500 334 103,1 19 790 218 20 017 361 101,1
0 Food and live animals 1 234 382 1 364 433 110,5 1 811 170 2 229 518 123,1
1 Beverages and tobacco 189 279 279 076 147,4 262 506 310 561 118,3
2 Crude materials, except fuels 920 440 777 657 84,5 470 583 379 965 80,7
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 1 711 387 1 382 763 80,8 4 310 248 3 357 883 77,9
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 78 352 43 303 55,3 106 802 86 477 81,0
5 Chemical products 1 297 754 1 280 819 98,7 2 620 459 2 645 740 101,0
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 1 990 960 1 941 072 97,5 3 436 784 3 212 482 93,5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2 267 862 2 875 979 126,8 4 397 081 5 216 825 118,6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1 369 494 1 505 205 109,9 2 225 452 2 482 626 111,6
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 75 037 34 528 46,0 147 864 93 921 63,5
  Not classified 20 648 15 499 75,1 1 269 1 363 107,4

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

     Export Import
I ‒ VI 2022 I ‒ VI 2023 indices
I ‒ VI 2023
I ‒ VI 2022		 I ‒ VI 2022 I ‒ VI 2023 indices
I ‒ VI 2023
I ‒ VI 2022
Total 11 155 595 11 500 334 103,1 19 790 218 20 017 361 101,1
EU Member States 7 726 260 7 921 059 102,5 14 460 716 15 160 004 104,8
Austria 645 106 636 139 98,6 1 109 864 1 130 549 101,9
Belgium 108 766 128 228 117,9 347 225 367 240 105,8
Bulgaria 68 568 82 093 119,7 241 718 173 871 71,9
Cyprus 43 014 14 730 34,2 5 629 7 824 139,0
Czech Republic 172 608 195 367 113,2 383 156 446 328 116,5
Denmark 58 550 70 177 119,9 105 220 120 509 114,5
Estonia 9 401 12 677 134,8 8 301 8 980 108,2
Finland 22 128 21 007 94,9 30 902 34 973 113,2
France 281 692 290 992 103,3 453 895 529 234 116,6
Greece 43 245 70 727 163,5 146 119 152 088 104,1
Ireland 36 025 29 045 80,6 47 479 50 291 105,9
Italy 1 458 991 1 392 718 95,5 2 765 701 2 885 428 104,3
Latvia 12 292 10 051 81,8 9 823 8 584 87,4
Lithuania 37 762 43 090 114,1 41 169 32 820 79,7
Luxembourg 7 894 5 841 74,0 7 388 6 580 89,1
Hungary 1 065 647 835 550 78,4 1 491 386 1 281 363 85,9
Malta 19 026 230 427 1) 8 923 19 190 215,1
Netherlands 152 015 197 279 129,8 675 803 751 017 111,1
Germany 1 369 600 1 415 363 103,3 2 521 834 2 812 892 111,5
Poland 243 966 275 875 113,1 691 416 766 819 110,9
Portugal 42 658 42 811 100,4 28 213 29 493 104,5
Romania 175 654 176 785 100,6 234 450 253 527 108,1
Northern Ireland 1 860 796 42,8 3 368 4 933 146,5
Slovakia 113 940 142 258 124,9 418 443 388 390 92,8
Slovenia 1 211 217 1 302 441 107,5 2 199 719 2 273 276 103,3
Spain 207 795 188 857 90,9 361 489 482 743 133,5
Sweden 112 857 105 976 93,9 122 005 141 046 115,6
Not classified 3 985 3 759 94,3 77 17 21,6
EFTA countries 187 109 208 057 111,2 104 974 115 672 110,2
Iceland 919 1 470 159,9 46 63 136,2
Liechtenstein 12 193 11 720 96,1 84 20 24,4
Norway 38 154 40 594 106,4 12 218 12 573 102,9
Switzerland 135 843 154 273 113,6 92 626 103 016 111,2
CEFTA countries 1 996 948 2 102 509 105,3 1 375 379 1 331 268 96,8
Albania 51 938 44 403 85,5 26 240 17 848 68,0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 112 669 1 066 069 95,8 677 428 687 197 101,4
Montenegro 134 175 162 495 121,1 3 275 3 864 118,0
Kosovo 63 080 76 155 120,7 5 822 6 525 112,1
Moldova 2 416 1 694 70,1 2 034 4 408 216,6
North Macedonia 79 873 90 473 113,3 62 868 57 126 90,9
Serbia 552 797 661 220 119,6 597 712 554 301 92,7
OPEC countries 89 966 80 028 89,0 59 708 65 373 109,5
Algeria 2 182 4 357 199,7 15 820 17 141 108,3
Angola 1 590 3 666 230,5 - - -
Equatorial Guinea 60 202 337,1 - - -
Gabon 533 773 145,2 20 116 575,6
Iraq 2 352 3 505 149,0 540 236 43,7
Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 195 2 974 93,1 3 656 2 356 64,4
Congo 374 1 518 405,8 - 1 -
Kuwait 5 481 4 152 75,8 91 6 6,6
Libya 7 468 1 734 23,2 2 387 - -
Nigeria 595 8 058 1) 14 663 40 421 275,7
Saudi Arabia 29 768 26 328 88,4 7 769 2 063 26,6
United Arab Emirates 36 343 22 237 61,2 14 697 2 918 19,9
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 24 522 1) 65 116 178,0
Other countries in Europe 424 250 445 232 104,9 711 151 524 708 73,8
Belarus 6 237 4 322 69,3 2 155 398 18,4
Russian Federation 66 538 106 313 159,8 289 583 42 383 14,6
Turkey 189 999 173 217 91,2 326 098 365 119 112,0
United Kingdom 111 262 113 195 101,7 60 751 64 033 105,4
Ukraine 23 668 46 467 196,3 32 184 51 970 161,5
Other countries 26 546 1 718 6,5 381 804 210,9
Other countries in Asia 263 669 232 634 88,2 1 542 409 1 721 717 111,6
Azerbaijan 6 696 2 272 33,9 519 135 260 208 50,1
Bangladesh 956 1 010 105,6 7 883 28 997 367,8
Philippines 2 398 1 172 48,9 659 1 199 181,8
Hong Kong, China 4 345 5 633 129,6 2 883 1 359 47,1
India 9 256 8 546 92,3 88 578 160 750 181,5
Indonesia 3 682 4 618 125,4 25 376 57 708 227,4
Israel 65 201 16 089 24,7 22 716 16 196 71,3
Japan 39 582 49 711 125,6 20 338 36 915 181,5
Qatar 9 070 2 568 28,3 1 628 1 347 82,8
Kazakhstan 8 852 23 900 270,0 41 022 10 150 24,7
China 48 801 37 384 76,6 646 518 635 241 98,3
Korea, Republic of 5 022 8 558 170,4 57 773 32 827 56,8
Lebanon 8 174 12 280 150,2 7 65 876,7
Malaysia 1 304 2 918 223,8 8 081 9 825 121,6
Pakistan 1 366 2 667 195,2 9 503 8 892 93,6
Singapore 4 329 3 992 92,2 10 362 22 888 220,9
Thailand 3 915 2 761 70,5 7 742 9 616 124,2
Taiwan, China 8 611 7 864 91,3 16 753 21 404 127,8
Viet Nam 15 913 16 658 104,7 34 216 45 407 132,7
Other countries 16 194 22 033 136,1 21 234 360 724 1)
Other countries in Africa 122 823 98 284 80,0 152 073 264 683 174,1
Egypt 49 160 49 962 101,6 125 007 24 237 19,4
Ethiopia 683 1 696 248,3 5 826 5 446 93,5
South Africa 6 704 6 828 101,9 7 165 30 379 424,0
Morocco 50 526 21 783 43,1 4 633 5 242 113,2
Mozambique 6 41 731,3 2 963 191 001 1)
Tunisia 5 252 3 151 60,0 2 260 3 619 160,1
Other countries 10 493 14 824 141,3 4 219 4 759 112,8
Other countries in America 324 094 382 200 117,9 1 240 576 735 220 59,3
Argentina 6 654 1 005 15,1 5 179 5 025 97,0
Brazil 7 278 4 563 62,7 9 404 5 486 58,3
Canada 21 088 30 245 143,4 11 165 15 170 135,9
Mexico 4 562 51 939 1) 12 341 12 819 103,9
United States 276 186 269 172 97,5 1 181 822 592 459 50,1
Other countries 8 326 25 276 303,6 20 666 104 261 504,5
Countries of Oceania 12 769 22 395 175,4 20 338 3 996 19,6
Australia 11 459 19 680 171,7 4 488 2 693 60,0
New Zealand 1 152 881 76,5 790 1 213 153,7
Other countries 158 1 834 1) 15 060 90 0,6
Not classified 7 707 7 935 103,0 122 894 94 720 77,1

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I ‒ VII 2022 I ‒ VII 2023 Indices
I ‒ VII 2023
I ‒ VII 2022
Export 13 304 002 13 333 395 100,2
EU Member States 9 223 292 9 123 259 98,9
Non-EU Member States 4 080 710 4 210 135 103,2
Import 23 425 764 23 183 324 99,0
EU Member States 16 919 191 17 606 476 104,1
Non-EU Member States 6 506 573 5 576 849 85,7
Balance of foreign trade in goods -10 121 762 -9 849 930 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 56,8 57,5 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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