71059 v2 Croatia: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $51,196 $11,551 0.17% $13,024 No 2000 5 0 Croatia TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ ECA Ranking Decile TP Upper mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 22 2 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 60 5 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 106 6 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 63 5 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 86 6 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& .. 4.3 4.0 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 4.0 4.0 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. .. .. (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) .. 7.6 4.9 5.0 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) .. 1.1 1.3 1.3 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate .. 41.5 51.2 60.6 Agriculture - simple avg (%) .. 11.3 11.1 11.4 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) .. 7.0 4.0 4.0 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) .. 7.1 4.8 4.9 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) .. 19.0 52.7 53.0 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) .. 2.8 1.6 1.6 Nontariff measures Agriculture .. 8.1 12.9 13.1 Nonagriculture .. 2.4 0.6 0.5 0 10 20 30 40 50 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 5.9 3.4 * ECA Upper mid inc Croatia Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 1.5 1.2 1.2 Agriculture .. 9.4 7.9 8.0 Nonagriculture .. 0.9 2.0 2.0 Import duties (% of imports) 7.0 2.9 1.2 1.1 * Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) .. -1.5 1.4 1.4 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 100.0 100.0 100.0 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) .. 2.7 5.9 6.0 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. .. .. .. ECA Upper mid inc Croatia Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 48.5 48.5 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 3.4 3.2 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 7.3 7.0 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 6.3 2.6 1.9 1.5 * MFN duty free Agriculture 29.5 10.4 5.9 2.7 * (exports) Nonagriculture 4.9 1.9 1.5 1.3 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 10.7 22.2 32.7 34.5 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 0.0 67.7 65.9 66.3 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 91.7 83.6 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 6.8 6.4 * ECA Upper mid inc Croatia Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) -0.4 1.4 1.6 3.8 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates Croatia Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 107 106 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 96 117 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 44 117 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 81 44 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.51 0.54 0.54 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.11 -0.05 0.03 .. ECA Upper mid inc Croatia WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.13 0.03 0.01 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.7 2.7 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.4 2.4 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.5 2.5 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.7 2.7 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 3.1 3.1 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 3.5 3.5 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 103 97 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 8 7 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 33 30 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 1,217 1,281 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 10 8 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 24 16 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,217 1,141 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 10.4 12.3 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 35.4 88.0 139.7 154.6 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 5.7 .. .. .. ECA Upper mid inc Croatia Internet usage (per 100 people) 2.2 18.0 38.7 45.0 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 84.5 87.0 88.7 88.8 * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 8.1 8.2 6.1 6.3 14 12 Exports 7.5 7.7 6.1 6.4 11.5 11.2 10 9.5 9.1 Imports 8.8 8.7 5.6 6.2 8 8.1 8.2 7.9 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.3 Other trade outcome indicators 6 5.9 4 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 90.3 103.8 106.1 111.0 2 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 3.5 5.5 7.3 6.1 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -0.9 6.4 1.4 -0.8 Trade Growth Rate Exports -2.9 6.9 2.0 -2.4 Croatia ECA Upper mid inc Imports 1.6 6.1 1.0 0.5 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 56.3 47.7 49.1 52.5 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 8.9 6.8 6.9 7.3 * Agric, Manufacturing 41.4 34.6 32.5 32.5 * 6.9 Mining, fuel and others 6.0 6.3 9.1 9.8 * Service share in total exports (%) 43.7 52.3 50.9 47.5 Manuf, Tourism 27.7 36.6 37.6 36.6 * Service, 32.5 50.9 Transportation 8.0 5.8 5.8 5.9 * Other services 8.0 9.8 7.5 7.3 * Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 12.4 13.0 11.5 11.9 * Mining, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 33.7 33.2 31.0 31.3 * 9.1 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 28.7 28.2 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) (793 ) Ships and boats (334 ) Heavy petroleum oils (821 ) Furniture and Furnishings ( 771) Electric transmission equipment ( 248) Wood products ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.