Kroatien - leistungsbilanz

Croatia's current account deficit widened to EUR 512.1 million in the second quarter of 2019 from EUR 114.4 million in the corresponding period of the previous year. The goods gap increased to EUR 2,964.2 million from EUR 2,471.4 million and the primary income shortfall went up to EUR 349.8 million from EUR 237.6 million. Meanwhile, the services surplus rose to EUR 2,147.5 million from EUR 2,021.4 million a year earlier and the secondary income surplus advanced to EUR 654.4 million from EUR 573.2 million.

Croatia's current account deficit widened to EUR 2203.2 million in the first quarter of 2019 from EUR 1977.1 million in the corresponding period of the previous year. It was the largest current account gap since the fist quarter of 2008, as the goods gap increased to EUR 2,460.7 million from EUR 2,267.0 million and the services surplus narrowed to EUR 184.9 million from EUR 804.0 million. Additionally, the primary income shortfall rose to EUR 222.2 million from EUR 56.3 million a year earlier and the secondary income surplus declined to EUR 294.8 million from EUR 535.4 million.

Croatia's current account deficit widened to EUR 872.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 from EUR 587.6 million in the same period last year, as the goods gap increased to EUR 2,227.4 million from EUR 1,736.1 million while the primary income surplus declined to EUR 20.4 million from EUR 35.4 million. Meanwhile, the services surplus rose to EUR 801.2 million from EUR 643.9 million and the secondary income surplus went up to EUR 532.9 million from EUR 469.1 million. Considering 2018 full year, the current account surplus narrowed to EUR 1.35 billion from EUR 1.79 billion in 2017.