Croatia's trade gap expands 83.5% y/y in Jan-Aug

Exports rose 34.4% on the year to 118.8 billion kuna in the January-August period, while imports grew 51.5% to 205.1 billion kuna, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics said in a statement, quoting preliminary data.

Croatia's exports to the European Union (EU) increased by 38.5% year-on-year in the review period, reaching 83.6 billion kuna, whereas the country's imports from the EU also rose by 38.5% to 144.4 billion kuna.

Croatia's trade deficit rose by 13% to 69.3 billion kuna last year.

(1 euro = 7.528 Croatian kuna)