Croatia Balance of Trade

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

-1,425.65

Units In

HRK Million

-1,775.39

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 08, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
502.62 Aug 1993	-11,353.99 Oct 2022	-3,813.36 HRK Million	1993-2025	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 narrowed to EUR 1.4 billion in May 2025 from EUR 2.0 billion in the same month last year, according to preliminary data. The improvement was largely driven by a sharp contraction in imports, which fell 14.4% year-on-year to EUR 3.5 billion, while exports inched up 0.4% to EUR 2.0 billion. For the January–May period, the trade gap narrowed to EUR 8.0 billion, compared to EUR 8.4 billion during the same period in 2024. Exports rose 5.4% to EUR 10.2 billion, supported by stronger demand from both EU countries (5.9%) and non-EU countries (4.1%). Imports edged up 0.7% to EUR 18.2 billion, driven by a surge in purchases from non-EU countries (13.2%), while imports from EU countries declined (-2.7%).