# Croatia: Tariffs, Trade & U.S. Exposure

Croatia: America imported $949M in goods from Croatia in 2025 (-5% in one year) and sold it $746M; the latest U.S. tariff action toward it (2026-04-06) is "EU treatment preserved in expanded metals tariffs", in effect; it ships 12 essential goods finished to American shelves (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/countries/hr
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Country code: HR
- Region: Europe
- Capital: Zagreb
- Government: parliamentary republic
- Population: 4M
- GDP: $92.5B
- U.S. imports from Croatia, 2025: $949M
- Change in imports in one year: -5%
- U.S. imports 2026 through August: $722M
- U.S. exports to Croatia, 2025: $746M
- Trade data source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Trade in Goods (customs basis)
- Tariff treatment: as an EU member, the EU bloc posture
- Reciprocal tariff assigned under EO 14257 (terminated 2026-02-24): 20%
- Section 232 sectors: Autos, Wood
- Section 301: no
- Tariff status verified: 2026-04-06
- HTS revision: Revision 9
- Latest tariff action: 2026-04-06: EU treatment preserved in expanded metals tariffs (in effect)
- Essential goods shipped finished to the U.S.: 12
- Supply-map inputs and goods: 2 inputs feeding 2 essential American goods
- Coverage: full

## What you buy that Croatia makes: U.S. imports, 2025

| Category | What it is | Value | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pharmaceutical preparations | medicines and pharmacy items | $339M | 35.7% |
| Generators, accessories |   | $128M | 13.5% |
| Bakery products |   | $105M | 11.1% |
| Toys, games, and sporting goods | toys, games, sporting goods | $101M | 10.6% |
| Wood, glass, plastic |   | $41M | 4.3% |
| Electric apparatus |   | $22M | 2.4% |
| U.s. goods returned, and reimports |   | $16M | 1.7% |
| Footwear | shoes and sneakers | $13M | 1.4% |
| Industrial engines |   | $13M | 1.4% |
| Other foods |   | $10M | 1.1% |

2026 so far (through August): $722M in imports. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Trade in Goods (customs basis).

## What America sells to Croatia: U.S. exports, 2025

| Category | What it is | Value | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gas-natural |   | $396M | 53.1% |
| Metallurgical grade coal |   | $98M | 13.2% |
| Minimum value shipments |   | $18M | 2.4% |
| Plastic materials | plastics for packaging and goods | $17M | 2.3% |
| Pharmaceutical preparations | medicines and pharmacy items | $12M | 1.6% |
| Nuts |   | $12M | 1.6% |
| Medicinal equipment | medical devices and equipment | $12M | 1.6% |
| Electric apparatus |   | $12M | 1.6% |
| Chemicals-other |   | $10M | 1.3% |

## U.S. tariff posture toward Croatia

Since February 24, 2026 most EU goods face the universal 10% Section 122 temporary import surcharge, which replaced the framework's 15% all-inclusive IEEPA structure when EO 14389 terminated the reciprocal tariffs. The framework's Section 232 terms persist: EU autos at 15%, and the April 2026 metals expansion expressly preserved the EU's trade-agreement-partner treatment (steel and aluminum otherwise at 50%).

The United States negotiates tariffs with the European Union as a single market; every measure here applies to Croatia as an EU member.

- Reciprocal tariff assigned under EO 14257: 20%, no longer in force. The Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs and they were terminated February 24, 2026 (EO 14389), replaced by a universal 10% Section 122 surcharge; see the timeline for the current effective rate.
- Section 232 sectors: Autos, Wood. Steel, aluminum, autos and similar national-security tariffs that name this country.

## Tariff status, 11 changes since 2025

- 2026-04-06: EU treatment preserved in expanded metals tariffs (in effect). The April 2026 proclamation expanding Section 232 coverage of aluminum, steel, and copper derivatives expressly does not alter or supersede the prior U.S.–EU agreement implementation, and lists the EU among 'Trade Agreement Partners' eligible for its exclusion process. [91 FR 18201](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-06960)
- 2026-02-24: IEEPA reciprocal tariffs terminated — replaced by 10% Section 122 (in effect, 10%). Executive Order 14389 (Ending Certain Tariff Actions) terminated the IEEPA tariff duties — including those under EO 14257, the basis of the EU's 15% all-inclusive structure — effective February 24, 2026. A flat 10% Section 122 temporary import surcharge (Proclamation 11012 of February 20, 2026) replaced them. The framework's Section 232 terms (the 15% EU autos cap, metals carve-outs) rest on separate authority and were expressly unaffected. [91 FR 9437](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-03832)
- 2025-09-25: Framework implemented: preferential treatment for certain EU goods (in effect). Acting under the September 8, 2025 procedures order, Commerce and USTR modified the HTSUS to implement the framework — preferential (zero) reciprocal treatment for certain EU goods and a reduction of the Section 232 automobile and parts duty to 15% for EU-origin vehicles. [90 FR 46136](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-18660)
- 2025-08-21: U.S.–EU Framework Agreement joint statement (agreement, 15%). The United States and the European Union issued the Joint Statement on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade: the U.S. committed to the 15% all-inclusive ceiling, zero reciprocal duty on certain products, and a cut of the Section 232 automobile duty to 15%; the EU committed to eliminate tariffs on U.S. industrial goods and expand agricultural access, plus $750B in U.S. energy procurement through 2028. [source](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/joint-statement-on-a-united-states-european-union-framework-on-an-agreement-on-reciprocal-fair-and-balanced-trade/)
- 2025-08-07: 15% all-inclusive structure replaces the 20% rate (in effect, 15%). The July 31, 2025 order ('Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates') gave the EU a unique structure effective August 7, 2025: for goods with an MFN (Column 1) rate below 15%, the reciprocal duty tops the total up to exactly 15%; goods with an MFN rate of 15% or higher pay no additional reciprocal duty. [Federal Register 2025-15010](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15010)
- 2025-07-09: Reciprocal-rate pause extended to August 1 (in effect, 10%). The July 7, 2025 order extended the suspension of country-specific reciprocal rates through August 1, 2025, keeping the EU at the 10% baseline while framework talks continued. [90 FR 30823](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12962)
- 2025-06-04: Section 232 steel and aluminum duties doubled to 50% (in effect). The June 3, 2025 proclamation raised Section 232 duties on steel and aluminum articles and derivatives from 25% to 50% effective June 4, 2025, with no EU carve-out. [90 FR 24199](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10524)
- 2025-04-10: 90-day pause suspends the 20% rate back to 10% (in effect, 10%). The April 9, 2025 modification order suspended country-specific reciprocal rates for 90 days for all partners except China, returning the EU to the 10% universal baseline effective April 10, 2025 while negotiations proceeded. [90 FR 15625](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06462)
- 2025-04-09: EU country-specific reciprocal rate of 20% takes effect (in effect, 20%). Annex I of Executive Order 14257 assigned the European Union a 20% country-specific reciprocal rate, effective April 9, 2025 — the rate still carried for the EU in the HTS Chapter 99 Subchapter III note. [Federal Register 2025-06063](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06063)
- 2025-04-05: Universal 10% reciprocal baseline takes effect (in effect, 10%). Executive Order 14257 (signed April 2, 2025) imposed a 10% ad valorem reciprocal duty on imports from all trading partners, including the EU, effective April 5, 2025. The order singled out the EU's 5% average MFN rate and 10% passenger-vehicle tariff as examples of non-reciprocal treatment. [Federal Register 2025-06063](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06063)
- 2025-03-12: Section 232 steel and aluminum arrangements terminated — 25% duties on EU metals (in effect). Proclamations of February 10, 2025 ended the EU's tariff-rate-quota arrangements for steel and aluminum and raised the aluminum duty from 10% to 25%, applying 25% Section 232 duties to EU steel and aluminum effective March 12, 2025. [90 FR 9817](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02833)

## What Croatia makes for America

- [Cancer and specialty drugs](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/cancer-and-specialty-drugs) (health): $121M to the U.S.
- [OTC medicines](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/otc-medicines) (health): $116M to the U.S.
- [Electric grid transformers](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/electric-grid-transformers) (materials): $105M to the U.S., 1% of U.S. imports of it
- [Chocolate and cocoa products](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/chocolate-and-cocoa-products) (food): $98M to the U.S., 2% of U.S. imports of it
- [Antibiotics](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/antibiotics) (health): $15M to the U.S., 1% of U.S. imports of it
- [Footwear](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/footwear) (materials): $13M to the U.S.
- [Canned and shelf-stable foods](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/canned-and-shelf-stable-foods) (food): $12M to the U.S.
- [Lumber and wood products](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/lumber-wood-products) (materials): $9M to the U.S.
- [Cement and concrete](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/cement-and-concrete) (materials): $7M to the U.S.
- [Aluminum and aluminum products](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/aluminum-products) (materials): $7M to the U.S.
- [Condiments, sauces & dressings](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/condiments-and-sauces) (food): $6M to the U.S.
- [Clothing and apparel](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/clothing-and-apparel) (materials): $6M to the U.S.

## The supply chain view

Croatia sits upstream of 2 essential American goods through 2 tracked inputs.

- [Azithromycin API](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/input/azithromycin-api) (pharmaceutical): 5% share
- [Tea Packaging (Foil Sachets, Cartons, Tags)](https://policyrisk.com/supplymap/input/tea-packaging-foil-carton) (manufactured): 2% share

## The country itself

The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the end of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent communist state consisting of six socialist republics, including Croatia, under the strong hand of Josip Broz, aka TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before Yugoslav forces were cleared from Croatian lands, along with a majority of Croatia's ethnic Serb population. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. The country joined NATO in 2009 and the EU in 2013. In January 2023, Croatia further integrated into the EU by joining the Eurozone and the Schengen Area.

Geography
- Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
- Area: 56,594 sq km
- Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
- Terrain: geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
- Natural resources: oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower
- Coastline: 5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km; islands 4,058 km)
- Natural hazards: destructive earthquakes

People and society
- Population: 4,071,208 (2025 est.)
- Nationality: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
- Ethnic groups: Croat 91.6%, Serb 3.2%, other 3.9% (including Bosniak, Romani, Albanian, Italian, and Hungarian), unspecified 1.3% (2021 est.)
- Languages: Croatian (official) 95.2%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3.1% (including Bosnian, Romani, Albanian, and Italian) unspecified 0.5% (2021 est.)
- Religions: Roman Catholic 79%, Orthodox 3.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other Christian 4.8%, Muslim 1.3%, other 1.1%, agnostic 1.7%, none or atheist 4.7%, unspecified 3.9% (2021 est.)
- Median age: 44.9 years (2025 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth: 77.7 years (2024 est.)

Economy
- Economic overview: upper-middle-income Balkan economy; newest euro user (introduced in 2023); increased investments from EU structural funds and tourism sector contributing to strong but moderating economic growth; declining energy prices and restrictive monetary policy easing inflation; historically low unemployment rate with labor shortages within services and manufacturing sectors
- 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
- Agricultural products: maize, wheat, sugar beets, milk, barley, soybeans, sunflower seeds, potatoes, pork, grapes (2023)
- Exports - partners: Italy 14%, Germany 11%, Slovenia 11%, Bosnia & Herzegovina 6%, Austria 6% (2023)
- Imports - partners: Italy 14%, Germany 14%, Slovenia 11%, Hungary 6%, Austria 5% (2023)

Government
- Government type: parliamentary republic
- Capital: Zagreb
- Independence: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia); notable earlier dates: ca. 925 (Kingdom of Croatia established), 1 December 1918 (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes established, later became Yugoslavia)
- Constitution: several previous; latest adopted 22 December 1990
- Executive branch: President Zoran MILANOVIC (since 18 February 2020)
- Legislative branch: Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor)

## Sources
- [91 FR 18201](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06960/strengthening-actions-taken-to-adjust-imports-of-aluminum-steel-and-copper-into-the-united-states)
- [91 FR 9437](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03832/ending-certain-tariff-actions)
- [90 FR 46136](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/25/2025-18660/implementing-certain-tariff-related-elements-of-the-us-eu-framework-on-an-agreement-on-reciprocal)
- [U.S.–EU Framework Agreement joint statement](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/joint-statement-on-a-united-states-european-union-framework-on-an-agreement-on-reciprocal-fair-and-balanced-trade/)
- [15% all-inclusive structure replaces the 20% rate](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/06/2025-15010/further-modifying-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates)
- [90 FR 30823](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/10/2025-12962/extending-the-modification-of-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates)
- [90 FR 24199](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/09/2025-10524/adjusting-imports-of-aluminum-and-steel-into-the-united-states)
- [90 FR 15625](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/15/2025-06462/modifying-reciprocal-tariff-rates-to-reflect-trading-partner-retaliation-and-alignment)
- [EU country-specific reciprocal rate of 20% takes effect](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/07/2025-06063/regulating-imports-with-a-reciprocal-tariff-to-rectify-trade-practices-that-contribute-to-large-and)
- [90 FR 9817](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/18/2025-02833/adjusting-imports-of-steel-into-the-united-states)
- [CIA World Factbook, Croatia](https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/countries/hr (as of 2026-11-04).