December 7 (SeeNews) - Croatia's trade gap widened to 57.4 billion kuna ($8.8 billion/7.8 billion euro) in the first ten months of 2018, from 50.26 billion kuna in the prior-year period, the country's statistical office said on Friday, citing preliminary data.
Croatia’s exports increased 4.9% on the year, reaching 89.3 billion kuna, while imports rose 8.3% to 146.7 billion kuna in January-October, the statistical office said in a statement.
Exports to the EU increased to 61.2 billion kuna in the review period, from 55.1 billion kuna a year earlier.
Croatia's imports from the EU grew to 113.8 billion kuna, from 105.4 billion kuna.
(1 euro = 7.39341 kuna)