Review article

CROATIAN FOREIGN TRADE OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD PRODUCTS

Ivo Grgić orcid.org/0000-0003-3900-4925 ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Magdalena Zrakić orcid.org/0000-0002-0577-1109 ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Gordana Županac ; Zagrebačka Županija, Upravni odjel za poljoprivredu, ruralni razvitak i šumarstvo, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

In this article total Croatian foreign trade of agricultural and food products is analyzed for the period from 2000 to 2010. Also analyzed one by products and the import-export destinations for the period from 2005 to 2010. Agricultural and food sector participates with 9.7% in total Croatian foreign trade exchange (average 2000/10), but less in import (9.1%) than in export (10.9%). During the same period the Croatian agricultural and food sector was in deficit between 280 million USD in 2000 and 1.225 million USD in 2008. The coverage of import by export of agricultural and food products was somewhat better (58.7%) compared to total foreign trade exchange (48.9%). The most important export products were sugar from sugar beet and sugar cane, cigars and cigarettes and chocolate, and imported agricultural and food products were others, such as fresh pork and cattle. Most agricultural and food products (about a third of the total) were exported to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and most were imported from Germany (11.8%) and Italy (11.6%). Neighbouring markets are very important for Croatia and there is a positive foreign trade balance in agricultural and food products exchange with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia, negative only with Macedonia.

Keywords

foreign exchange; agricultural and food products; the Republic of Croatia

Hrčak ID:

79943

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/79943

Publication date:

12.4.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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