First Release

Year: LXI.
Zagreb, 09 October 2024
VT-2024-1-1/7
ISSN 1334-0557

FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA – Provisional Data January - July 2024 and January - August 2024

According to provisional data, from January to July 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 13.9 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 24.9 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 11.1 billion euro.

In the period from January to July 2024, coverage of import by export was 55.7%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to August 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 15.4 billion euro, while total import was 27.9 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 12.4 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 55.4% in the period from January to August 2024.

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, JULY 2023 – JULY 2024

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 1 729 430 1 911 021 2 972 967 3 285 128 -1 243 537 -1 374 107 58,2
  II 1 863 448 2 019 420 3 299 604 3 575 781 -1 436 156 -1 556 361 56,5
  III 2 002 526 2 167 932 3 657 728 3 959 849 -1 655 202 -1 791 917 54,7
  IV 2 011 186 2 173 919 3 836 596 4 147 738 -1 825 410 -1 973 818 52,4
  V 2 019 800 2 164 822 3 952 916 4 236 735 -1 933 116 -2 071 913 51,1
  VI 1 881 023 2 041 286 3 488 329 3 785 533 -1 607 306 -1 744 247 53,9
  VII 2 369 682 2 536 742 3 726 743 3 989 473 -1 357 061 -1 452 730 63,6
  I - VII 13 877 094 15 015 143 24 934 883 26 980 236 -11 057 789 -11 965 094 55,7

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I – VII 2023 I – VII 2024 indices
I – VII 2024
I – VII 2023		 I – VII 2023 I – VII 2024 indices
I – VII 2024
I – VII 2023
    Total 13 340 599 13 877 094 104,0 23 580 529 24 934 883 105,7
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 686 450 669 292 97,5 739 987 777 855 105,1
B    Mining and quarrying 517 377 758 936 146,7 1 820 177 1 345 274 73,9
C    Manufacturing 11 333 514 11 829 114 104,4 20 311 684 22 074 290 108,7
  10 Manufacture of food products 1 135 424 1 147 357 101,1 2 203 557 2 395 668 108,7
  11 Manufacture of beverages 176 863 175 478 99,2 239 963 257 631 107,4
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 152 587 119 306 78,2 144 959 159 990 110,4
  13 Manufacture of textiles 134 822 123 343 91,5 341 271 312 059 91,4
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 576 381 642 053 111,4 939 018 1 033 833 110,1
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 290 011 281 981 97,2 464 685 461 536 99,3
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 630 349 628 569 99,7 324 988 310 531 95,6
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 253 410 252 702 99,7 445 323 456 899 102,6
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 225 1 765 144,1 1 961 1 896 96,7
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 577 433 788 379 136,5 1 497 342 1 853 375 123,8
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 709 172 784 050 110,6 1 734 549 1 711 348 98,7
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 630 970 737 040 116,8 1 068 546 1 187 241 111,1
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 426 265 445 488 104,5 858 181 911 465 106,2
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 462 217 518 866 112,3 445 223 540 177 121,3
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 552 157 601 700 109,0 1 408 605 1 393 734 98,9
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 850 987 853 185 100,3 812 518 868 536 106,9
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 336 699 336 864 100,0 1 165 806 1 218 878 104,6
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1 162 963 1 265 095 108,8 1 249 422 1 286 295 103,0
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 876 592 856 768 97,7 1 739 667 1 794 078 103,1
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 446 418 549 517 123,1 1 853 961 2 021 867 109,1
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 610 184 421 921 69,1 543 133 1 027 811 189,2
  31 Manufacture of furniture 187 067 138 114 73,8 329 178 339 582 103,2
  32 Other manufacturing 153 317 159 573 104,1 499 825 529 860 106,0
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 511 130 302 459 59,2 525 501 548 915 104,5
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 223 808 224 351 100,2 135 703 127 667 94,1
J   Information and communication 44 640 39 907 89,4 44 126 41 211 93,4
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 15 14 94,3 57 120 210,3
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 314 614 195,5 1 727 902 52,2
    Not classified 23 351 52 407 224,4 1 566 18 648 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I – VII 2023 I – VII 2024 indices
I – VII 2024
I – VII 2023		 I – VII 2023 I – VII 2024 indices
I – VII 2024
I – VII 2023
  Total 13 340 599 13 877 094 104,0 23 580 529 24 934 883 105,7
0 Food and live animals 1 596 046 1 592 281 99,8 2 676 579 2 912 323 108,8
1 Beverages and tobacco 311 559 287 869 92,4 385 684 418 836 108,6
2 Crude materials, except fuels 887 705 872 914 98,3 434 359 425 723 98,0
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 1 559 240 1 792 689 115,0 3 838 552 3 724 592 97,0
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 52 631 51 307 97,5 107 336 97 551 90,9
5 Chemical products 1 506 824 1 706 216 113,2 3 062 570 3 190 616 104,2
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 2 260 287 2 302 266 101,9 3 778 284 3 836 460 101,5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 3 357 232 3 355 004 99,9 6 270 086 7 045 542 112,4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1 744 967 1 827 320 104,7 2 913 478 3 169 358 108,8
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 40 757 36 821 90,3 112 035 95 232 85,0
  Not classified 23 351 52 407 224,4 1 566 18 648 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

      Export Import
I – VII 2023 I – VII 2024 indices
I – VII 2024
I – VII 2023		 I – VII 2023 I – VII 2024 indices
I – VII 2024
I – VII 2023
Total 13 340 599 13 877 094 104,0 23 580 529 24 934 883 105,7
EU Member States 9 195 713 9 237 899 100,5 17 992 209 19 556 791 108,7
Austria 746 382 736 354 98,7 1 331 080 1 332 795 100,1
Belgium 148 525 146 068 98,3 402 469 397 494 98,8
Bulgaria 98 240 109 517 111,5 202 264 326 006 161,2
Cyprus 15 137 15 602 103,1 9 026 9 748 108,0
Czech Republic 231 405 226 236 97,8 528 503 573 856 108,6
Denmark 87 100 80 220 92,1 148 356 190 032 128,1
Estonia 15 643 6 391 40,9 10 713 14 815 138,3
Finland 23 021 31 000 134,7 40 426 38 464 95,1
France 348 692 337 629 96,8 645 323 1 024 019 158,7
Greece 85 522 83 018 97,1 179 974 290 914 161,6
Ireland 33 962 62 700 184,6 59 875 60 861 101,6
Italy 1 637 532 1 613 031 98,5 3 440 807 3 549 308 103,2
Latvia 11 155 18 231 163,4 10 817 9 843 91,0
Lithuania 49 171 49 161 100,0 38 699 44 353 114,6
Luxembourg 6 879 9 974 145,0 8 363 8 520 101,9
Hungary 940 241 911 751 97,0 1 488 851 1 602 102 107,6
Malta 232 675 41 719 17,9 79 645 3 369 4,2
Netherlands 227 132 222 326 97,9 891 387 956 136 107,3
Germany 1 674 105 1 699 627 101,5 3 328 675 3 523 364 105,8
Poland 330 383 315 949 95,6 907 172 982 493 108,3
Portugal 48 245 52 282 108,4 34 218 34 105 99,7
Romania 206 219 214 834 104,2 299 299 332 514 111,1
Northern Ireland 2 246 2 631 117,1 5 719 3 517 61,5
Slovakia 163 625 331 532 202,6 447 158 547 526 122,4
Slovenia 1 491 713 1 525 885 102,3 2 699 614 2 924 775 108,3
Spain 215 307 244 412 113,5 586 394 590 128 100,6
Sweden 121 208 146 305 120,7 167 365 185 410 110,8
Not classified 4 249 3 517 82,8 18 325 1)
EFTA countries 242 720 242 038 99,7 135 556 160 263 118,2
Iceland 2 842 7 662 269,6 63 627 993,9
Liechtenstein 13 523 13 108 96,9 20 64 314,2
Norway 48 996 39 809 81,2 15 045 11 225 74,6
Switzerland 177 357 181 460 102,3 120 428 148 347 123,2
CEFTA countries 2 446 827 2 787 614 113,9 1 536 619 1 417 907 92,3
Albania 53 562 51 529 96,2 19 725 18 521 93,9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 258 063 1 578 538 125,5 791 723 729 433 92,1
Montenegro 194 385 222 061 114,2 4 631 4 631 100,0
Kosovo 90 525 117 048 129,3 7 475 6 723 89,9
Moldova 1 961 3 942 201,0 5 515 6 666 120,9
North Macedonia 104 884 119 994 114,4 68 485 81 989 119,7
Serbia 743 447 694 502 93,4 639 066 569 945 89,2
OPEC countries 85 392 138 923 162,7 66 806 211 418 316,5
Algeria 4 589 3 752 81,8 17 141 71 218 415,5
Equatorial Guinea 283 166 58,6 - - -
Gabon 773 413 53,4 116 0 0,2
Iraq 3 785 22 063 582,9 236 494 209,2
Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 888 2 338 60,1 2 659 4 688 176,3
Congo 1 679 324 19,3 1 - -
Kuwait 4 438 4 750 107,0 6 - -
Libya 1 848 4 583 247,9 - 18 763 -
Nigeria 6 442 184 2,9 40 538 78 415 193,4
Saudi Arabia 31 104 38 398 123,5 2 938 24 823 844,9
United Arab Emirates 26 040 61 913 237,8 2 999 12 868 429,1
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 522 39 7,5 173 149 86,5
Other countries in Europe 516 740 515 115 99,7 591 635 626 534 105,9
Belarus 2 951 4 890 165,7 421 436 103,7
Russian Federation 123 768 129 697 104,8 45 024 54 591 121,2
Türkiye 197 775 156 531 79,1 411 975 442 370 107,4
United Kingdom 139 649 164 262 117,6 76 317 81 429 106,7
Ukraine 50 773 48 305 95,1 57 072 43 580 76,4
Other countries 1 825 11 430 626,4 827 4 128 499,3
Other countries in Asia 260 776 273 942 105,0 1 997 255 1 919 068 96,1
Azerbaijan 2 571 3 664 142,5 365 025 436 595 119,6
Bangladesh 1 428 1 879 131,5 33 748 33 672 99,8
Philippines 1 207 920 76,2 1 549 2 262 146,0
Hong Kong, China 6 917 12 207 176,5 1 677 979 58,4
India 10 049 14 950 148,8 176 026 124 876 70,9
Indonesia 5 220 2 552 48,9 61 016 23 371 38,3
Israel 18 530 18 772 101,3 17 492 18 062 103,3
Japan 50 497 21 241 42,1 44 764 40 146 89,7
Qatar 2 938 7 097 241,6 1 703 793 46,5
Kazakhstan 26 374 28 636 108,6 10 217 238 176 1)
China 44 225 63 113 142,7 746 742 824 791 110,5
Korea, Republic of 9 599 11 016 114,8 39 821 41 150 103,3
Lebanon 13 049 21 682 166,2 90 40 44,0
Malaysia 3 091 3 592 116,2 10 725 5 307 49,5
Pakistan 2 682 472 17,6 9 439 14 896 157,8
Singapore 5 123 8 858 172,9 24 044 5 129 21,3
Thailand 3 110 3 561 114,5 11 584 13 104 113,1
Taiwan, China 8 493 4 797 56,5 25 183 22 564 89,6
Viet Nam 18 992 19 455 102,4 51 108 49 627 97,1
Other countries 26 680 25 477 95,5 365 302 23 530 6,4
Other countries in Africa 120 517 120 187 99,7 271 824 79 409 29,2
Egypt 56 858 66 011 116,1 28 445 37 562 132,1
Ethiopia 2 056 1 911 92,9 5 513 12 869 233,4
South Africa 6 939 10 354 149,2 31 223 4 451 14,3
Morocco 25 262 25 646 101,5 5 965 7 504 125,8
Mozambique 41 12 28,2 191 001 1 507 0,8
Tunisia 7 363 1 293 17,6 4 203 9 861 234,6
Other countries 21 998 14 960 68,0 5 474 5 654 103,3
Other countries in America 441 532 530 085 120,1 876 139 759 399 86,7
Argentina 1 115 957 85,8 6 044 5 733 94,9
Brazil 4 890 4 309 88,1 6 842 12 257 179,2
Canada 34 897 26 803 76,8 18 388 56 932 309,6
Mexico 54 138 10 425 19,3 13 725 9 659 70,4
United States 316 176 442 965 140,1 668 063 488 755 73,2
Other countries 30 317 44 627 147,2 163 077 186 063 114,1
Countries of Oceania 19 684 19 918 101,2 5 230 60 096 1)
Australia 16 924 18 144 107,2 3 808 1 292 33,9
New Zealand 926 833 90,0 1 331 3 735 280,6
Other countries 1 834 941 51,3 90 55 070 1)
Not classified 10 698 11 374 106,3 107 254 143 997 134,3

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I – VIII 2023 I – VIII 2024 Indices
I – VIII 2024
I – VIII 2023
Export 15 007 068 15 446 956 102,9
EU Member States 10 227 891 10 220 345 99,9
Non-EU Member States 4 779 177 5 226 611 109,4
Import 26 737 274 27 866 649 104,2
EU Member States 20 209 521 21 870 473 108,2
Non-EU Member States 6 527 753 5 996 176 91,9
Balance of foreign trade in goods -11 730 206 -12 419 693 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 56,1 55,4 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, Nos 25/20 and 155/23) 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, Nos 25/20 and 155/23) 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
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
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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