First Release

Year: LXI.
Zagreb, 08 November 2024
VT-2024-1-1/8
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to August 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 15.5 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 28.0 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 12.4 billion euro.

In the period from January to August 2024, coverage of import by export was 55.5%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to September 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 17.5 billion euro, while total import was 31.4 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 13.9 billion euro.

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

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, AUGUST 2023 – AUGUST 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 1 739 581 1 922 238 2 973 571 3 285 796 -1 233 990 -1 363 558 58,5
  II 1 879 194 2 036 484 3 300 022 3 576 234 -1 420 828 -1 539 750 56,9
  III 2 010 227 2 176 269 3 658 702 3 960 903 -1 648 475 -1 784 634 54,9
  IV 2 018 679 2 182 020 3 840 918 4 152 410 -1 822 239 -1 970 390 52,6
  V 2 028 142 2 173 763 3 970 604 4 255 693 -1 942 461 -2 081 929 51,1
  VI 1 906 600 2 069 040 3 403 581 3 693 564 -1 496 981 -1 624 524 56,0
  VII 2 382 922 2 550 915 3 728 805 3 991 680 -1 345 884 -1 440 764 63,9
  VIII 1 576 314 1 706 829 3 107 326 3 364 606 -1 531 012 -1 657 776 50,7
  I – VIII 15 541 658 16 817 559 27 983 529 30 280 886 -12 441 871 -13 463 327 55,5

 

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I – VIII 2023 I – VIII 2024 indices
I – VIII 2024
I – VIII 2023		 I – VIII 2023 I – VIII 2024 indices
I – VIII 2024
I – VIII 2023
    Total 15 007 068 15 541 658 103,6 26 737 274 27 983 529 104,7
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 776 594 763 122 98,3 835 636 869 574 104,1
B    Mining and quarrying 566 620 847 901 149,6 2 273 135 1 590 229 70,0
C    Manufacturing 12 777 055 13 220 460 103,5 22 823 619 24 544 737 107,5
  10 Manufacture of food products 1 298 140 1 296 360 99,9 2 554 655 2 764 326 108,2
  11 Manufacture of beverages 202 970 203 266 100,1 276 498 298 828 108,1
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 173 333 133 436 77,0 164 286 182 612 111,2
  13 Manufacture of textiles 146 213 134 346 91,9 375 838 342 472 91,1
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 640 700 709 272 110,7 1 077 102 1 162 809 108,0
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 317 613 312 568 98,4 528 085 521 161 98,7
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 673 682 677 083 100,5 355 509 342 645 96,4
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 284 344 286 490 100,8 504 515 513 700 101,8
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 386 1 876 135,3 2 234 2 020 90,4
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 721 396 914 354 126,7 1 659 644 2 073 135 124,9
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 806 916 882 411 109,4 1 954 533 1 922 164 98,3
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 716 111 838 055 117,0 1 206 402 1 344 590 111,5
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 474 948 491 581 103,5 963 979 1 013 691 105,2
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 525 312 586 806 111,7 500 411 604 844 120,9
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 615 977 668 011 108,4 1 563 797 1 543 764 98,7
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 946 363 945 630 99,9 908 428 960 110 105,7
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 378 351 379 565 100,3 1 313 355 1 360 585 103,6
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1 308 279 1 410 746 107,8 1 401 561 1 441 324 102,8
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 977 661 954 232 97,6 1 934 555 1 999 779 103,4
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 495 239 608 473 122,9 2 051 216 2 218 721 108,2
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 694 559 455 156 65,5 593 608 958 104 161,4
  31 Manufacture of furniture 204 978 151 515 73,9 366 908 377 518 102,9
  32 Other manufacturing 172 584 179 228 103,8 566 501 595 836 105,2
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 557 729 354 695 63,6 602 996 698 373 115,8
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 246 437 242 158 98,3 147 275 140 569 95,4
J   Information and communication 51 235 46 002 89,8 51 118 48 258 94,4
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 25 16 63,5 75 143 191,0
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 414 643 155,3 1 743 975 55,9
    Not classified 30 958 66 660 215,3 1 678 90 671 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I – VIII 2023 I – VIII 2024 indices
I – VIII 2024
I – VIII 2023		 I – VIII 2023 I – VIII 2024 indices
I – VIII 2024
I – VIII 2023
  Total 15 007 068 15 541 658 103,6 26 737 274 27 983 529 104,7
0 Food and live animals 1 825 931 1 801 349 98,7 3 090 333 3 340 274 108,1
1 Beverages and tobacco 356 152 328 213 92,2 439 529 482 028 109,7
2 Crude materials, except fuels 961 933 959 917 99,8 476 513 467 530 98,1
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 1 791 403 2 052 571 114,6 4 528 297 4 336 768 95,8
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 62 053 58 805 94,8 126 777 115 940 91,5
5 Chemical products 1 709 778 1 924 813 112,6 3 450 569 3 587 536 104,0
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 2 522 414 2 557 135 101,4 4 220 993 4 258 283 100,9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 3 771 545 3 724 193 98,7 6 975 913 7 638 563 109,5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1 930 931 2 023 584 104,8 3 307 347 3 557 241 107,6
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 43 971 44 418 101,0 119 324 108 696 91,1
  Not classified 30 958 66 660 215,3 1 678 90 671 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

      Export Import
I – VIII 2023 I – VIII 2024 indices
I – VIII 2024
I – VIII 2023		 I – VIII 2023 I – VIII 2024 indices
I – VIII 2024
I – VIII 2023
Total 15 007 068 15 541 658 103,6 26 737 274 27 983 529 104,7
EU Member States 10 227 891 10 248 263 100,2 20 209 521 22 032 279 109,0
Austria 831 655 815 654 98,1 1 486 807 1 497 431 100,7
Belgium 164 181 168 286 102,5 457 719 454 125 99,2
Bulgaria 109 762 125 142 114,0 229 555 368 772 160,6
Cyprus 24 491 17 014 69,5 10 130 11 235 110,9
Czech Republic 259 708 252 179 97,1 596 482 648 256 108,7
Denmark 94 462 89 534 94,8 164 952 209 408 127,0
Estonia 16 827 7 047 41,9 12 365 18 041 145,9
Finland 25 828 33 745 130,7 45 165 42 254 93,6
France 385 098 370 868 96,3 728 244 1 096 946 150,6
Greece 92 481 96 442 104,3 196 948 308 270 156,5
Ireland 35 725 70 891 198,4 65 572 67 927 103,6
Italy 1 817 289 1 745 654 96,1 3 792 195 3 945 685 104,0
Latvia 12 923 19 851 153,6 12 112 11 138 92,0
Lithuania 53 996 52 821 97,8 44 651 49 939 111,8
Luxembourg 7 312 10 453 143,0 9 426 9 830 104,3
Hungary 1 043 424 1 037 533 99,4 1 685 282 1 825 935 108,3
Malta 251 019 55 262 22,0 80 622 3 681 4,6
Netherlands 246 279 249 432 101,3 1 017 969 1 079 690 106,1
Germany 1 869 139 1 879 060 100,5 3 766 820 4 043 243 107,3
Poland 373 738 345 831 92,5 1 029 395 1 107 836 107,6
Portugal 52 689 56 341 106,9 38 303 37 576 98,1
Romania 229 340 240 598 104,9 334 034 377 924 113,1
Northern Ireland 2 318 3 090 133,3 6 081 4 625 76,1
Slovakia 181 035 356 882 197,1 505 438 614 171 121,5
Slovenia 1 669 450 1 717 149 102,9 3 060 473 3 337 848 109,1
Spain 237 930 266 719 112,1 649 070 660 949 101,8
Sweden 134 492 160 215 119,1 183 690 197 746 107,7
Not classified 5 301 4 571 86,2 19 1 798 1)
EFTA countries 270 750 276 851 102,3 154 766 255 175 164,9
Iceland 3 051 7 874 258,1 63 765 1)
Liechtenstein 14 993 14 769 98,5 29 64 220,8
Norway 55 435 46 174 83,3 17 050 91 394 536,0
Switzerland 197 271 208 035 105,5 137 624 162 952 118,4
CEFTA countries 2 814 024 3 185 828 113,2 1 726 300 1 585 109 91,8
Albania 62 150 60 253 96,9 20 735 19 860 95,8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 468 953 1 804 002 122,8 886 824 812 046 91,6
Montenegro 225 653 253 647 112,4 5 271 5 165 98,0
Kosovo 106 491 135 666 127,4 7 981 7 550 94,6
Moldova 2 074 4 331 208,8 6 575 7 597 115,5
North Macedonia 119 873 133 016 111,0 78 656 90 804 115,4
Serbia 828 830 794 912 95,9 720 257 642 085 89,1
OPEC countries 97 116 164 935 169,8 140 244 214 069 152,6
Algeria 4 916 3 983 81,0 17 141 71 650 418,0
Equatorial Guinea 307 166 54,0 - - -
Gabon 842 413 49,1 116 0 0,2
Iraq 6 087 22 307 366,5 236 494 209,2
Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 888 3 424 88,1 3 016 5 342 177,1
Congo 2 005 469 23,4 71 422 7 0,0
Kuwait 5 894 5 128 87,0 6 - -
Libya 3 440 6 138 178,4 - 18 763 -
Nigeria 6 538 326 5,0 41 072 78 541 191,2
Saudi Arabia 34 385 53 559 155,8 3 543 25 305 714,3
United Arab Emirates 28 293 68 983 243,8 3 463 13 818 399,1
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 522 39 7,5 229 149 65,1
Other countries in Europe 598 376 571 534 95,5 654 354 661 828 101,1
Belarus 4 374 6 055 138,4 437 490 112,1
Russian Federation 162 731 145 643 89,5 46 586 54 780 117,6
Türkiye 220 324 172 295 78,2 458 802 466 559 101,7
United Kingdom 152 745 182 335 119,4 84 331 88 336 104,7
Ukraine 56 329 53 489 95,0 63 323 47 533 75,1
Other countries 1 874 11 717 625,3 875 4 130 471,8
Other countries in Asia 296 541 309 234 104,3 2 509 115 2 180 427 86,9
Azerbaijan 2 573 3 727 144,8 523 857 536 378 102,4
Bangladesh 1 499 1 885 125,7 39 502 37 745 95,6
Philippines 1 230 949 77,1 2 797 2 398 85,7
Hong Kong, China 7 859 13 946 177,5 1 852 1 248 67,4
India 11 765 16 541 140,6 190 820 133 068 69,7
Indonesia 5 698 3 103 54,5 64 332 31 127 48,4
Israel 27 981 21 856 78,1 19 570 19 319 98,7
Japan 51 203 21 800 42,6 54 311 43 653 80,4
Qatar 3 070 7 529 245,3 1 962 793 40,4
Kazakhstan 32 774 31 540 96,2 10 279 239 294 1)
China 49 696 72 184 145,3 864 883 938 381 108,5
Korea, Republic of 10 243 11 677 114,0 44 400 46 864 105,5
Lebanon 16 278 25 996 159,7 90 40 44,2
Malaysia 3 502 4 297 122,7 15 694 6 087 38,8
Pakistan 2 702 577 21,4 11 472 17 717 154,4
Singapore 6 489 9 767 150,5 24 910 5 830 23,4
Thailand 3 605 4 743 131,6 13 712 14 996 109,4
Taiwan, China 8 855 5 247 59,3 27 876 26 468 94,9
Viet Nam 19 864 22 664 114,1 53 690 52 569 97,9
Other countries 29 656 29 206 98,5 543 106 26 453 4,9
Other countries in Africa 131 237 139 271 106,1 276 895 90 433 32,7
Egypt 60 345 73 466 121,7 31 552 40 643 128,8
Ethiopia 2 173 2 707 124,5 5 608 12 964 231,2
South Africa 8 116 14 075 173,4 32 096 5 211 16,2
Morocco 28 088 28 972 103,1 6 396 11 408 178,4
Mozambique 42 12 28,3 191 001 1 649 0,9
Tunisia 9 041 1 559 17,2 4 455 11 491 257,9
Other countries 23 433 18 481 78,9 5 786 7 066 122,1
Other countries in America 496 195 609 554 122,8 943 432 792 913 84,0
Argentina 1 139 1 195 105,0 7 090 6 725 94,9
Brazil 5 204 5 405 103,9 7 849 13 315 169,7
Canada 38 452 31 435 81,8 22 165 58 234 262,7
Mexico 56 357 10 907 19,4 16 288 11 154 68,5
United States 363 970 514 349 141,3 715 787 507 569 70,9
Other countries 31 073 46 263 148,9 174 253 195 915 112,4
Countries of Oceania 61 421 22 071 35,9 5 427 5 292 97,5
Australia 18 381 19 891 108,2 3 992 1 435 36,0
New Zealand 1 087 1 171 107,7 1 344 3 787 281,7
Other countries 41 953 1 008 2,4 90 70 77,6
Not classified 13 516 14 118 104,5 117 221 166 006 141,6

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I – IX 2023 I – IX 2024 Indices
I – IX 2024
I – IX 2023
Export 16 895 480 17 491 910 103,5
EU Member States 11 523 089 11 536 778 100,1
Non-EU Member States 5 372 391 5 955 133 110,8
Import 29 953 540 31 365 843 104,7
EU Member States 22 724 851 24 602 585 108,3
Non-EU Member States 7 228 689 6 763 258 93,6
Balance of foreign trade in goods -13 058 060 -13 873 933 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 56,4 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, 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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