First Release

Year: LXI.
Zagreb, 09 January 2025
VT-2024-1-1/10
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to October 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 19.7 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 35.1 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 15.4 billion euro.

In the period from January to October 2024, coverage of import by export was 56.2%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to November 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 21.8 billion euro, while total import was 38.5 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 16.7 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 56.6% in the period from January to November 2024.

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, OCTOBER 2023 – OCTOBER 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 1 739 960 1 922 656 2 979 209 3 292 026 -1 239 249 -1 369 370 58,4
  II 1 871 432 2 028 072 3 299 217 3 575 362 -1 427 786 -1 547 291 56,7
  III 2 008 947 2 174 883 3 658 429 3 960 607 -1 649 482 -1 785 724 54,9
  IV 2 018 212 2 181 516 3 842 869 4 154 520 -1 824 657 -1 973 004 52,5
  V 2 029 215 2 174 913 3 977 878 4 263 490 -1 948 664 -2 088 577 51,0
  VI 1 893 604 2 054 939 3 401 436 3 691 236 -1 507 832 -1 636 296 55,7
  VII 2 387 593 2 555 916 3 768 783 4 034 474 -1 381 190 -1 478 558 63,4
  VIII 1 581 998 1 712 985 3 055 449 3 308 431 -1 473 450 -1 595 447 51,8
  IX 1 977 191 2 192 114 3 474 295 3 851 951 -1 497 104 -1 659 837 56,9
  X 2 232 019 2 498 968 3 682 250 4 122 641 -1 450 231 -1 623 673 60,6
  I – X 19 740 170 21 496 961 35 139 815 38 254 737 -15 399 645 -16 757 776 56,2

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I – X 2023 I – X 2024 Indices
I – X 2024
I – X 2023		 I – X 2023 I – X 2024 Indices
I – X 2024
I – X 2023
    Total 18 984 775 19 740 170 104,0 33 404 214 35 139 815 105,2
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 035 218 1 060 838 102,5 1 037 751 1 089 341 105,0
B    Mining and quarrying 683 445 962 302 140,8 2 685 661 2 116 397 78,8
C    Manufacturing 16 212 880 16 813 250 103,7 28 670 085 30 797 356 107,4
  10 Manufacture of food products 1 660 921 1 664 323 100,2 3 214 135 3 513 153 109,3
  11 Manufacture of beverages 244 828 248 122 101,3 329 692 356 526 108,1
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 218 675 167 949 76,8 207 502 227 104 109,4
  13 Manufacture of textiles 182 111 170 216 93,5 465 070 429 054 92,3
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 837 218 936 365 111,8 1 438 480 1 570 549 109,2
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 406 058 400 166 98,5 666 199 669 944 100,6
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 834 417 844 185 101,2 438 554 428 173 97,6
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 356 681 362 019 101,5 627 500 649 286 103,5
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 709 2 151 125,9 2 777 2 646 95,3
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 979 288 1 173 613 119,8 2 074 148 2 453 968 118,3
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 1 046 880 1 143 984 109,3 2 430 684 2 435 686 100,2
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 901 261 1 028 974 114,2 1 533 326 1 693 044 110,4
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 603 868 631 264 104,5 1 216 801 1 286 101 105,7
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 681 574 730 334 107,2 636 892 750 624 117,9
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 767 723 838 941 109,3 1 943 552 1 940 731 99,9
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 1 188 942 1 210 922 101,8 1 138 744 1 199 405 105,3
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 480 962 479 989 99,8 1 675 767 1 719 923 102,6
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1 677 046 1 807 714 107,8 1 788 588 1 858 174 103,9
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 1 238 812 1 218 808 98,4 2 411 307 2 515 123 104,3
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 639 104 775 232 121,3 2 543 614 2 732 269 107,4
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 783 502 553 742 70,7 718 023 1 126 561 156,9
  31 Manufacture of furniture 260 570 192 624 73,9 447 109 473 173 105,8
  32 Other manufacturing 220 730 231 616 104,9 721 620 766 138 106,2
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 648 896 451 524 69,6 763 467 866 762 113,5
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 293 374 300 264 102,3 175 333 174 371 99,5
J   Information and communication 66 717 60 034 90,0 67 740 65 172 96,2
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 48 40 82,9 117 180 153,6
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 765 1 817 237,3 2 030 1 128 55,6
    Not classified 43 431 90 101 207,5 2 031 29 108 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I – X 2023 I – X 2024 Indices
I – X 2024
I – X 2023		 I – X 2023 I – X 2024 Indices
I – X 2024
I – X 2023
  Total 18 984 775 19 740 170 104,0 33 404 214 35 139 815 105,2
0 Food and live animals 2 342 473 2 334 888 99,7 3 877 160 4 227 943 109,0
1 Beverages and tobacco 440 584 405 915 92,1 546 053 595 870 109,1
2 Crude materials, except fuels 1 225 870 1 253 951 102,3 584 608 585 275 100,1
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 2 241 430 2 511 177 112,0 5 507 774 5 404 095 98,1
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 79 073 81 722 103,4 151 799 144 726 95,3
5 Chemical products 2 184 534 2 430 900 111,3 4 333 461 4 527 411 104,5
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 3 192 017 3 215 925 100,7 5 278 668 5 343 861 101,2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 4 710 860 4 715 070 100,1 8 729 309 9 517 614 109,0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2 470 168 2 639 640 106,9 4 253 284 4 611 570 108,4
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 54 335 60 882 112,0 140 068 152 341 108,8
  Not classified 43 431 90 101 207,5 2 031 29 108 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

     Export Import
I – X 2023 I – X 2024 Indices
I – X 2024
I – X 2023		 I – X 2023 I – X 2024 Indices
I – X 2024
I – X 2023
Total 18 984 775 19 740 170 104,0 33 404 214 35 139 815 105,2
EU Member States 12 951 508 12 997 663 100,4 25 440 448 27 503 978 108,1
Austria 1 067 560 1 027 547 96,3 1 859 908 1 900 045 102,2
Belgium 202 998 210 767 103,8 589 289 572 546 97,2
Bulgaria 134 921 162 457 120,4 280 733 464 792 165,6
Cyprus 29 335 22 240 75,8 13 102 14 245 108,7
Czech Republic 320 456 322 749 100,7 748 739 805 129 107,5
Denmark 141 492 120 227 85,0 208 685 254 815 122,1
Estonia 19 563 9 153 46,8 16 124 21 386 132,6
Finland 32 290 42 572 131,8 59 838 52 332 87,5
France 480 155 470 230 97,9 902 204 1 321 684 146,5
Greece 118 331 134 365 113,5 243 240 392 389 161,3
Ireland 49 165 84 176 171,2 80 799 117 447 145,4
Italy 2 315 389 2 258 934 97,6 4 780 633 4 853 133 101,5
Latvia 16 267 26 221 161,2 15 313 13 952 91,1
Lithuania 69 526 67 610 97,2 57 375 63 963 111,5
Luxembourg 9 116 11 589 127,1 12 022 13 309 110,7
Hungary 1 279 296 1 224 673 95,7 2 132 520 2 297 317 107,7
Malta 289 571 76 406 26,4 85 535 4 741 5,5
Netherlands 305 525 325 759 106,6 1 299 786 1 369 416 105,4
Germany 2 364 064 2 393 412 101,2 4 726 966 5 018 858 106,2
Poland 474 369 437 361 92,2 1 305 107 1 413 255 108,3
Portugal 64 043 70 485 110,1 47 000 46 973 99,9
Romania 292 933 305 146 104,2 425 789 475 309 111,6
Northern Ireland 2 689 3 821 142,1 7 453 6 146 82,5
Slovakia 219 534 444 212 202,3 648 967 781 592 120,4
Slovenia 2 146 225 2 185 953 101,9 3 825 273 4 125 182 107,8
Spain 327 342 343 027 104,8 820 604 847 212 103,2
Sweden 172 144 209 339 121,6 247 369 255 000 103,1
Not classified 7 206 7 232 100,4 73 1 808 1)
EFTA countries 334 714 349 143 104,3 195 288 305 919 156,6
Iceland 3 441 8 438 245,2 81 893 1)
Liechtenstein 18 665 18 526 99,3 172 70 40,9
Norway 63 022 61 448 97,5 20 087 95 638 476,1
Switzerland 249 586 260 731 104,5 174 948 209 317 119,6
CEFTA countries 3 613 052 4 044 396 111,9 2 150 417 1 980 359 92,1
Albania 79 267 78 101 98,5 24 100 23 868 99,0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 897 226 2 258 188 119,0 1 097 280 1 009 771 92,0
Montenegro 288 635 314 942 109,1 6 589 6 739 102,3
Kosovo 139 292 169 688 121,8 9 813 9 669 98,5
Moldova 3 734 5 643 151,1 9 894 10 319 104,3
North Macedonia 156 886 167 307 106,6 109 326 114 386 104,6
Serbia 1 048 012 1 050 527 100,2 893 415 805 608 90,2
OPEC countries 135 410 219 857 162,4 170 340 400 090 234,9
Algeria 5 884 14 515 246,7 17 141 164 590 960,2
Equatorial Guinea 332 260 78,3 - - -
Gabon 1 044 506 48,4 116 59 51,1
Iraq 9 816 24 135 245,9 246 494 200,7
Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 907 3 930 100,6 4 085 6 594 161,4
Congo 2 010 1 037 51,6 71 422 7 0,0
Kuwait 6 631 6 322 95,3 6 - -
Libya 4 853 8 965 184,7 - 19 567 -
Nigeria 8 788 12 317 140,2 68 030 117 643 172,9
Saudi Arabia 45 030 64 120 142,4 5 049 70 747 1)
United Arab Emirates 46 593 83 711 179,7 4 016 20 208 503,2
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 522 39 7,5 229 181 78,9
Other countries in Europe 716 126 751 201 104,9 808 709 855 852 105,8
Belarus 6 040 8 007 132,6 578 692 119,7
Russian Federation 191 689 195 034 101,7 51 843 97 306 187,7
Türkiye 250 996 208 879 83,2 569 901 574 235 100,8
United Kingdom 198 074 231 532 116,9 106 072 122 172 115,2
Ukraine 67 411 83 819 124,3 79 360 57 154 72,0
Other countries 1 917 23 930 1) 955 4 293 449,6
Other countries in Asia 363 913 402 521 110,6 3 027 761 2 825 494 93,3
Azerbaijan 2 985 5 165 173,0 699 373 771 249 110,3
Bangladesh 1 691 1 943 114,9 49 231 48 627 98,8
Philippines 1 527 1 443 94,5 3 418 2 993 87,6
Hong Kong, China 12 511 18 327 146,5 2 200 1 627 74,0
India 14 201 24 033 169,2 222 652 170 216 76,4
Indonesia 6 626 4 219 63,7 77 027 39 788 51,7
Israel 31 974 41 248 129,0 24 140 21 687 89,8
Japan 52 935 23 510 44,4 63 192 52 956 83,8
Qatar 4 120 9 239 224,3 1 962 793 40,4
Kazakhstan 40 588 41 423 102,1 29 593 248 167 838,6
China 63 433 88 202 139,0 1 074 390 1 219 535 113,5
Korea, Republic of 11 988 13 669 114,0 57 628 60 774 105,5
Lebanon 21 214 31 613 149,0 101 64 63,7
Malaysia 4 388 5 046 115,0 17 472 8 416 48,2
Pakistan 5 156 696 13,5 14 864 22 536 151,6
Singapore 8 124 12 277 151,1 26 180 8 318 31,8
Thailand 4 129 5 501 133,2 17 508 18 254 104,3
Taiwan, China 10 065 6 545 65,0 33 663 31 596 93,9
Viet Nam 22 048 27 791 126,0 59 555 58 791 98,7
Other countries 44 209 40 630 91,9 553 610 39 106 7,1
Other countries in Africa 169 959 168 822 99,3 287 508 103 925 36,1
Egypt 77 287 83 055 107,5 37 682 44 834 119,0
Ethiopia 2 254 4 127 183,1 5 704 13 048 228,8
South Africa 10 550 18 654 176,8 33 340 6 887 20,7
Morocco 35 101 35 518 101,2 7 429 16 246 218,7
Mozambique 53 338 638,4 191 152 2 534 1,3
Tunisia 13 427 2 450 18,2 5 907 12 090 204,7
Other countries 31 286 24 679 78,9 6 294 8 286 131,6
Other countries in America 611 790 764 903 125,0 1 169 056 937 328 80,2
Argentina 1 462 1 567 107,2 10 446 7 963 76,2
Brazil 7 978 5 988 75,1 9 497 17 433 183,6
Canada 46 075 39 500 85,7 25 135 60 995 242,7
Mexico 59 966 12 374 20,6 19 588 12 351 63,1
United States 461 038 658 182 142,8 857 200 637 534 74,4
Other countries 35 270 47 292 134,1 247 190 201 052 81,3
Countries of Oceania 66 480 27 498 41,4 6 797 6 105 89,8
Australia 22 919 24 206 105,6 5 261 2 215 42,1
New Zealand 1 537 2 243 145,9 1 444 3 820 264,5
Other countries 42 024 1 049 2,5 92 70 76,2
Not classified 21 823 14 167 64,9 147 891 220 767 149,3

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I – XI 2023 I – XI 2024 Indices
I – XI 2024
I – XI 2023
Export 21 094 432 21 790 623 103,3
EU Member States 14 373 645 14 342 815 99,8
Non-EU Member States 6 720 787 7 447 808 110,8
Import 36 633 523 38 497 678 105,1
EU Member States 28 078 275 30 156 337 107,4
Non-EU Member States 8 555 248 8 341 340 97,5
Balance of foreign trade in goods -15 539 091 -16 707 055 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 57,6 56,6 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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