Under the influence of epidemiological measures introduced to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in almost the entire 2020, the industrial production in the Republic of Croatia decreased by 3.4% at the cumulative level in 2020 compared to 2019.
Industrial production decreased in all five aggregates of the Main Industrial Groupings (MIGs 2009.), with the largest decrease, of 14.1%, being recorded in Durable consumer goods (CD).
In Non-durable consumer goods (CN) industrial production decreased by 6.4%, in Intermediate goods (AI) by 1.9%, in Energy (AE) by 1.4% and in Capital goods by 0.2%.
Of a total of 28 sections of the NKD 2007. included in the calculation of the industrial production volume index, industrial production decreased in 22 sections at the cumulative level in 2020 compared to the same period of 2019.
The highest decrease in industrial production was recorded in sections 14 Manufacture of wearing apparel, of 23.0%, and 29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, of 20.5%, while the highest increase in industrial production was recorded in section 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, of 11.0%.
The calculation of the MIGs 2009. aggregates for the industrial production volume index was done by grouping of the NKD 2007. activities at the level of groups or divisions within sections B, C and D (05.1 – 35.2) as follows, using alphabetic marks of abbreviations:
Al Intermediate goods: the NKD 2007. divisions and groups: 07 – 09, 10.6, 10.9, 13.1 – 13.3, 16, 17, 20.1 – 20.3, 20.5, 20.6, 22 – 24, 25.5 – 25.7, 25.9, 26.1, 26.8, 27.1 – 27.4 and 27.9
AE Energy: the NKD 2007. divisions: 05, 06, 19 and 35 (excluding 35.3)
BB Capital goods: the NKD 2007. divisions and groups: 25.1 – 25.4, 26.2, 26.3, 26.5, 26.6, 28, 29, 30.1 – 30.4, 32.5 and 33
CD Consumer durables: the NKD 2007. divisions and groups: 26.4, 26.7, 27.5, 30.9, 31, 32.1 and 32.2
CN Consumer non-durables: the NKD 2007. divisions and groups: 10.1 – 10.5, 10.7, 10.8, 11, 12, 13.9, 14, 15, 18, 20.4, 21, 32.3, 32.4 and 32.9.
