Croatia Business
• Main exports: Transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs and fuels.
• Main imports: Machinery, transport and electrical equipment, chemicals, fuels and lubricants.
• Main trade partners: Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Russia.
Economy
Industry is the most important sector in the economy, producing transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, processed foods and fuels. Agriculture, which produces maize, wheat and sugar beet, is important for domestic purposes but has never contributed significantly to the export economy. Mineral deposits of exploitable size include oil, coal and natural gas.
Croatia also has an important tourism industry, based on the Dalmatian coast: after being all but wiped out by the civil war, it has recovered and prospered; it is now the major driving force behind Croatia's recent economic progress.
Annual GDP growth in 2008 was 4.6%. Inflation was around 6.3% and unemployment around 13.9%.
Business Etiquette
Office hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1600.
Conferences & Conventions
Business Contacts
Rooseveltov trg 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel: (01) 456 1555.
Website: www.hgk.hr
Zagreb Convention Bureau
Kaptol 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel: (01) 489 8555.
Website: www.zagreb-convention.hr
Congress and Incentive Office Dubrovnik
Cvijete Zuzorić 1/1, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Tel: (020) 324 999.
website: www.visitdubrovnik.hr/convention
The Croatian National Tourist Office (website: www.croatia.hr) can also offer advice through its Convention Bureau.
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