Names: conventional long form: Republic of Croatia conventional short form: Croatia local long form: Republika Hrvatska local short form: Hrvatska former: People's Republic of Croatia, Socialist Republic of Croatia

Capital City: Zagreb

Population: 4,494,749 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $13,200 (2006 est.)

Currency: kuna (HRK)

Languages: Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)

Total Area: total: 56,542 sq km land: 56,414 sq km water: 128 sq km slightly smaller than West Virginia

Region: Europe

Industries: chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism

Agriculture: wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products

Resources: oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower

Labor Force: 1.72 million (2006 est.)
agriculture: 2.7% industry: 32.8% services: 64.5% (2004)

Exports: $11.17 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels

Imports: $21.79 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs

Overview: Before the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Republic of Croatia, after Slovenia, was the most prosperous and industrialized area with a per capita output perhaps one-third above the Yugoslav average. The economy emerged from a mild recession in 2000 with tourism, banking, and public investments leading the way. Unemployment remains high, at about 17%, with structural factors slowing its decline. While macroeconomic stabilization has largely been achieved, structural reforms lag because of deep resistance on the part of the public and lack of strong support from politicians. Growth, while impressive at about 3% to 4% for the last several years, has been stimulated, in part, through high fiscal deficits and rapid credit growth. The EU accession process should accelerate fiscal and structural reform.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $789,680 in goods to Croatia. This ranks Croatia 100^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to Croatia decreased from the previous year by $61,456 a change of -7.22%. State exports to Croatia have increased over the last 5 years by $67,309 a change of 9.32%. Missouri exports account for .01%. of all 2007 US exports to Croatia.