The deterioration of the epidemiological situation and the introduction of additional measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease did not affect industrial production of the Republic of Croatia in December 2021. The working-day adjusted industrial production in December 2021 increased by 6.0% compared to December of the previous year. Compared to November 2021, the total seasonally and working-day adjusted industrial production increased by 2.1%.
Observing the annual growth rates according to the Main Industrial Groupings (MIGs 2009), industrial production increased in all of the five aggregates. The highest increase was recorded in Non-durable consumer goods (CN), of 10.8%, namely in division 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media, of 32.4%. It was followed by the increase in the following aggregates: Capital goods (BB), of 6.9%, Intermediate goods (AI), of 4.0%, Energy (AE), of 3.1%, and Durable consumer goods (CD), of 0.6%.
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 divisions 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.
