REGIONAL COOPERATION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

PART II:
On the import side of non-agricultural products the most important items are: mineral
fuels (31.61%), iron and steel (9.36%), products of iron and steel (7.71%), electrical
machines and equipment (5.9%), plastic and products thereof (4.70%) and pharmaceuticals
(3.07%). About 60% of this kind of import comes from Croatia and another 1/3 of the total
CEFTA-2006 trade comes from Serbia. Macedonia also participates with a small amount
(Calculated on basis of data from the Mission of the Republic of Macedonia in Brussels,
March 2009).
3.3. Trade exchange of Croatia
Croatia is the member state of this multilateral free trade agreement with largest economic
and trading potential. It exports to the other member-states: beverages and spirits
(14.93%), tobacco and cigarettes (14.76%), miscellaneous edible preparations (12.05%),
diary products (10.16%) and meet and food preparations (7.08%). Two thirds of its total
agricultural export within CEFTA-2006 goes to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15.4% goes to
Serbia, and Macedonia and Monte Negro import 3 % of its total export each.
On the export side of non-agricultural products the most important item are mineral fuels
that create 32.57% of the total Croatian non-agricultural export to CEFTA-2006 members.
Electrical machines and equipment create 8.86%, machinery and mechanical appliances
8.52%, and other items such as: plastics and iron and steel are rather fragmented and
create about 5% of the total export each. About 63% of these exports go to Bosnia and
Herzegovina and more than 29% to Serbia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are also major Croatian CEFTA-2006 trade partners
on the import side. Croatia imports form the region: beverages and spirits (14.75%),
diary products (13.43%), preparations from cereals and flour (7.71%), preparations from
vegetables and fruits (6.75%) and vegetables (6.36%). Bosnia exports more than 45% of
the agricultural products, Serbia 24.33% and Macedonia 21.52%.
Iron and steel is the most important import item from CEFTA-2006 to Croatia and it creates
23.18% of the total CEFTA import in this country. Aluminum and aluminum products
create 15.24%, iron and steel products 12.28%, mineral fuels 6.50% and furniture 5.21%.
The regional structure is almost the same as that of the agricultural import from CEFTA
-2006. Bosnia creates 54.3% of Croatia’s total imports from the region, Serbia 27.82%
and Macedonia 16.31% (Calculated on basis of data from the Mission of the Republic of
Macedonia in Brussels, March 2009).
3.4. Trade exchange of Macedonia
Looking at the Macedonian export structure within the region, on the side of the agricultural
products we find out that 24.82% of Macedonian exports consist of fresh vegetables,
22.75% of beverages and spirits, 9.34% of cereals and flour, 5.15% of miscellaneous
edible preparations and also 5.15% of preparations from vegetables. About 63.6% of the
agricultural export from this country goes to Serbia, 14.33% to Croatia, and 11.23% to
Bosnia.
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