In the first nine months of the year, the trade deficit increased by HRK 2.36 billion or 5.5% to HRK 45.57 billion, while the rate of coverage of imports by exports rose by 1.7 percentage points to 62.3%.
Croatia increased exports to EU countries by 8.9% to HRK 48.7 billion, while exports to non-EU countries rose by 22.4% to HRK 26.76 billion.
At the same time, imports from the EU increased by 9.2% to HRK 94 billion and imports from non-EU countries rose by 14.3% to HRK 27 billion.
(EUR 1 = HRK 7.5)