Croatia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Nov 30, 2024

Actual

-1,300

Units In

HRK Million

-1,500

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Feb 07, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
502.62 Aug 1993	-11,353.99 Oct 2022	-3,850.43 HRK Million	1993-2024	Croatian Bureau of Statistics

After the loss of the Yugoslav and Comecon markets, trade still plays a major role in Croatia's economic output. Croatia is mostly an exporter of transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs and fuels. On the other hand, Croatian is an importer of machinery, transport and electrical equipment, fuels and lubricans and foodstuffs. Croatia's main trading partners are Italy, Germany, Russia, China, Slovenia and Austria. The European Union as a whole is Croatia's most important trading partner.

Latest Updates

Croatia’s trade deficit widened to EUR 1.3 billion in November 2024, from EUR 1.1 billion in the corresponding month of the previous year, preliminary estimates showed. Year-on-year, exports increased by 3.3% to EUR 2.1 billion, while imports advanced by 5.1% to EUR 3.5 billion. Considering the January-November period, the country’s trade gap rose to EUR 16.7 billion from EUR 15.5 billion in the same period of last year.