First Release

Year: LXI.
Zagreb, 06 September 2024
VT-2024-1-1/6
ISSN 1334-0557

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

According to provisional data, from January to June 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 11.5 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 21.2 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 9.7 billion euro.

In the period from January to June 2024, coverage of import by export was 54.2%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to July 2024, total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 13.7 billion euro, while total import was 24.9 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 11.2 billion euro.

According to the First Results, coverage of import by export was 54.9% in the period from January to July 2024.

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, JUNE 2023 – JUNE 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 1 728 607 1 910 110 2 972 716 3 284 850 -1 244 109 -1 374 739 58,1
  II 1 863 394 2 019 362 3 298 117 3 574 168 -1 434 723 -1 554 806 56,5
  III 2 001 957 2 167 316 3 654 593 3 956 449 -1 652 636 -1 789 133 54,8
  IV 2 007 455 2 169 885 3 825 642 4 135 889 -1 818 187 -1 966 004 52,5
  V 2 013 052 2 157 589 3 945 033 4 228 281 -1 931 981 -2 070 691 51,0
  VI 1 874 959 2 034 705 3 491 010 3 788 436 -1 616 052 -1 753 731 53,7
  I – VI 11 489 423 12 458 967 21 187 110 22 968 072 -9 697 687 -10 509 105 54,2

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

1 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I – VI 2023 I – VI 2024 indices
I – VI 2024
I – VI 2023		 I – VI 2023 I – VI 2024 indices
I – VI 2024
I – VI 2023
    Total 11 501 273 11 489 423 99,9 20 230 660 21 187 110 104,7
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 590 343 568 436 96,3 642 257 679 839 105,9
B    Mining and quarrying 466 068 485 176 104,1 1 599 711 1 082 524 67,7
C    Manufacturing 9 718 410 9 928 265 102,2 17 384 587 18 858 991 108,5
  10 Manufacture of food products 974 208 970 041 99,6 1 842 918 1 980 526 107,5
  11 Manufacture of beverages 148 455 143 994 97,0 194 179 206 515 106,4
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 131 713 97 732 74,2 118 314 132 765 112,2
  13 Manufacture of textiles 114 158 103 993 91,1 296 348 268 183 90,5
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 492 580 544 384 110,5 809 383 891 689 110,2
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 246 949 240 062 97,2 400 145 390 289 97,5
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 548 645 531 122 96,8 285 438 266 143 93,2
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 216 393 212 040 98,0 381 102 384 878 101,0
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 029 1 592 154,8 1 729 1 636 94,6
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 484 418 657 996 135,8 1 300 962 1 624 040 124,8
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 608 975 669 210 109,9 1 507 434 1 458 794 96,8
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 527 384 606 990 115,1 929 437 1 016 915 109,4
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 367 643 378 526 103,0 738 411 775 161 105,0
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 392 679 435 392 110,9 385 790 454 897 117,9
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 480 621 495 973 103,2 1 205 317 1 189 069 98,7
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 730 659 725 856 99,3 697 831 744 743 106,7
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 289 969 285 123 98,3 996 402 1 041 279 104,5
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 986 840 1 055 249 106,9 1 081 950 1 103 926 102,0
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 742 960 713 149 96,0 1 489 091 1 506 892 101,2
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 381 456 469 636 123,1 1 615 262 1 781 840 110,3
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 555 341 334 904 60,3 390 013 895 258 229,5
  31 Manufacture of furniture 164 637 118 383 71,9 288 607 292 733 101,4
  32 Other manufacturing 130 700 136 918 104,8 428 523 450 821 105,2
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 475 677 247 503 52,0 446 394 411 787 92,2
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 196 140 187 985 95,8 117 926 104 058 88,2
J   Information and communication 38 879 35 176 90,5 36 632 33 712 92,0
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 15 11 77,7 32 83 255,6
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 219 319 145,7 1 705 851 49,9
    Not classified 15 523 36 552 235,5 1 414 15 267 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I – VI 2023 I – VI 2024 indices
I – VI 2024
I – VI 2023		 I – VI 2023 I – VI 2024 indices
I – VI 2024
I – VI 2023
  Total 11 501 273 11 489 423 99,9 20 230 660 21 187 110 104,7
0 Food and live animals 1 364 798 1 348 078 98,8 2 249 648 2 431 176 108,1
1 Beverages and tobacco 264 532 236 578 89,4 313 545 340 675 108,7
2 Crude materials, except fuels 778 918 735 359 94,4 383 038 366 271 95,6
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 1 384 673 1 340 504 96,8 3 345 186 3 097 734 92,6
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 43 324 41 499 95,8 91 563 80 566 88,0
5 Chemical products 1 281 547 1 436 562 112,1 2 658 764 2 728 010 102,6
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 1 938 556 1 933 436 99,7 3 251 992 3 257 178 100,2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2 888 101 2 794 272 96,8 5 333 616 6 072 449 113,9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1 505 423 1 555 132 103,3 2 504 947 2 711 438 108,2
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 35 878 31 450 87,7 96 947 86 349 89,1
  Not classified 15 523 36 552 235,5 1 414 15 267 1)

1) The index exceeds 999.

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

     Export Import
I – VI 2023 I – VI 2024 indices
I – VI 2024
I – VI 2023		 I – VI 2023 I – VI 2024 indices
I – VI 2024
I – VI 2023
Total 11 501 273 11 489 423 99,9 20 230 660 21 187 110 104,7
EU Member States 7 940 843 7 658 274 96,4 15 375 356 16 726 450 108,8
Austria 636 640 618 854 97,2 1 142 013 1 127 508 98,7
Belgium 126 515 120 793 95,5 354 740 340 167 95,9
Bulgaria 82 479 92 050 111,6 175 555 293 556 167,2
Cyprus 13 178 13 153 99,8 8 076 8 629 106,9
Czech Republic 196 335 192 787 98,2 450 265 496 506 110,3
Denmark 70 654 68 825 97,4 121 624 165 811 136,3
Estonia 12 735 5 682 44,6 9 085 12 619 138,9
Finland 21 010 25 732 122,5 35 209 34 668 98,5
France 291 313 290 467 99,7 549 220 911 381 165,9
Greece 71 959 70 232 97,6 162 562 270 103 166,2
Ireland 28 969 49 228 169,9 50 867 49 667 97,6
Italy 1 397 344 1 367 325 97,9 2 912 625 3 050 808 104,7
Latvia 9 740 16 396 168,3 8 757 8 827 100,8
Lithuania 43 184 39 685 91,9 33 421 36 604 109,5
Luxembourg 5 841 8 662 148,3 7 212 6 678 92,6
Hungary 837 481 766 302 91,5 1 287 523 1 353 633 105,1
Malta 229 870 40 111 17,4 19 502 2 869 14,7
Netherlands 192 775 193 151 100,2 762 219 820 146 107,6
Germany 1 431 611 1 421 967 99,3 2 865 308 3 008 722 105,0
Poland 277 389 269 233 97,1 775 292 832 642 107,4
Portugal 42 780 48 262 112,8 30 018 29 905 99,6
Romania 176 025 180 022 102,3 256 975 283 118 110,2
Northern Ireland 1 063 2 144 201,7 4 938 2 814 57,0
Slovakia 142 542 133 378 93,6 390 023 473 241 121,3
Slovenia 1 303 891 1 289 030 98,9 2 314 763 2 436 359 105,3
Spain 187 237 205 094 109,5 504 381 507 845 100,7
Sweden 106 491 127 030 119,3 143 166 161 463 112,8
Not classified 3 793 2 681 70,7 17 161 952,7
EFTA countries 211 646 201 781 95,3 115 606 135 587 117,3
Iceland 1 470 7 184 488,7 63 398 631,2
Liechtenstein 11 720 11 449 97,7 20 58 282,4
Norway 44 655 30 324 67,9 12 573 9 955 79,2
Switzerland 153 802 152 824 99,4 102 950 125 176 121,6
CEFTA countries 2 093 862 2 336 604 111,6 1 330 624 1 209 626 90,9
Albania 46 338 41 599 89,8 17 841 16 156 90,6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 060 235 1 333 098 125,7 686 736 621 814 90,5
Montenegro 161 601 183 234 113,4 3 864 3 280 84,9
Kosovo 75 774 95 792 126,4 6 502 5 697 87,6
Moldova 1 693 2 792 165,0 4 407 4 807 109,1
North Macedonia 90 202 101 836 112,9 57 125 71 412 125,0
Serbia 658 020 578 253 87,9 554 148 486 460 87,8
OPEC countries 73 946 117 674 159,1 65 373 176 381 269,8
Algeria 4 357 2 767 63,5 17 141 39 926 232,9
Equatorial Guinea 202 166 82,1 - - -
Gabon 773 334 43,2 116 0 0,2
Iraq 3 505 20 869 595,4 236 494 209,2
Iran, Islamic Republic of 2 974 2 011 67,6 2 387 3 957 165,8
Congo 1 518 309 20,3 1 - -
Kuwait 4 152 3 435 82,7 6 - -
Libya 1 639 1 938 118,2 - 18 763 -
Nigeria 6 422 180 2,8 40 421 78 323 193,8
Saudi Arabia 26 315 34 436 130,9 2 063 23 052 1)
United Arab Emirates 21 566 51 191 237,4 2 886 11 786 408,3
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 522 39 7,5 116 79 68,6
Other countries in Europe 441 961 428 278 96,9 523 997 510 763 97,5
Belarus 2 885 4 661 161,6 398 377 95,0
Russian Federation 105 746 104 815 99,1 42 100 8 659 20,6
Türkiye 173 100 130 252 75,2 364 760 388 913 106,6
United Kingdom 112 940 136 552 120,9 63 969 69 393 108,5
Ukraine 45 595 40 779 89,4 51 967 39 380 75,8
Other countries 1 695 11 218 662,0 804 4 040 502,4
Other countries in Asia 232 041 235 735 101,6 1 721 435 1 554 630 90,3
Azerbaijan 2 268 3 565 157,2 260 208 330 225 126,9
Bangladesh 969 1 538 158,7 28 969 26 986 93,2
Philippines 1 172 747 63,7 1 195 1 744 146,0
Hong Kong, China 5 618 10 432 185,7 1 359 843 62,0
India 8 550 13 281 155,3 160 735 108 091 67,2
Indonesia 4 616 2 226 48,2 57 706 20 276 35,1
Israel 16 188 17 180 106,1 16 196 16 051 99,1
Japan 49 614 20 608 41,5 36 911 35 697 96,7
Qatar 2 500 6 219 248,7 1 347 793 58,8
Kazakhstan 23 772 25 568 107,6 10 150 181 174 1)
China 37 101 55 416 149,4 634 991 684 241 107,8
Korea, Republic of 8 527 5 390 63,2 32 825 33 771 102,9
Lebanon 12 280 19 291 157,1 65 40 61,1
Malaysia 2 917 2 900 99,4 9 825 4 357 44,3
Pakistan 2 667 346 13,0 8 934 12 147 136,0
Singapore 3 978 6 850 172,2 22 888 4 400 19,2
Thailand 2 749 2 558 93,1 9 606 10 876 113,2
Taiwan, China 7 870 3 882 49,3 21 398 18 560 86,7
Viet Nam 16 614 17 008 102,4 45 404 45 394 100,0
Other countries 22 072 20 730 93,9 360 722 18 964 5,3
Other countries in Africa 101 543 104 317 102,7 264 679 72 144 27,3
Egypt 49 944 59 342 118,8 24 237 33 870 139,7
Ethiopia 1 696 1 616 95,3 5 446 12 864 236,2
South Africa 6 145 9 406 153,1 30 379 3 795 12,5
Morocco 21 779 21 986 101,0 5 242 6 368 121,5
Mozambique 41 0 1,0 191 001 1 246 0,7
Tunisia 3 151 1 173 37,2 3 619 8 721 241,0
Other countries 18 787 10 793 57,5 4 755 5 281 111,1
Other countries in America 379 397 381 669 100,6 734 977 625 801 85,1
Argentina 1 005 914 90,9 5 025 4 886 97,2
Brazil 4 481 3 866 86,3 5 485 10 891 198,6
Canada 30 149 22 803 75,6 15 115 18 625 123,2
Mexico 51 919 9 830 18,9 12 816 8 882 69,3
United States 266 638 329 676 123,6 592 278 444 143 75,0
Other countries 25 205 14 580 57,8 104 260 138 374 132,7
Countries of Oceania 18 216 16 251 89,2 3 956 57 186 1)
Australia 15 500 15 604 100,7 2 653 1 035 39,0
New Zealand 881 572 65,0 1 213 1 082 89,1
Other countries 1 834 75 4,1 90 55 070 1)
Not classified 7 819 8 840 113,1 94 657 118 543 125,2

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I – VII 2023 I – VII 2024 Indices
I – VII 2024
I – VII 2023
Export 13 340 599 13 663 164 102,4
EU Member States 9 195 713 9 024 457 98,1
Non-EU Member States 4 144 886 4 638 707 111,9
Import 23 580 529 24 869 980 105,5
EU Member States 17 992 209 19 559 534 108,7
Non-EU Member States 5 588 321 5 310 447 95,0
Balance of foreign trade in goods -10 239 930 -11 206 816 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 56,6 54,9 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, No. 25/20) 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, No. 25/20) 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
EC European Community
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
PSI provider of statistical information
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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