Croatia's Jan-Aug 2019 exports reach €10 billion, up by 5.8 pct year-on-year

The foreign trade deficit was 49.4 billion kuna (€6.6 billion), widening by 2.8 billion kuna (€378 million) than in the same period last year. The export-import ratio inched down from 60.1 percent to 60.0 percent year-on-year.

Commodity exports to EU member states in the period from January to August totalled 50.1 billion kuna (€6.7 billion), up 4.6 percent on the year, and 24 billion kuna (€3.2 billion) to non-EU countries, up 8.5 percent.

Commodity imports from EU member states increased by 9.1 percent to 99.6 billion kuna (€13.4 billion) while at the same time imports from non-EU countries decreased by 5.7 percent to 23.9 billion kuna (€3.2 billion).

(€1 = 7.41 kuna)