Croatia - Foreign trade

Ships are the Croatia's major export (13.6% of exports), while other commodities fall close behind, including refined petroleum products (8.1%), polymers (2.9%), men's outerwear (3.4%), and women's outerwear (2.6%). Croatia's diverse export market also includes various chemicals, foodstuff, and raw materials.

In 2000 Croatia's imports were distributed among the following categories:

Consumer goods	16.3%
Food	7.2%
Fuels	14.5%
Industrial supplies	29.6%
Machinery	16.1%
Transportation	16.2%
Other	0.1%

Principal trading partners in 1998 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:

COUNTRY	EXPORTS	IMPORTS	BALANCE
Italy	990	1,311	-321
Germany	632	1,298	-666
Bosnia and Herzegovina	495	82	413
Slovenia	480	627	-147
Austria	292	529	-237
Liberia	224	n.a.	n.a.
France	126	437	-311
United States	109	248	-139
Russia	57	672	-615
Belgium	43	115	-72