First Release

Year: LXI.
Zagreb, 09 December 2024
VT-2024-1-1/9
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to September 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 17.5 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 31.4 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 13.9 billion euro.

In the period from January to September 2024, coverage of import by export was 55.6%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to October 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 19.7 billion euro, while total import was 35.0 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 15.4 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 56.1% in the period from January to October 2024.

 

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, SEPTEMBER 2023 – SEPTEMBER 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 1 739 910 1 922 601 2 979 624 3 292 484 -1 239 714 -1 369 883 58,4
  II 1 871 439 2 028 080 3 300 291 3 576 526 -1 428 852 -1 548 446 56,7
  III 2 009 548 2 175 534 3 658 510 3 960 696 -1 648 962 -1 785 162 54,9
  IV 2 017 841 2 181 114 3 841 569 4 153 114 -1 823 729 -1 972 001 52,5
  V 2 028 737 2 174 401 3 978 237 4 263 874 -1 949 500 -2 089 473 51,0
  VI 1 893 600 2 054 934 3 394 676 3 683 900 -1 501 076 -1 628 966 55,8
  VII 2 386 762 2 555 026 3 765 104 4 030 535 -1 378 342 -1 475 509 63,4
  VIII 1 579 067 1 709 811 3 042 817 3 294 753 -1 463 750 -1 584 942 51,9
  IX 1 955 048 2 167 563 3 453 748 3 829 169 -1 498 701 -1 661 606 56,6
  I - IX 17 481 951 18 969 064 31 414 577 34 085 052 -13 932 626 -15 115 988 55,6

 

 

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I – IX 2023 I – IX 2024 indices
I – IX 2024
I – IX 2023		 I – IX 2023 I – IX 2024 indices
I – IX 2024
I – IX 2023
    Total 16 895 480 17 481 951 103,5 29 953 540 31 414 577 104,9
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 886 861 895 247 100,9 933 013 978 193 104,8
B    Mining and quarrying 612 483 918 407 149,9 2 456 160 1 877 664 76,4
C    Manufacturing 14 423 054 14 866 648 103,1 25 663 696 27 519 657 107,2
  10 Manufacture of food products 1 474 819 1 467 474 99,5 2 878 414 3 132 467 108,8
  11 Manufacture of beverages 223 655 225 655 100,9 303 668 329 913 108,6
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 196 486 148 838 75,7 185 843 207 914 111,9
  13 Manufacture of textiles 163 262 150 893 92,4 420 117 382 970 91,2
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 734 025 801 770 109,2 1 254 268 1 344 262 107,2
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 363 287 358 400 98,7 597 819 597 328 99,9
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 753 414 751 092 99,7 396 003 382 249 96,5
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 319 563 322 167 100,8 564 095 576 720 102,2
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 559 1 931 123,9 2 484 2 197 88,4
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 840 773 1 029 982 122,5 1 873 332 2 251 758 120,2
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 923 651 1 002 044 108,5 2 187 350 2 172 687 99,3
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 792 532 921 070 116,2 1 347 211 1 507 021 111,9
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 537 460 555 325 103,3 1 085 173 1 142 219 105,3
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 605 062 655 647 108,4 567 357 674 680 118,9
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 688 453 742 183 107,8 1 742 664 1 718 391 98,6
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 1 067 911 1 056 886 99,0 1 018 716 1 079 380 106,0
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 425 738 421 872 99,1 1 492 853 1 535 915 102,9
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1 492 598 1 609 369 107,8 1 588 266 1 636 416 103,0
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 1 101 329 1 087 178 98,7 2 169 978 2 252 289 103,8
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 558 629 684 464 122,5 2 277 401 2 460 693 108,0
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 733 841 498 546 67,9 664 995 1 037 404 156,0
  31 Manufacture of furniture 230 370 171 930 74,6 404 627 421 950 104,3
  32 Other manufacturing 194 637 201 932 103,7 641 062 672 832 105,0
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 607 132 398 419 65,6 677 568 799 457 118,0
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 268 939 269 363 100,2 159 585 157 299 98,6
J   Information and communication 58 373 52 312 89,6 59 620 56 271 94,4
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 25 16 63,6 89 168 188,1
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 466 1 636 351,1 1 965 1 067 54,3
    Not classified 38 148 79 903 209,5 1 843 24 800 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

 

 

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I – IX 2023 I – IX 2024 indices
I – IX 2024
I – IX 2023		 I – IX 2023 I – IX 2024 indices
I – IX 2024
I – IX 2023
  Total 16 895 480 17 481 951 103,5 29 953 540 31 414 577 104,9
0 Food and live animals 2 063 087 2 041 470 99,0 3 476 949 3 779 472 108,7
1 Beverages and tobacco 398 993 364 940 91,5 491 616 543 951 110,6
2 Crude materials, except fuels 1 089 163 1 095 830 100,6 525 496 523 691 99,7
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 1 999 509 2 276 792 113,9 4 996 815 4 899 247 98,0
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 71 170 68 160 95,8 140 158 130 188 92,9
5 Chemical products 1 926 805 2 151 619 111,7 3 860 612 4 038 599 104,6
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 2 850 156 2 861 643 100,4 4 732 760 4 762 863 100,6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 4 218 044 4 201 224 99,6 7 829 686 8 535 552 109,0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2 190 661 2 289 579 104,5 3 770 067 4 052 220 107,5
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 49 745 50 790 102,1 127 540 123 994 97,2
  Not classified 38 148 79 903 209,5 1 843 24 800 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

     Export Import
I – IX 2023 I – IX 2024 indices
I – IX 2024
I – IX 2023		 I – IX 2023 I – IX 2024 indices
I – IX 2024
I – IX 2023
Total 16 895 480 17 481 951 103,5 29 953 540 31 414 577 104,9
EU Member States 11 523 089 11 530 672 100,1 22 724 851 24 624 319 108,4
Austria 938 318 912 925 97,3 1 670 562 1 685 394 100,9
Belgium 179 725 187 450 104,3 510 397 514 627 100,8
Bulgaria 122 139 141 311 115,7 255 901 402 456 157,3
Cyprus 26 791 19 486 72,7 11 461 12 295 107,3
Czech Republic 288 006 284 716 98,9 667 596 720 860 108,0
Denmark 122 936 106 313 86,5 190 259 229 332 120,5
Estonia 18 144 7 845 43,2 14 564 19 727 135,4
Finland 28 058 37 474 133,6 53 895 46 749 86,7
France 429 032 415 471 96,8 801 564 1 182 231 147,5
Greece 105 875 108 803 102,8 215 035 354 178 164,7
Ireland 43 651 78 792 180,5 73 162 108 076 147,7
Italy 2 051 120 1 971 268 96,1 4 283 530 4 384 870 102,4
Latvia 14 706 23 973 163,0 13 403 12 452 92,9
Lithuania 60 316 58 916 97,7 50 844 56 877 111,9
Luxembourg 8 038 10 989 136,7 10 405 11 718 112,6
Hungary 1 156 806 1 137 590 98,3 1 895 828 2 053 991 108,3
Malta 271 856 67 268 24,7 82 230 3 841 4,7
Netherlands 275 215 280 914 102,1 1 165 754 1 224 726 105,1
Germany 2 113 730 2 116 119 100,1 4 232 440 4 465 961 105,5
Poland 421 641 387 591 91,9 1 161 554 1 254 092 108,0
Portugal 57 521 61 867 107,6 41 628 41 542 99,8
Romania 257 433 270 556 105,1 377 567 428 440 113,5
Northern Ireland 2 558 3 645 142,5 6 422 5 659 88,1
Slovakia 198 453 405 994 204,6 565 281 700 719 124,0
Slovenia 1 887 525 1 935 850 102,6 3 431 065 3 740 079 109,0
Spain 282 981 303 298 107,2 728 847 739 186 101,4
Sweden 154 211 188 799 122,4 213 581 222 437 104,1
Not classified 6 305 5 450 86,4 73 1 803 1)
EFTA countries 301 076 307 321 102,1 174 350 279 907 160,5
Iceland 3 151 7 966 252,8 67 768 1)
Liechtenstein 16 686 16 438 98,5 29 68 233,5
Norway 58 829 49 574 84,3 18 427 92 921 504,3
Switzerland 222 410 233 342 104,9 155 827 186 150 119,5
CEFTA countries 3 203 575 3 589 474 112,0 1 939 716 1 770 344 91,3
Albania 72 500 69 424 95,8 22 116 21 355 96,6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 684 407 2 017 128 119,8 989 683 903 318 91,3
Montenegro 257 035 283 977 110,5 5 967 6 182 103,6
Kosovo 122 526 150 785 123,1 8 937 8 436 94,4
Moldova 2 270 4 662 205,3 7 868 9 215 117,1
North Macedonia 139 123 151 510 108,9 97 323 102 091 104,9
Serbia 925 715 911 988 98,5 807 823 719 748 89,1
OPEC countries 116 279 189 595 163,1 142 538 359 166 252,0
Algeria 5 260 14 285 271,6 17 141 128 727 751,0
Equatorial Guinea 332 222 66,8 - - -
Gabon 919 413 44,9 116 59 51,1
Iraq 6 146 22 785 370,7 236 494 209,2
Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 907 3 424 87,6 3 548 6 030 170,0
Congo 2 010 646 32,1 71 422 7 0,0
Kuwait 6 195 5 952 96,1 6 - -
Libya 3 613 6 810 188,5 - 19 572 -
Nigeria 8 210 339 4,1 41 427 117 624 283,9
Saudi Arabia 39 854 59 513 149,3 4 502 69 247 1)
United Arab Emirates 39 311 75 167 191,2 3 910 17 233 440,8
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 522 39 7,5 229 173 75,4
Other countries in Europe 655 516 645 220 98,4 720 629 767 523 106,5
Belarus 5 434 6 837 125,8 494 692 140,1
Russian Federation 175 225 162 685 92,8 49 471 82 984 167,7
Türkiye 234 716 192 233 81,9 506 288 515 091 101,7
United Kingdom 177 606 204 624 115,2 93 750 112 511 120,0
Ukraine 60 618 66 719 110,1 69 729 51 958 74,5
Other countries 1 916 12 122 632,5 898 4 287 477,5
Other countries in Asia 324 282 345 600 106,6 2 754 951 2 458 451 89,2
Azerbaijan 2 941 5 029 171,0 581 996 629 986 108,2
Bangladesh 1 690 1 899 112,4 45 712 41 913 91,7
Philippines 1 338 1 274 95,2 3 118 2 744 88,0
Hong Kong, China 9 124 15 872 174,0 2 096 1 338 63,8
India 12 847 17 809 138,6 204 041 151 155 74,1
Indonesia 6 147 3 511 57,1 74 789 33 483 44,8
Israel 29 925 24 749 82,7 21 813 20 224 92,7
Japan 52 017 22 338 42,9 58 178 47 747 82,1
Qatar 3 556 8 289 233,1 1 962 793 40,4
Kazakhstan 36 437 36 922 101,3 29 591 240 087 811,4
China 56 661 77 763 137,2 969 993 1 067 754 110,1
Korea, Republic of 11 297 12 487 110,5 54 438 53 073 97,5
Lebanon 17 858 27 892 156,2 90 64 71,4
Malaysia 4 061 4 700 115,7 16 376 7 275 44,4
Pakistan 2 723 673 24,7 13 546 19 906 147,0
Singapore 6 806 11 208 164,7 25 419 6 771 26,6
Thailand 3 809 5 402 141,8 14 836 16 706 112,6
Taiwan, China 9 183 5 712 62,2 30 763 28 415 92,4
Viet Nam 20 768 25 769 124,1 56 225 55 830 99,3
Other countries 35 093 36 303 103,4 549 969 33 187 6,0
Other countries in Africa 150 331 148 092 98,5 283 139 93 706 33,1
Egypt 70 303 76 845 109,3 35 301 42 453 120,3
Ethiopia 2 246 2 859 127,3 5 608 12 964 231,2
South Africa 9 032 14 938 165,4 32 781 5 887 18,0
Morocco 31 076 31 305 100,7 7 114 11 753 165,2
Mozambique 53 121 227,6 191 061 1 649 0,9
Tunisia 9 143 1 628 17,8 5 298 11 646 219,8
Other countries 28 477 20 396 71,6 5 977 7 354 123,0
Other countries in America 540 708 688 077 127,3 1 075 602 862 619 80,2
Argentina 1 446 1 303 90,1 8 485 6 924 81,6
Brazil 7 268 5 901 81,2 8 659 15 951 184,2
Canada 41 570 35 842 86,2 23 593 59 498 252,2
Mexico 58 690 11 803 20,1 17 463 11 630 66,6
United States 397 595 586 694 147,6 808 915 570 180 70,5
Other countries 34 139 46 534 136,3 208 488 198 436 95,2
Countries of Oceania 63 929 25 394 39,7 6 401 5 732 89,5
Australia 20 718 22 232 107,3 4 940 1 853 37,5
New Zealand 1 211 2 121 175,2 1 372 3 809 277,7
Other countries 42 000 1 041 2,5 90 70 77,5
Not classified 16 695 12 506 74,9 131 362 192 810 146,8

1) The index exceeds 999.

 

 

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

Thousand euro

      I – X 2023 I – X 2024 Indices
I – X 2024
I – X 2023
Export 18 984 775 19 674 591 103,6
EU Member States 12 951 508 12 977 014 100,2
Non-EU Member States 6 033 267 6 697 577 111,0
Import 33 404 214 35 041 591 104,9
EU Member States 25 440 448 27 409 508 107,7
Non-EU Member States 7 963 766 7 632 084 95,8
Balance of foreign trade in goods -14 419 439 -15 367 000 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 56,8 56,1 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. 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

 

 

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