Croatia

Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Population: 4,493,312 (July 2007 est.)
Capital: Zagreb
Main cities: Split, Rijeka, Osijek
Languages: Croatian (official), Italian, Hungarian
GDP - real growth rate: 4.6% (2006 est.)
Monetary unit: Kuna
Exports: $11.17 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities: transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
Exports - partners: Italy 22%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.8%, Germany 9.7%, Slovenia 9%, Austria 7.4% (2006)
Imports: $21.79 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities: machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs
Imports - partners: Italy 16.7%, Germany 15.1%, Russia 8.9%, Austria 6.2%, Slovenia 5%, China 4.7% (2006)
Land use:
arable land: 25.82%
permanent crops: 2.19%
other: 71.99% (2005)
Natural resources: oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower