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Trade between Croatia and Italy

In 2024, Croatia exported $2.7 billion to Italy and imported $6 billion. Croatia ran a deficit of $3.3 billion with Italy, compared with a deficit of $1.6 billion in 2019. Italy was Croatia’s 2nd largest trading partner (13% of its trade), and Croatia was Italy’s 32nd (0.7%).

Summary

Croatia → Italy
$2.7billion
Italy → Croatia
$6billion
Croatia’s balance
-$3.3billion

Balance

Croatia’s trade balance with Italy

Trade between Croatia and Italy grew 3.6-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Croatia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 2.7
  • Imports 6
  • Balance -3.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1 billion$1.4 billion-$325 million
1996$1 billion$1.4 billion-$339 million
1997$832 million$1.7 billion-$868 million
1998$863 million$1.5 billion-$659 million
1999$842 million$1.3 billion-$428 million
2000$1 billion$1.4 billion-$350 million
2001$1.2 billion$1.7 billion-$505 million
2002$1.2 billion$1.9 billion-$737 million
2003$1.3 billion$2.6 billion-$1.3 billion
2004$2.1 billion$2.8 billion-$724 million
2005$2 billion$3 billion-$1 billion
2006$2.3 billion$3.6 billion-$1.3 billion
2007$2.3 billion$4.2 billion-$1.9 billion
2008$2.7 billion$5.3 billion-$2.5 billion
2009$2.2 billion$3.2 billion-$1.1 billion
2010$2.5 billion$3.1 billion-$648 million
2011$2.4 billion$3.7 billion-$1.3 billion
2012$1.7 billion$3.5 billion-$1.8 billion
2013$1.7 billion$2.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2014$1.9 billion$3.3 billion-$1.4 billion
2015$1.6 billion$2.9 billion-$1.3 billion
2016$1.7 billion$2.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2017$2 billion$3.4 billion-$1.4 billion
2018$2.4 billion$3.7 billion-$1.3 billion
2019$2.3 billion$3.9 billion-$1.6 billion
2020$2 billion$3.2 billion-$1.2 billion
2021$2.5 billion$4.2 billion-$1.7 billion
2022$4.5 billion$6.1 billion-$1.6 billion
2023$3.1 billion$6.2 billion-$3.1 billion
2024$2.7 billion$6 billion-$3.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Croatia sells to Italy

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Corn$146 million · 5.4%
    740 thousand tonnes · Italy’s sources
  2. 3 thousand tonnes
  3. Socks and tights$81 million · 3%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Sawn wood$78 million · 2.9%
    99 thousand tonnes
  5. Sweaters and pullovers$77 million · 2.9%
    718 tonnes
  6. Fresh fish$76 million · 2.8%
    12 thousand tonnes
  7. Other electrical devices$71 million · 2.6%
    318 tonnes
  8. Wheat$71 million · 2.6%
    360 thousand tonnes · Italy’s sources
  9. Cigarettes and cigars$57 million · 2.1%
    4 thousand tonnes · Italy’s sources
  10. Firewood and wood chips$56 million · 2.1%
    426 thousand tonnes

What Italy sells to Croatia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$1.2 billion · 19.5%
    1.5 million tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  2. Socks and tights$104 million · 1.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  3. Yachts and pleasure boats$97 million · 1.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Copper wire$84 million · 1.4%
    9 thousand tonnes
  5. Steel bars$69 million · 1.2%
    115 thousand tonnes
  6. Cables and wire$67 million · 1.1%
    7 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  7. Cars$64 million · 1.1%
    7 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  8. Pet and animal feed$63 million · 1.1%
    45 thousand tonnes
  9. Hot-rolled flat steel$62 million · 1%
    78 thousand tonnes
  10. Steel wire rod$60 million · 1%
    90 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rijeka to Genoa.

The estimated sea route between Rijeka and Genoa is 1,097 nautical miles (2,031 km) long: ≈ 2.5–3.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$7.5 billion · 86.2%
  2. Air$1.2 billion · 13.8%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Italy was Croatia’s 2nd largest trading partner (13% of its trade), and Croatia was Italy’s 32nd (0.7%).

Italy in Croatia’s trade
12.7%
Italy’s rank among Croatia’s partners
2nd
Croatia in Italy’s trade
0.7%
Croatia’s rank among Italy’s partners
32nd

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Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.