Croatia Industrial Output Decline Slows

Industrial production in Croatia rose 4.3% year-on-year in June 2026, rebounding from a 1.1% decline in May and marking the strongest growth since November 2025. Production accelerated for intermediate goods (14.8% vs 0.4% in May), while declines eased for capital goods (-7.3% vs -11.3%) and consumer non-durables (-1.6% vs -2.8%). Meanwhile, energy production growth slowed (1.2% vs 4.6%), and consumer durables declined further (-13.8% vs -11.2%). By sector, manufacturing output recovered 4.0% after falling 2.5% in May, driven by stronger production of food (6.2% vs 0.7%), basic metals (9.3% vs 5.6%), electrical equipment (94.5% vs 13.6%), and motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers (14.4% vs 3.8%). In contrast, mining and quarrying declined further (-6.5% vs -5.1%), while electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning contracted (-0.7% vs 0.9%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial activity climbed 5.3% after a 1.9% decline in May.

Croatia's industrial production fell 1.1% year-on-year in May 2026, easing from a 2.1% decline in April. Mining and quarrying contracted 5.0%, following a 0.7% drop a month earlier. Manufacturing output declined 2.4% after falling 1.5%, weighed down by sharper declines in clothing (-16.6% vs -14.2%), paper products (-9.9% vs -5.1%), computers, electronic and optical products (-21.1% vs -3.3%), furniture (-10.0% vs -9.5%), and other transport equipment (-33.1% vs -28.3%). In contrast, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply rebounded 0.9%, following an 11.3% decline in April. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial production fell 2.0% in May, extending April's 0.6% decline.

Croatia’s industrial production dropped by 2.1% year-on-year in April 2026, reversing a 0.8% increase in the previous month. This was the sharpest fall since November 2024 due to lower output in manufacturing (-1.5% vs 1.8% in March), mining and quarrying (-0.7% vs 3.3%), and electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply (-11.3% vs -6.2%). Within the manufacturing sector, notable declines were recorded in other transport equipment (-28.3% vs 27.2%), textiles (-16.0% vs 3.0%), wearing apparel (-14.3% vs 3.7%), leather and related products (-16.2% vs 6.4%), and other non-metallic mineral products (-14.9% vs 7.4%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial production decreased by 0.6%, following a revised 1.1% decline in March. In the January-April period, output was 0.2% lower compared to the same period last year.