The rise in exports accelerated in the said period given that exports' growth in the first three months of 2015 was 9.7% on the year.
Expressed in the kuna, Croatia's exports totalled HRK 26.75 billion.
Imports also increased by 4% to HRK 44 billion, albeit at a slower pace, given that its rise in the first three months was 7.2%.
Croatia's exports to other EU member-states rose 12.9% to HRK 17.9 billion in the first four months of 2015. Exports to non-EU countries went up 4.5% to 8.87 billion.
The imports from the EU rose 7.7% on the year to HRK 34.5 billion, while imports from non-EU countries decreased by 7.6% to HRK 9.5 billion in the first four months 2015 on the year.
Thus, Croatia's foreign trade deficit shrank by 4.1% to HRK 17.26 billion at the end of April compared to April 2014. The coverage of import by export increased 3.3 percentage points from 57.5% to 60.8%
(Text: Hina)