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Analysis of the international trade of Croatian counties

This paper represents an analysis of the international trade of Republic of Croatia in the period between year 2001 and year 2010 according to its main macroeconomic trend determinants. The main goal of the paper is to analyze international trade from the perspective of economically very heterogeneous Croatian counties. Data for this research has been obtained through the Croatian bureau of statistic and processed in accordance to the research goals. The paper presents results and data regarding level of international trade of goods at the national level as well as on the county level, import dependency, export propulsivity, and degree of openness and integration of Republic of Croatia and its counties in an international trade flow of goods. The recession influences on Croatian international trade are also presented within this paper. Overall results point toward some problems for Croatian economy that can be observed through low export propulsivity and high import dependency over the analyzed time period. From the results of the research the general implications for the macroeconomic policy of the Republic of Croatia have been drafted.

: international trade; Croatia; competitiveness; import; export

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