Croatia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

-1,775.39

Units In

HRK Million

-1,700

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 09, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
502.62 Aug 1993	-11,353.99 Oct 2022	-3,819.6 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 slightly narrowed to EUR 1.8 billion in April 2025 from EUR 1.9 billion in the same month last year, according to preliminary data. Exports fell by 1.4% to EUR 2 billion, while imports declined at a faster pace of 3.7% to EUR 3.8 billion. For the January to April period, however, the country’s trade gap widened to EUR 6.6 billion compared to EUR 6.4 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. Exports rose by 6.4% to EUR 8.1 billion, supported by higher sales to both EU (6.5%) and non-EU (6.4%) countries. Meanwhile, imports grew by 4.8%, driven by increased purchases from EU countries (0.7%) and a sharp rise in imports from non-EU countries (21.3%).