First Release

Year: LXI.
Zagreb, 09 July 2024
VT-2024-1-1/4
ISSN 1334-0557

FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA – Provisional Data January - April 2024 and January - May 2024

According to provisional data, from January to April 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 7.7 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 13.7 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 6.0 billion euro.

In the period from January to April 2024, coverage of import by export was 56.1%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to May 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 9.7 billion euro, while total import was 17.3 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 7.6 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 55.8% in the period from January to May 2024.

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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 $
2023                                    
  I 1 681 438 1 793 157 3 023 809 3 225 155 -1 342 371 -1 431 997 55,6
  II 1 776 783 1 924 784 3 178 436 3 443 187 -1 401 652 -1 518 404 55,9
  III 2 396 683 2 545 035 3 787 484 4 021 924 -1 390 801 -1 476 889 63,3
  IV 1 806 814 1 964 910 3 183 694 3 462 264 -1 376 880 -1 497 354 56,8
  V 1 922 626 2 111 234 3 560 440 3 909 712 -1 637 814 -1 798 478 54,0
  VI 1 916 928 2 047 853 3 496 796 3 735 491 -1 579 869 -1 687 638 54,8
  VII 1 839 326 1 998 612 3 349 870 3 639 962 -1 510 543 -1 641 349 54,9
  VIII 1 666 469 1 836 949 3 156 745 3 479 673 -1 490 276 -1 642 725 52,8
  IX 1 888 412 2 052 326 3 216 265 3 495 433 -1 327 853 -1 443 106 58,7
  X 2 089 295 2 213 398 3 450 675 3 655 639 -1 361 380 -1 442 241 60,5
  XI 2 109 657 2 240 242 3 229 309 3 429 197 -1 119 652 -1 188 955 65,3
  XII 1 800 775 1 968 426 2 977 404 3 254 595 -1 176 628 -1 286 168 60,5
  I – XII 22 895 207 24 696 927 39 610 927 42 752 232 -16 715 720 -18 055 305 57,8
2024                              
  I 1 751 392 1 935 287 2 970 260 3 282 135 -1 218 868 -1 346 848 59,0
  II 1 886 745 2 044 667 3 294 008 3 569 715 -1 407 263 -1 525 048 57,3
  III 2 018 719 2 185 462 3 638 894 3 939 456 -1 620 175 -1 753 994 55,5
  IV 2 010 711 2 173 406 3 753 758 4 058 177 -1 743 047 -1 884 772 53,6
  I – IV 7 667 567 8 338 823 13 656 920 14 849 484 -5 989 353 -6 510 661 56,1

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I – IV 2023 I – IV 2024 Indices
I – IV 2024
I – IV 2023		 I – IV 2023 I – IV 2024 Indices
I – IV 2024
I – IV 2023
    Total 7 661 719 7 667 567 100,1 13 173 423 13 656 920 103,7
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 400 405 407 467 101,8 421 434 464 624 110,2
B    Mining and quarrying 334 523 325 730 97,4 930 601 632 016 67,9
C    Manufacturing 6 430 054 6 611 135 102,8 11 384 851 12 237 857 107,5
  10 Manufacture of food products 634 117 652 983 103,0 1 142 928 1 253 553 109,7
  11 Manufacture of beverages 81 253 86 866 106,9 104 960 117 048 111,5
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 76 794 65 512 85,3 66 261 85 338 128,8
  13 Manufacture of textiles 76 016 71 344 93,9 193 524 179 129 92,6
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 318 971 357 461 112,1 553 026 615 335 111,3
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 171 112 173 918 101,6 269 643 272 232 101,0
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 363 918 365 377 100,4 188 183 176 661 93,9
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 145 106 142 301 98,1 243 877 248 670 102,0
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 642 1 026 159,8 1 043 1 177 112,9
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 326 876 398 863 122,0 972 625 1 131 587 116,3
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 403 795 455 176 112,7 1 017 102 1 001 144 98,4
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 348 120 432 963 124,4 627 574 681 556 108,6
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 242 035 252 628 104,4 486 458 521 703 107,2
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 253 141 285 125 112,6 247 405 294 418 119,0
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 323 966 311 316 96,1 809 196 780 425 96,4
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 471 562 482 319 102,3 447 530 481 110 107,5
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 197 244 180 366 91,4 667 063 698 465 104,7
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 625 997 689 047 110,1 693 272 727 884 105,0
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 472 261 472 164 100,0 934 713 980 611 104,9
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 252 481 330 129 130,8 1 051 947 1 198 115 113,9
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 445 764 231 369 51,9 205 425 298 833 145,5
  31 Manufacture of furniture 113 236 80 322 70,9 184 413 196 726 106,7
  32 Other manufacturing 85 649 92 559 108,1 276 682 296 138 107,0
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 328 818 165 381 50,3 330 577 224 646 68,0
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 135 744 120 630 88,9 81 740 64 956 79,5
J   Information and communication 25 871 24 040 92,9 21 802 22 881 104,9
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 8 11 139,0 12 63 538,7
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 93 256 275,5 1 611 510 31,6
    Not classified 6 203 12 916 208,2 795 9 367 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I – IV 2023 I – IV 2024 Indices
I – IV 2024
I – IV 2023		 I – IV 2023 I – IV 2024 Indices
I – IV 2024
I – IV 2023
  Total 7 661 719 7 667 567 100,1 13 173 423 13 656 920 103,7
0 Food and live animals 885 514 913 679 103,2 1 401 963 1 557 737 111,1
1 Beverages and tobacco 152 238 149 666 98,3 174 564 203 823 116,8
2 Crude materials, except fuels 533 030 512 091 96,1 267 786 247 699 92,5
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 960 681 856 773 89,2 2 232 568 1 976 392 88,5
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 28 061 27 230 97,0 56 279 53 653 95,3
5 Chemical products 848 811 994 279 117,1 1 789 907 1 852 392 103,5
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 1 280 165 1 277 892 99,8 2 129 571 2 151 951 101,1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 1 948 819 1 854 911 95,2 3 396 915 3 736 086 110,0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 991 631 1 047 079 105,6 1 653 808 1 817 889 109,9
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 26 567 21 051 79,2 69 267 49 931 72,1
  Not classified 6 203 12 916 208,2 795 9 367 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

      Export Import
I – IV 2023 I – IV 2024 Indices
I – IV 2024
I – IV 2023		 I – IV 2023 I – IV 2024 Indices
I – IV 2024
I – IV 2023
Total 7 661 719 7 667 567 100,1 13 173 423 13 656 920 103,7
EU Member States 5 289 347 5 021 582 94,9 10 120 176 10 858 732 107,3
Austria 411 154 412 066 100,2 762 951 745 723 97,7
Belgium 69 712 76 896 110,3 231 184 218 130 94,4
Bulgaria 51 473 60 116 116,8 125 287 218 352 174,3
Cyprus 7 700 9 144 118,8 5 274 5 074 96,2
Czech Republic 126 248 120 208 95,2 293 283 329 899 112,5
Denmark 44 200 47 681 107,9 76 767 113 550 147,9
Estonia 9 911 3 532 35,6 5 828 8 365 143,5
Finland 15 413 17 283 112,1 22 611 21 894 96,8
France 196 164 191 500 97,6 340 072 418 706 123,1
Greece 49 621 48 570 97,9 112 092 167 279 149,2
Ireland 19 930 28 595 143,5 29 919 32 583 108,9
Italy 894 161 904 251 101,1 1 951 463 2 033 732 104,2
Latvia 7 292 12 240 167,9 5 757 6 542 113,6
Lithuania 30 089 25 097 83,4 21 827 23 716 108,7
Luxembourg 4 033 4 018 99,6 4 453 4 277 96,0
Hungary 574 749 503 722 87,6 852 848 901 727 105,7
Malta 216 909 12 100 5,6 14 949 1 460 9,8
Netherlands 132 784 122 138 92,0 491 680 540 763 110,0
Germany 932 701 935 455 100,3 1 863 361 2 013 837 108,1
Poland 174 765 180 247 103,1 506 520 546 533 107,9
Portugal 29 713 31 397 105,7 20 289 20 400 100,5
Romania 115 062 118 147 102,7 165 200 186 363 112,8
Northern Ireland 864 1 669 193,3 3 582 1 483 41,4
Slovakia 97 008 86 292 89,0 271 194 324 559 119,7
Slovenia 888 031 849 067 95,6 1 520 332 1 553 694 102,2
Spain 121 068 132 354 109,3 325 804 308 602 94,7
Sweden 65 789 86 128 130,9 95 643 111 373 116,4
Not classified 2 802 1 667 59,5 8 114 1)
EFTA countries 126 904 132 224 104,2 75 853 90 785 119,7
Iceland 1 112 2 928 263,3 58 251 433,8
Liechtenstein 7 598 8 203 108,0 8 29 376,0
Norway 16 172 19 858 122,8 7 913 6 814 86,1
Switzerland 102 021 101 235 99,2 67 874 83 691 123,3
CEFTA countries 1 373 111 1 553 271 113,1 886 001 788 430 89,0
Albania 28 867 23 501 81,4 11 136 9 667 86,8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 705 691 890 572 126,2 447 681 396 819 88,6
Montenegro 98 068 116 003 118,3 2 234 1 613 72,2
Kosovo 50 040 61 521 122,9 4 421 3 153 71,3
Moldova 547 1 323 242,1 1 206 2 919 241,9
North Macedonia 58 524 67 902 116,0 35 359 42 970 121,5
Serbia 431 374 392 449 91,0 383 965 331 289 86,3
OPEC countries 49 546 100 701 203,2 58 983 48 497 82,2
Algeria 2 321 2 538 109,3 16 671 12 787 76,7
Equatorial Guinea 175 88 50,5 - - -
Gabon 427 218 51,0 59 0 0,3
Iraq 2 578 10 991 426,3 169 424 250,6
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 770 847 47,8 1 296 2 355 181,7
Congo 572 60 10,4 1 - -
Kuwait 2 081 2 665 128,0 6 - -
Libya 1 341 632 47,1 - 2 284 -
Nigeria 5 795 106 1,8 39 287 313 0,8
Saudi Arabia 16 759 50 003 298,4 596 21 217 1)
United Arab Emirates 15 203 32 515 213,9 899 9 112 1)
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 522 39 7,5 - 5 -
Other countries in Europe 310 984 290 901 93,5 328 831 352 697 107,3
Belarus 2 564 3 178 123,9 273 214 78,4
Russian Federation 70 734 66 179 93,6 28 970 7 171 24,8
Türkiye 127 813 86 543 67,7 234 000 269 869 115,3
United Kingdom 77 486 98 202 126,7 31 960 43 221 135,2
Ukraine 32 326 25 764 79,7 32 990 28 377 86,0
Other countries 61 11 035 1) 639 3 846 602,1
Other countries in Asia 163 900 180 727 110,3 778 831 955 439 122,7
Azerbaijan 1 894 1 098 58,0 57 145 223 931 391,9
Bangladesh 217 1 061 487,8 18 346 18 459 100,6
Philippines 1 032 678 65,7 771 971 126,0
Hong Kong, China 3 448 6 837 198,3 862 460 53,3
India 4 950 8 909 180,0 123 966 76 390 61,6
Indonesia 3 659 1 696 46,3 19 157 9 304 48,6
Israel 9 122 11 377 124,7 11 842 12 016 101,5
Japan 48 330 19 413 40,2 22 102 24 303 110,0
Qatar 1 615 5 222 323,5 1 043 392 37,6
Kazakhstan 16 280 20 030 123,0 10 017 65 377 652,6
China 24 942 44 878 179,9 402 688 430 393 106,9
Korea, Republic of 4 391 3 661 83,4 23 615 20 998 88,9
Lebanon 7 364 15 175 206,1 45 40 87,4
Malaysia 1 081 2 323 215,0 7 219 2 779 38,5
Pakistan 2 633 340 12,9 5 553 7 932 142,8
Singapore 2 091 4 866 232,7 7 185 3 093 43,1
Thailand 2 017 2 316 114,9 6 223 5 000 80,4
Taiwan, China 4 219 2 506 59,4 14 739 12 752 86,5
Viet Nam 11 392 13 944 122,4 33 290 28 115 84,5
Other countries 13 223 14 397 108,9 13 023 12 735 97,8
Other countries in Africa 62 288 80 890 129,9 244 788 45 726 18,7
Egypt 31 620 47 677 150,8 14 729 24 679 167,5
Ethiopia 919 1 360 147,9 3 258 4 344 133,3
South Africa 4 510 8 252 183,0 25 851 1 874 7,2
Morocco 14 970 15 772 105,4 4 258 4 542 106,7
Mozambique 30 - - 191 000 632 0,3
Tunisia 713 1 164 163,4 2 251 6 434 285,8
Other countries 9 526 6 665 70,0 3 441 3 222 93,6
Other countries in America 269 945 293 813 108,8 622 234 420 071 67,5
Argentina 770 722 93,9 3 438 3 417 99,4
Brazil 3 350 2 561 76,4 4 415 7 332 166,1
Canada 22 198 12 139 54,7 9 980 14 133 141,6
Mexico 48 885 5 316 10,9 5 917 5 226 88,3
United States 188 814 264 267 140,0 527 378 326 972 62,0
Other countries 5 927 8 808 148,6 71 107 62 990 88,6
Countries of Oceania 11 731 9 095 77,5 2 046 1 687 82,4
Australia 10 961 8 643 78,8 1 473 679 46,1
New Zealand 687 394 57,4 483 938 194,4
Other countries 83 57 69,5 90 70 77,1
Not classified 3 964 4 364 110,1 55 681 94 857 170,4

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I – V 2023 I – V 2024 Indices
I – V 2024
I – V 2023
Export 9 584 345 9 658 571 100,8
EU Member States 6 633 582 6 347 749 95,7
Non-EU Member States 2 950 763 3 310 821 112,2
Import 16 733 863 17 297 393 103,4
EU Member States 12 775 036 13 798 909 108,0
Non-EU Member States 3 958 827 3 498 484 88,4
Balance of foreign trade in goods -7 149 518 -7 638 823 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 57,3 55,8 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. As of 1 January 2024, all goods included in purchase and sale transactions must be reported to Intrastat based on the month of the creation of the taxable event. 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 2024, an exemption threshold of 450 thousand euro for arrivals and of 300 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, the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197, the Official Statistics Act (NN, No. 25/20) and the Customs Administration Act (NN, Nos 68/13, 30/14, 115/16, 39/19, 98/19, 155/23 and 36/24). 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, the Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/1197, 2021/1225 and 2021/235, the Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/1704 and 2021/234, 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) and the Customs Administration Act (NN, Nos 68/13, 30/14, 115/16, 39/19, 98/19, 155/23 and 36/24).

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 2023 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
0 value not zero but less than 0.5 of the unit of measure used

 

 

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