Croatia's industrial sales up 11.6% y/y in March

Industrial sales on the non-domestic market rose 23.5% on the year in March, while domestic industrial sales added 5.9%, the statistical office said in a statement on Thursday.

Sales of intermediate goods rose 25.6% on the year, sales of non-durable consumer goods fell 2.5%, while sales of durable goods soared 43.1% in March.

Sales of capital goods grew by 25.7% year-on-year in March, while sales of energy fell 5.3%.

On a monthly comparison basis, Croatia's industrial sales increased by 4.9% in March, after growing 2.2% in February.

Croatia's industrial sales decreased by 7% year-on-year in 2020.