First Release

Year: LXI.
Zagreb, 07 February 2025
VT-2024-1-1/11
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to November 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 21.9 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 38.6 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 16.7 billion euro.

In the period from January to November 2024, coverage of import by export was 56.8%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to December 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 23.9 billion euro, while total import was 41.8 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 17.8 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 57.3% in the period from January to December 2024.

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, NOVEMBER 2023 – NOVEMBER 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 1 739 669 1 922 335 2 980 410 3 293 353 -1 240 741 -1 371 018 58,4
  II 1 870 639 2 027 213 3 298 769 3 574 877 -1 428 130 -1 547 664 56,7
  III 2 008 565 2 174 470 3 658 299 3 960 467 -1 649 734 -1 785 997 54,9
  IV 2 018 425 2 181 746 3 844 286 4 156 051 -1 825 861 -1 974 305 52,5
  V 2 028 919 2 174 596 3 979 930 4 265 688 -1 951 011 -2 091 093 51,0
  VI 1 892 900 2 054 175 3 405 349 3 695 482 -1 512 449 -1 641 308 55,6
  VII 2 385 480 2 553 654 3 770 543 4 036 359 -1 385 063 -1 482 704 63,3
  VIII 1 581 364 1 712 298 3 062 559 3 316 129 -1 481 194 -1 603 830 51,6
  IX 1 989 314 2 205 554 3 485 397 3 864 258 -1 496 083 -1 658 704 57,1
  X 2 240 713 2 508 702 3 696 267 4 138 333 -1 455 554 -1 629 631 60,6
  XI 2 157 411 2 347 692 3 424 966 3 727 041 -1 267 555 -1 379 348 63,0
  I – XI 21 913 399 23 862 435 38 606 776 42 028 037 -16 693 376 -18 165 602 56,8

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I – XI 2023 I – XI 2024 Indices
I – XI 2024
I – XI 2023		 I – XI 2023 I – XI 2024 Indices
I – XI 2024
I – XI 2023
    Total 21 094 432 21 913 399 103,9 36 633 523 38 606 776 105,4
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 153 584 1 192 383 103,4 1 145 874 1 195 239 104,3
B    Mining and quarrying 754 039 1 068 111 141,7 2 801 470 2 375 969 84,8
C    Manufacturing 18 022 849 18 634 437 103,4 31 589 385 33 750 795 106,8
  10 Manufacture of food products 1 840 899 1 842 001 100,1 3 542 686 3 864 795 109,1
  11 Manufacture of beverages 264 578 268 791 101,6 355 988 383 511 107,7
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 238 895 187 185 78,4 225 610 249 541 110,6
  13 Manufacture of textiles 200 092 187 039 93,5 508 123 467 240 92,0
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 958 596 1 048 565 109,4 1 588 709 1 714 878 107,9
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 447 937 433 315 96,7 729 260 724 492 99,3
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 921 140 925 363 100,5 482 769 473 124 98,0
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 392 471 399 172 101,7 687 795 709 890 103,2
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 938 2 302 118,8 3 043 2 922 96,0
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 1 084 925 1 313 796 121,1 2 273 257 2 594 198 114,1
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 1 164 650 1 275 351 109,5 2 658 806 2 669 795 100,4
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 1 028 171 1 170 086 113,8 1 684 050 1 855 322 110,2
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 673 227 697 384 103,6 1 341 619 1 408 484 105,0
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 754 357 795 810 105,5 705 542 818 809 116,1
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 846 777 913 118 107,8 2 128 511 2 132 961 100,2
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 1 319 748 1 346 148 102,0 1 254 713 1 341 840 106,9
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 533 843 529 917 99,3 1 884 414 1 925 676 102,2
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1 852 320 1 983 589 107,1 1 985 823 2 052 729 103,4
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 1 375 049 1 343 629 97,7 2 662 038 2 726 913 102,4
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 714 513 862 107 120,7 2 824 019 3 000 405 106,2
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 870 569 637 442 73,2 767 449 1 275 418 166,2
  31 Manufacture of furniture 291 697 214 814 73,6 493 251 517 987 105,0
  32 Other manufacturing 246 456 257 513 104,5 801 911 839 862 104,7
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 714 457 523 037 73,2 824 377 992 779 120,4
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 329 046 331 520 100,8 192 355 185 744 96,6
J   Information and communication 74 654 66 681 89,3 75 618 72 155 95,4
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 58 87 151,5 125 209 167,3
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 848 1 867 220,2 2 087 1 194 57,2
    Not classified 44 897 95 276 212,2 2 232 32 692 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I – XI 2023 I – XI 2024 Indices
I – XI 2024
I – XI 2023		 I – XI 2023 I – XI 2024 Indices
I – XI 2024
I – XI 2023
  Total 21 094 432 21 913 399 103,9 36 633 523 38 606 776 105,4
0 Food and live animals 2 600 402 2 595 399 99,8 4 261 589 4 642 609 108,9
1 Beverages and tobacco 479 651 444 894 92,8 598 282 650 152 108,7
2 Crude materials, except fuels 1 358 726 1 386 835 102,1 646 617 638 394 98,7
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 2 475 432 2 819 924 113,9 5 880 917 5 929 494 100,8
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 88 488 91 971 103,9 170 909 159 248 93,2
5 Chemical products 2 456 769 2 730 006 111,1 4 749 687 4 956 799 104,4
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 3 518 616 3 524 901 100,2 5 802 160 5 854 404 100,9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 5 222 568 5 218 005 99,9 9 668 595 10 493 544 108,5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2 786 889 2 939 723 105,5 4 703 580 5 078 467 108,0
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 61 993 66 465 107,2 148 956 170 972 114,8
  Not classified 44 897 95 276 212,2 2 232 32 692 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

      Export Import
I – XI 2023 I – XI 2024 Indices
I – XI 2024
I – XI 2023		 I – XI 2023 I – XI 2024 Indices
I – XI 2024
I – XI 2023
Total 21 094 432 21 913 399 103,9 36 633 523 38 606 776 105,4
EU Member States 14 373 645 14 418 906 100,3 28 078 275 30 218 635 107,6
Austria 1 196 597 1 130 373 94,5 2 047 587 2 084 249 101,8
Belgium 229 558 248 698 108,3 642 796 621 698 96,7
Bulgaria 149 759 177 316 118,4 308 258 491 764 159,5
Cyprus 32 089 23 821 74,2 14 519 15 388 106,0
Czech Republic 355 313 359 034 101,0 838 840 881 100 105,0
Denmark 150 444 133 060 88,4 239 182 279 265 116,8
Estonia 21 429 9 848 46,0 17 052 23 373 137,1
Finland 41 266 48 404 117,3 65 737 57 138 86,9
France 542 616 521 732 96,2 987 339 1 552 639 157,3
Greece 142 525 148 081 103,9 270 568 411 208 152,0
Ireland 54 006 88 181 163,3 87 480 125 360 143,3
Italy 2 581 005 2 519 190 97,6 5 262 757 5 229 727 99,4
Latvia 18 204 28 405 156,0 17 376 14 838 85,4
Lithuania 77 185 77 099 99,9 63 342 70 225 110,9
Luxembourg 9 818 12 277 125,0 13 115 14 801 112,9
Hungary 1 411 548 1 337 085 94,7 2 359 538 2 547 282 108,0
Malta 291 771 87 259 29,9 86 386 5 300 6,1
Netherlands 340 627 367 988 108,0 1 437 758 1 509 102 105,0
Germany 2 612 750 2 647 472 101,3 5 235 083 5 523 641 105,5
Poland 526 732 483 423 91,8 1 453 393 1 560 106 107,3
Portugal 71 446 80 826 113,1 51 650 51 411 99,5
Romania 328 108 338 372 103,1 476 458 524 506 110,1
Northern Ireland 2 819 3 948 140,0 8 697 6 458 74,3
Slovakia 240 863 512 206 212,7 729 076 866 328 118,8
Slovenia 2 373 783 2 415 483 101,8 4 202 790 4 544 593 108,1
Spain 376 553 381 740 101,4 892 641 923 204 103,4
Sweden 187 348 229 193 122,3 268 735 282 037 105,0
Not classified 7 480 8 392 112,2 121 1 893 1)
EFTA countries 366 011 384 474 105,0 216 108 325 747 150,7
Iceland 3 530 8 574 242,9 81 898 1)
Liechtenstein 20 409 20 230 99,1 194 76 39,0
Norway 66 701 66 727 100,0 22 764 97 184 426,9
Switzerland 275 371 288 943 104,9 193 069 227 590 117,9
CEFTA countries 4 013 013 4 451 065 110,9 2 352 383 2 171 140 92,3
Albania 85 631 84 623 98,8 27 411 27 228 99,3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 110 972 2 469 810 117,0 1 198 138 1 101 502 91,9
Montenegro 320 475 346 396 108,1 6 941 8 994 129,6
Kosovo 154 113 188 076 122,0 10 520 10 213 97,1
Moldova 4 051 6 163 152,1 10 517 11 323 107,7
North Macedonia 179 434 181 517 101,2 118 532 123 940 104,6
Serbia 1 158 336 1 174 480 101,4 980 324 887 939 90,6
OPEC countries 151 384 232 801 153,8 171 853 480 672 279,7
Algeria 6 267 14 607 233,1 17 158 165 212 962,9
Equatorial Guinea 332 260 78,3 - - -
Gabon 1 069 720 67,4 116 59 51,1
Iraq 11 672 24 457 209,5 255 494 193,5
Iran, Islamic Republic of 5 063 4 797 94,7 4 816 7 138 148,2
Congo 2 084 1 067 51,2 71 422 7 0,0
Kuwait 7 369 7 341 99,6 6 - -
Libya 7 228 9 131 126,3 - 63 512 -
Nigeria 9 136 12 355 135,2 68 037 152 081 223,5
Saudi Arabia 49 928 68 259 136,7 5 510 71 551 1)
United Arab Emirates 50 715 89 753 177,0 4 304 20 437 474,9
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 522 55 10,4 229 181 78,9
Other countries in Europe 807 224 857 759 106,3 878 651 947 065 107,8
Belarus 6 766 8 769 129,6 739 692 93,7
Russian Federation 208 483 217 257 104,2 56 192 126 025 224,3
Türkiye 283 965 226 013 79,6 617 857 618 754 100,1
United Kingdom 226 444 252 288 111,4 114 156 133 165 116,7
Ukraine 79 589 98 775 124,1 88 720 64 118 72,3
Other countries 1 976 54 657 1) 987 4 312 436,9
Other countries in Asia 405 838 464 704 114,5 3 193 436 3 063 464 95,9
Azerbaijan 3 706 5 341 144,1 699 487 815 787 116,6
Bangladesh 4 131 1 943 47,0 52 729 51 498 97,7
Philippines 3 097 1 464 47,3 3 660 3 330 91,0
Hong Kong, China 15 629 21 241 135,9 2 394 2 919 121,9
India 16 190 25 761 159,1 234 279 186 265 79,5
Indonesia 8 148 4 422 54,3 84 578 40 674 48,1
Israel 34 761 64 879 186,6 27 347 22 922 83,8
Japan 54 067 23 945 44,3 68 212 56 975 83,5
Qatar 4 955 10 327 208,4 1 962 1 014 51,7
Kazakhstan 44 405 44 254 99,7 37 160 286 792 771,8
China 71 532 100 358 140,3 1 181 448 1 330 129 112,6
Korea, Republic of 12 761 14 592 114,3 62 485 64 977 104,0
Lebanon 23 404 35 691 152,5 102 64 63,1
Malaysia 4 984 5 437 109,1 18 525 9 613 51,9
Pakistan 5 263 708 13,5 16 102 24 624 152,9
Singapore 9 108 15 460 169,7 27 173 9 343 34,4
Thailand 4 545 6 220 136,9 19 278 19 745 102,4
Taiwan, China 10 560 7 559 71,6 36 554 34 258 93,7
Viet Nam 26 938 30 707 114,0 63 137 60 339 95,6
Other countries 47 655 44 393 93,2 556 824 42 196 7,6
Other countries in Africa 195 650 183 573 93,8 290 425 109 666 37,8
Egypt 85 164 87 803 103,1 39 426 47 214 119,8
Ethiopia 2 406 5 049 209,9 5 714 13 105 229,3
South Africa 21 508 20 110 93,5 33 601 8 001 23,8
Morocco 39 084 38 809 99,3 7 609 17 108 224,8
Mozambique 53 420 792,5 191 152 3 171 1,7
Tunisia 14 598 3 578 24,5 6 484 12 518 193,1
Other countries 32 836 27 805 84,7 6 438 8 547 132,8
Other countries in America 686 932 875 753 127,5 1 285 165 1 046 995 81,5
Argentina 1 885 1 614 85,7 11 404 8 726 76,5
Brazil 9 005 6 541 72,6 10 613 19 414 182,9
Canada 50 385 44 491 88,3 27 071 63 243 233,6
Mexico 61 907 12 795 20,7 20 806 13 206 63,5
United States 527 650 736 120 139,5 964 230 731 405 75,9
Other countries 36 102 74 191 205,5 251 042 210 999 84,0
Countries of Oceania 71 740 29 310 40,9 7 165 6 312 88,1
Australia 28 022 25 273 90,2 5 558 2 388 43,0
New Zealand 1 647 2 600 157,8 1 516 3 854 254,3
Other countries 42 070 1 437 3,4 92 70 76,2
Not classified 22 995 15 054 65,5 160 062 237 082 148,1

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I – XII 2023 I – XII 2024 Indices
I – XII 2024
I – XII 2023
Export 22 895 207 23 943 730 104,6
EU Member States 15 556 340 15 618 812 100,4
Non-EU Member States 7 338 868 8 324 918 113,4
Import 39 610 927 41 761 286 105,4
EU Member States 30 449 426 32 580 433 107,0
Non-EU Member States 9 161 501 9 180 853 100,2
Balance of foreign trade in goods -16 715 720 -17 817 555 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 57,8 57,3 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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