The value of commodity exports in January this year amounted to HRK 8.2 billion, an increase of 4% year on year whereas imports amounted to as much as HRK 13.6%, up 5.5% on the year, the latest figures released on Friday by the State Bureau of Statistics (DZS) indicate.

The trade deficit in January amounted to HRK 5.4 billion which was HRK 396.6 million more y-o-y.

The export-import ratio fell from 61.1% to 60.2% in the first month of the year.

(EUR 1 = HRK 7.4)