Industry of Croatia

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Industry of Croatia
Industrijska zona Cakovec-istok.jpg
Čakovec-East Industrial Zone, Međimurje County, northern Croatia, with factories and facilities for processing poultry, production of textile garments, for processing cereals, aluminium casts, etc.
Main industriesMachinery and equipment, shipbuilding, petrochemicals, electricity, electronics, wood industry and furniture, pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, cement and construction, chemical and plastics industry, textiles, footwear and leather production
Industrial growth rate -3.4% (2020) [1]
Labour force 18.5% of total employment (2015)
GDP of sector21.5% of total GDP (2020) [2]

Industry of Croatia plays an important role in the country's economy. It has a longstanding tradition based since the 19th century on agriculture, forestry and mining. Many industrial branches developed at that time, like wood industry, food manufacturing, potash production, shipbuilding, leather and footwear production, textile industry, and others. Today, the industrial sectors in Croatia are food and beverage industry (approx. 24% of total manufacturing industry revenue), metal processing and machine industry, including vehicles (20%), coke and refined petroleum production (17%), chemical, pharmaceutical, rubber and plastics industry (11%), wood, furniture and paper manufacturing (9%), electrical equipment, electronics and optics fabrication (9%), textile, clothing and footwear industry (5%) as well as construction and building materials production (5%).

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In the structure of Croatian Gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015, industry's share was 21.2%. Industry's export reached around 10 billion euros in 2015, representing 94.5% of total export. In the same year the industrial production growth rate was 2.6%. [3]

Overview

Industrial production in Croatia has a most important place in total production. It includes machinery, tools, various fabricated metal products, ships and boats, mineral oils and distillates, timber products, furniture and bed equipment, military hardware, clothing and footwear with accessories, cement, bricks and other building materials, etc. There is also a notable production in energy sector, mining and water supply.

During the process of transition (in the 1990s and later) many companies were closed down, or were damaged during the Croatian War of Independence. It happened mostly to firms of timber, metal and textile branches. Some industries, however, recovered and achieved later remarkable results. Significant production level has been reached in the construction and energy-related activities as well. A great number of companies has been very active in foreign trade.

During the Great Recession, Croatian industry suffered from a decline of production output, revenue growth at a slower pace and increased unemployment. The share of industry in the whole economy sank from year to year; in 2010, for instance, industry accounted for 28.1% of activity. Negative trends were changed not earlier than in 2014, as the industrial production achieved a small rate of growth of 1.3% [4] in comparison with the year before.

In period from 2014 to 2017 industry production grew by 10.8% with average annual growth of 2.7%. [4] [3] [5] [6]

The annual growth rate of industry production in 2016 rose by 5%. [5] The fastest growth of production in 2016 was recorded by electrical equipment production sector (22.2% in comparison with previous year). At the same time, some industrial branches generated decline of production.

The share of labour force in industry in 2015 was 18.5% of overall employment in Croatia, showing at the same time trends with negative lines.

In 2020 industry production fell by 3.4% in comparison with previous year. In the first half of 2021, industry production grew by 9.6% in comparison to the same period of the previous year.

Industry by counties

The biggest industrial centres in the Republic of Croatia are Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, Osijek and Varaždin. The share of industrial production output of Croatian counties ranges from over 20% in the City of Zagreb (followed by approx. 11% in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, 8% in Zagreb County and Varaždin County) to only 0.5% in Lika-Senj County. [7]

Countries with biggest share of industry in GDP in 2018 were Međimurje County (43.5%), Varaždin County (41.7%) and Krapina-Zagorje County (41.3%), while county with lowest share of industry was Dubrovnik-Neretva County (5.2%).

Share of industry in GDP of Counties of Croatia (% of GDP, 2018) Share of industry Croatian Counties 2018.png
Share of industry in GDP of Counties of Croatia (% of GDP, 2018)
Share of industry in GDP of Counties of Croatia (% of GDP, 2018)
CountyShare of industry in GDP
Zastava bjelovarsko bilogorske zupanije.gif Bjelovar-Bilogora 20.7
Flag of Brod-Posavina County.svg Brod-Posavina 26.5
Flag of Dubrovnik-Neretva County.png Dubrovnik-Neretva 5.2
Zastava Istarske zupanije.svg Istria 18.6
Flag of Karlovac county.svg Karlovac 30.9
Flag of Koprivnica-Krizevci County.png Koprivnica-Križevci 30.1
Flag of Krapina-Zagorje-County.svg Krapina-Zagorje 41.3
Flag of Lika-Senj County.svg Lika-Senj 11.5
Flag of Medjimurje.svg Međimurje 43.5
Zastava Osjecko-baranjske zupanije.png Osijek-Baranja 21.4
Flag of Pozega-Slavonia County.png Požega-Slavonia 22.1
Flag of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.png Primorje-Gorski Kotar 26.1
Flag of Sisak-Moslavina County.png Sisak-Moslavina 30.8
Flag of Split-Dalmatia County.svg Split-Dalmatia 11.0
Flag of Sibenik County.svg Šibenik-Knin 15.2
Flag of Varazdin County.png Varaždin 41.7
Flag of Virovitica-Podravina County.png Virovitica-Podravina 22.6
Flag of Vukovar-Syrmia County.svg Vukovar-Syrmia 19.0
Flag of Zadar County.png Zadar 11.1
Flag of Zagreb County.svg Zagreb County 28.1
Flag of Zagreb.svg City of Zagreb 13.2
Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics [7]

Croatian industry's share of 21.2% of the country's 2015 GDP makes it the second largest sector of the economy after services. Its expected growth is based on larger consumption and foreign investments. Some of the significant investment projects into the energy and environmental protection sector have already been finalized lately.

Industry production growth 2005–2020

Year20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202005-2020Average annual growth
Growth (in %)5.14.55.61.6-9.2-1.5-1.2-5.5-2.01.32.75.01.9-0.30.5-3.45.10.3
Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [4] [3] [5] [6] [17] [18] [1]

Mines and smelters

As early as 1914 Tvonica Karbida I Ferolegura Dalmacija owned a ferrochromium smelter in Dugi Rat. [19] [20]

The Boris Kidric aluminum smelter at Šibenik was completely destroyed as a result of the war for independence that erupted in 1991. [21]

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Bakar industrial bulk
cargo port facilities,
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
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Aluminium
castings factory in Čakovec,
Međimurje County

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