First Release

Year: LXIII.
Zagreb, 09 April 2026
VT-2026-1-1/1
ISSN 1334-0557

FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA − Provisional Data, January 2026 and January – February 2026

According to provisional data, in January 2026, the total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1.7 billion euro. At the same time, total import was 2.9 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 1.2 billion euro.

In January 2026, coverage of import by export was 59.7%.

According to the First Results, in the period from January to February 2026, the total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 3.9 billion euro, while the total import was 6.4 billion euro. Foreign trade deficit amounted to 2.6 billion euro.

According to the First Results, the coverage of import by export was 59.9% from January to February 2026.

 

G-1 FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS, JANUARY 2025 – JANUARY 2026

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 $
2025                                 
  I 1 965 051 2 041 491 3 436 385 3 570 055 -1 471 334 -1 528 565 57,2
  II 2 043 054 2 123 344 3 666 695 3 810 790 -1 623 641 -1 687 446 55,7
  III 2 165 496 2 254 495 3 934 472 4 096 171 -1 768 977 -1 841 677 55,0
  IV 2 023 317 2 188 216 3 955 671 4 278 053 -1 932 354 -2 089 837 51,1
  V 2 062 396 2 345 563 3 717 179 4 227 546 -1 654 783 -1 881 983 55,5
  VI 2 096 384 2 377 089 3 888 786 4 409 487 -1 792 402 -2 032 398 53,9
  VII 2 214 231 2 595 080 3 915 703 4 589 202 -1 701 472 -1 994 122 56,5
  VIII 1 728 456 1 978 389 3 223 887 3 690 056 -1 495 431 -1 711 668 53,6
  IX 2 243 250 2 615 176 3 837 509 4 473 756 -1 594 259 -1 858 580 58,5
  X 2 481 781 2 913 859 4 091 930 4 804 334 -1 610 149 -1 890 476 60,7
  XI 2 118 730 2 447 979 3 681 876 4 254 034 -1 563 147 -1 806 055 57,5
  XII 2 044 161 2 364 276 3 433 369 3 971 030 -1 389 208 -1 606 754 59,5
  I – XII 25 186 305 28 244 956 44 783 462 50 174 516 -19 597 157 -21 929 560 56,2
2026                          
  I 1 742 842 2 047 843 2 921 386 3 432 629 -1 178 544 -1 384 786 59,7

2 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO NKD 20071)

Thousand euro

      Export  Import
I 2025 I 2026 Indices
I 2026
I 2025		 I 2025 I 2026 Indices
I 2026
I 2025
    Total 1 965 051 1 742 842 88,7 3 436 385 2 921 386 85,0
A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing 117 056 111 393 95,2 117 476 106 877 91,0
B    Mining and quarrying 96 938 24 561 25,3 318 616 139 453 43,8
C    Manufacturing 1 633 190 1 487 016 91,0 2 840 840 2 577 546 90,7
  10 Manufacture of food products 149 299 149 676 100,3 332 088 286 429 86,3
  11 Manufacture of beverages 17 271 17 651 102,2 24 939 22 995 92,2
  12 Manufacture of tobacco products 14 887 8 552 57,4 22 516 18 555 82,4
  13 Manufacture of textiles 16 229 12 239 75,4 42 463 32 240 75,9
  14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 80 714 64 512 79,9 163 430 139 174 85,2
  15 Manufacture of leather and related products 42 608 36 009 84,5 72 311 58 272 80,6
  16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 83 205 72 837 87,5 40 078 33 901 84,6
  17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 35 814 23 997 67,0 63 004 58 646 93,1
  18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 178 170 95,9 320 223 69,5
  19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 173 136 111 614 64,5 97 626 119 855 122,8
  20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 119 077 116 738 98,0 278 190 231 901 83,4
  21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 83 633 89 842 107,4 160 213 203 970 127,3
  22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 66 058 55 463 84,0 126 346 103 997 82,3
  23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 62 432 54 172 86,8 63 641 58 686 92,2
  24 Manufacture of basic metals 76 431 96 168 125,8 195 085 231 321 118,6
  25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 108 987 84 351 77,4 113 995 89 496 78,5
  26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 44 312 42 653 96,3 179 387 169 902 94,7
  27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 170 778 178 547 104,5 185 025 172 118 93,0
  28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. 92 358 90 431 97,9 208 994 180 796 86,5
  29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 89 403 82 931 92,8 246 548 229 650 93,1
  30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 66 102 55 625 84,2 95 262 22 795 23,9
  31 Manufacture of furniture 17 029 17 137 100,6 48 363 43 327 89,6
  32 Other manufacturing 23 248 25 701 110,6 81 014 69 297 85,5
D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 75 094 80 370 107,0 135 844 82 324 60,6
E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 33 501 30 239 90,3 13 647 5 347 39,2
J   Information and communication 4 966 4 369 88,0 5 773 4 556 78,9
M   Professional, scientific and technical activities 0 - - 4 1 31,1
R   Arts, entertainment and recreation 114 19 16,6 56 21 37,9
    Not classified 4 192 4 876 116,3 4 130 5 261 127,4

1) In line with the transitional provision from Article 6 of the Decision on the National Classification of Activities, 2025 version – NKD 2025 (NN, No. 47/24).

3 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO SITC SECTIONS

Thousand euro

        Export Import
I 2025 I 2026 Indices
I 2026
I 2025		 I 2025 I 2026 Indices
I 2026
I 2025
  Total 1 965 051 1 742 842 88,7 3 436 385 2 921 386 85,0
0 Food and live animals 239 468 235 120 98,2 408 987 361 375 88,4
1 Beverages and tobacco 31 308 24 403 77,9 49 819 42 290 84,9
2 Crude materials, except fuels 115 650 108 031 93,4 55 148 40 485 73,4
3 Mineral fuels and lubricants 340 503 207 213 60,9 553 491 338 052 61,1
4 Animal and vegetable oils and fats 6 585 6 496 98,7 12 879 10 016 77,8
5 Chemical products 226 589 230 485 101,7 473 506 466 791 98,6
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 293 344 249 387 85,0 513 010 459 515 89,6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 440 615 437 623 99,3 875 619 734 099 83,8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 258 790 201 043 77,7 469 013 399 106 85,1
9 Commodities and transactions, n. e. s. 8 008 38 165 476,6 20 783 64 397 309,9
  Not classified 4 192 4 876 116,3 4 130 5 261 127,4

4 EXPORT AND IMPORT, ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

Thousand euro

       Export Import
I 2025 I 2026 Indices
I 2026
I 2025		 I 2025 I 2026 Indices
I 2026
I 2025
Total 1 965 051 1 742 842 88,7 3 436 385 2 921 386 85,0
EU Member States 1 307 947 1 198 581 91,6 2 580 182 2 373 442 92,0
Austria 95 951 100 836 105,1 183 943 170 708 92,8
Belgium 19 541 18 479 94,6 53 923 47 448 88,0
Bulgaria 12 679 15 203 119,9 29 686 29 826 100,5
Cyprus 6 331 5 389 85,1 1 525 1 037 68,0
Czech Republic 27 603 30 355 110,0 82 026 78 754 96,0
Denmark 11 323 10 145 89,6 17 902 30 562 170,7
Estonia 1 514 1 545 102,0 2 061 1 182 57,4
Finland 2 583 3 010 116,6 4 954 3 974 80,2
France 42 339 41 429 97,9 140 313 86 780 61,8
Greece 11 368 14 600 128,4 37 502 33 668 89,8
Ireland 3 976 2 858 71,9 28 844 7 187 24,9
Italy 247 397 211 374 85,4 324 509 352 247 108,5
Latvia 1 637 2 358 144,1 1 191 1 561 131,0
Lithuania 7 580 8 467 111,7 7 691 6 953 90,4
Luxembourg 368 788 214,3 3 581 1 504 42,0
Hungary 94 281 67 268 71,3 269 170 226 593 84,2
Malta 25 881 15 342 59,3 330 654 198,3
Netherlands 37 681 28 759 76,3 131 438 141 781 107,9
Germany 246 180 239 041 97,1 504 200 446 674 88,6
Poland 39 946 36 497 91,4 148 713 147 113 98,9
Portugal 7 123 5 918 83,1 5 331 3 841 72,1
Romania 31 081 28 470 91,6 38 821 33 776 87,0
Northern Ireland 251 358 142,9 429 1 834 428,0
Slovakia 68 069 30 832 45,3 74 077 63 842 86,2
Slovenia 220 561 230 562 104,5 405 976 367 237 90,5
Spain 23 114 24 333 105,3 61 815 65 422 105,8
Sweden 20 923 23 697 113,3 20 230 21 282 105,2
Not classified 669 670 100,1 4 1 35,5
EFTA countries 34 904 43 208 123,8 19 124 24 955 130,5
Iceland 1 192 604 50,7 12 - -
Liechtenstein 1 741 2 174 124,9 3 2 71,0
Norway 8 898 18 467 207,5 1 879 482 25,6
Switzerland 23 072 21 962 95,2 17 230 24 471 142,0
CEFTA countries 384 090 301 934 78,6 171 412 121 449 70,9
Albania 5 990 5 039 84,1 1 148 971 84,6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 205 875 161 763 78,6 91 340 62 902 68,9
Montenegro 39 719 20 293 51,1 739 250 33,9
Kosovo 20 667 10 328 50,0 524 442 84,3
Moldova 305 74 24,3 425 529 124,6
North Macedonia 13 634 12 636 92,7 7 614 7 036 92,4
Serbia 97 899 91 801 93,8 69 623 49 318 70,8
OPEC countries 16 236 11 276 69,4 94 687 54 519 57,6
Algeria 228 67 29,5 43 202 95 0,2
Equatorial Guinea 43 58 135,8 - - -
Gabon 196 - - - - -
Iraq 4 736 565 11,9 - - -
Iran, Islamic Republic of - - - 103 296 288,9
Congo - 83 - - - -
Kuwait 1 081 796 73,7 - - -
Libya 780 62 7,9 48 313 52 916 109,5
Nigeria 9 349 1) 1 228 1)
Saudi Arabia 4 215 5 828 138,3 1 759 377 21,4
United Arab Emirates 4 935 3 468 70,3 1 309 606 46,3
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 14 - - - 1 -
Other countries in Europe 96 970 51 425 53,0 72 086 60 912 84,5
Belarus 1 411 82 5,8 - - -
Russian Federation 20 964 26 769 127,7 317 25 7,7
Türkiye 16 000 5 357 33,5 54 155 48 227 89,1
United Kingdom 14 067 14 530 103,3 10 889 6 027 55,3
Ukraine 18 518 4 687 25,3 6 712 6 603 98,4
Other countries 26 010 - - 13 31 232,3
Other countries in Asia 59 522 57 486 96,6 275 532 164 141 59,6
Azerbaijan 1 677 118 7,0 51 456 0 0,0
Bangladesh 49 72 146,4 7 390 750 10,1
Philippines 27 226 852,6 135 64 47,6
Hong Kong, China 2 049 1 378 67,3 624 371 59,5
India 2 093 1 904 91,0 16 471 16 258 98,7
Indonesia 52 131 250,8 2 488 4 406 177,1
Israel 3 140 2 383 75,9 2 798 739 26,4
Japan 20 745 22 316 107,6 6 535 3 229 49,4
Qatar 1 297 967 74,6 981 168 17,1
Kazakhstan 2 387 1 301 54,5 736 3 0,4
China 9 681 10 408 107,5 142 557 110 900 77,8
Korea, Republic of 1 432 4 091 285,6 8 862 9 002 101,6
Lebanon 6 821 4 533 66,5 8 - -
Malaysia 400 162 40,5 257 1 361 529,7
Pakistan 12 15 126,4 4 460 2 273 51,0
Singapore 628 885 140,9 14 422 660 4,6
Thailand 303 311 102,5 2 339 2 411 103,1
Taiwan, China 931 310 33,3 3 698 6 067 164,1
Viet Nam 2 808 2 730 97,2 4 838 3 087 63,8
Other countries 2 989 3 244 108,5 4 475 2 393 53,5
Other countries in Africa 11 183 12 264 109,7 92 679 7 600 8,2
Egypt 4 892 4 748 97,0 6 304 4 324 68,6
Ethiopia 108 358 329,6 760 7 0,9
South Africa 1 167 1 020 87,4 283 86 30,5
Morocco 3 190 3 435 107,7 2 662 1 989 74,7
Mozambique - - - - - -
Tunisia 632 1 255 198,6 1 010 332 32,9
Other countries 1 193 1 449 121,5 81 660 862 1,1
Other countries in America 51 610 55 193 106,9 109 342 98 950 90,5
Argentina 380 118 31,1 709 552 77,9
Brazil 594 958 161,3 1 604 628 39,2
Canada 2 812 2 800 99,6 1 970 2 940 149,3
Mexico 2 170 1 880 86,6 871 1 002 115,1
United States of America 44 808 47 830 106,7 58 316 89 420 153,3
Other countries 846 1 606 189,8 45 872 4 407 9,6
Countries of Oceania 1 748 10 266 587,4 236 206 87,6
Australia 1 642 9 856 600,4 68 67 99,0
New Zealand 106 407 383,5 168 139 83,0
Other countries - 2 - - - -
Not classified 842 1 210 143,8 21 104 15 210 72,1

1) The index exceeds 999.

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

Thousand euro

      I – II 2025 I – II 2026 Indices
I – II 2026
I – II 2025
Export 4 008 106 3 853 517 96,1
EU Member States 2 648 223 2 582 270 97,5
Non-EU Member States 1 359 882 1 271 247 93,5
Import 7 103 080 6 430 043 90,5
EU Member States 5 490 186 5 208 758 94,9
Non-EU Member States 1 612 894 1 221 285 75,7
Balance of foreign trade in goods -3 094 975 -2 576 526 1)
Coverage of import by export, % 56,4 59,9 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 2026, 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 of the Republic of Croatia.

Based on Eurostat’s recommendation, data on import related to distance sales from other EU Member States (OSS – one-stop shop) should be compiled and included in national statistics on import.

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 Statistics Division and Eurostat, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics statistically processes and disseminates the collected Intrastat and Extrastat data as unique information on foreign trade in goods of the Republic of Croatia.

Legal basis

The legal basis for conducting the Intrastat survey is the European legislation related to the statistics on trading in goods between EU Member States, the Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics, the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics, the Official Statistics Act (NN, Nos 25/20, 155/23 and 124/25 – corr.), the Annual Implementation Plan of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia for 2026  (NN, No. 145/25) and the Customs Service 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 – Intrastat (gov.hr).

The legal basis for Extrastat is the European legislation related to the statistics on trading in goods with third countries, the Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics, the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics, the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1225 of 27 July 2021 specifying the arrangements for the data exchanges pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197, as regards the Member State of extra-Union export and the obligations of reporting units, the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/235 of 8 February 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 as regards formats and codes of common data requirements, certain rules on surveillance and the competent customs office for placing goods under a customs procedure, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/825 of 28 April 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1704 of 14 July 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council by further specifying the details for the statistical information to be provided by tax and customs authorities and amending its Annexes V and VI, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/234 of 7 December 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 as regards common data requirements, and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 as regards the codes to be used in certain forms, the Act on the Implementation of the Customs Legislation of the European Union (NN, Nos 40/16 and 52/25), the Official Statistics Act (NN, Nos 25/20, 155/23 and 124/25 – corr.), the Annual Implementation Plan of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia for 2026 (NN, No. 145/25) and the Customs Service 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.

The 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 euro 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 – correction), 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. The Decision on the National Classification of Activities, 2007 version – NKD 2007, will be applied in line with the transitional provision from Article 6 of the Decision on the National Classification of Activities, 2025 version – NKD 2025 (NN, No. 47/24): ''For statistical and analytical purposes of official statistics of the Republic of Croatia, in the transitional period until 31 December 2027, the Decision on the National Classification of Activities, 2007 version – NKD 2007 (NN, Nos 58/07 and 72/07 – correction) shall be concurrently applied'' and the Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics.

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.

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
NKD 2025 National Classification of Activities, 2025 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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