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Trade between Croatia and Slovakia

In 2024, Croatia exported $616 million to Slovakia and imported $1 billion. Croatia ran a deficit of $391 million with Slovakia, compared with a deficit of $376 million in 2019. Slovakia was Croatia’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Croatia was Slovakia’s 22nd (0.8%).

Summary

Croatia → Slovakia
$616million
Slovakia → Croatia
$1billion
Croatia’s balance
-$391million

Balance

Croatia’s trade balance with Slovakia

Trade between Croatia and Slovakia grew 14.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.6
  • Imports 1
  • Balance -0.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$25 million$84 million-$58 million
1996$25 million$89 million-$65 million
1997$25 million$93 million-$67 million
1998$28 million$68 million-$40 million
1999$20 million$57 million-$37 million
2000$19 million$80 million-$61 million
2001$20 million$58 million-$38 million
2002$23 million$102 million-$79 million
2003$33 million$147 million-$114 million
2004$35 million$163 million-$128 million
2005$59 million$166 million-$107 million
2006$75 million$262 million-$187 million
2007$74 million$238 million-$165 million
2008$93 million$364 million-$271 million
2009$83 million$272 million-$189 million
2010$102 million$187 million-$85 million
2011$128 million$225 million-$97 million
2012$131 million$207 million-$76 million
2013$162 million$341 million-$178 million
2014$199 million$392 million-$192 million
2015$190 million$402 million-$213 million
2016$186 million$368 million-$183 million
2017$175 million$490 million-$316 million
2018$188 million$526 million-$338 million
2019$184 million$560 million-$376 million
2020$161 million$550 million-$388 million
2021$211 million$750 million-$539 million
2022$266 million$915 million-$649 million
2023$267 million$866 million-$599 million
2024$616 million$1 billion-$391 million

What they sell each other

What Croatia sells to Slovakia

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

  1. Crude petroleum$323 million · 52.5%
    530 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s sources
  2. Railway freight cars$48 million · 7.9%
    12 thousand tonnes
  3. Seats and chairs$25 million · 4%
    740 tonnes
  4. 87 tonnes · Slovakia’s sources
  5. Cars$11 million · 1.8%
    475 tonnes · Slovakia’s sources
  6. Refined petroleum$11 million · 1.8%
    11 thousand tonnes
  7. Open-chain hydrocarbons$8 million · 1.4%
    8 thousand tonnes
  8. Other aluminum articles$6 million · 1%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Auto parts$6 million · 0.95%
    426 tonnes · Slovakia’s sources
  10. Wood veneer sheets$5 million · 0.76%
    671 tonnes

What Slovakia sells to Croatia

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$191 million · 18.9%
    92 tonnes
  2. Cars$81 million · 8%
    5 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  3. Monitors and projectors$47 million · 4.6%
    2 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  4. Refined petroleum$38 million · 3.8%
    54 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  5. Railway parts$23 million · 2.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  6. Leather footwear$22 million · 2.1%
    445 tonnes
  7. Rubber and plastic footwear$21 million · 2.1%
    832 tonnes
  8. New tires$20 million · 2%
    3 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  9. Central heating boilers$20 million · 2%
    834 tonnes
  10. Coal tar oils$18 million · 1.8%
    27 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Croatia and Slovakia traded $1.6 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by sea (81% of the value), but there is no estimated route for this pair.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.3 billion · 81.2%
  2. Air$305 million · 18.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Slovakia was Croatia’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Croatia was Slovakia’s 22nd (0.8%).

Slovakia in Croatia’s trade
2.4%
Slovakia’s rank among Croatia’s partners
13th
Croatia in Slovakia’s trade
0.8%
Croatia’s rank among Slovakia’s partners
22nd

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Sources and methodology

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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.