Zadar County is one of the seven coastal Croatian Counties and it is located in the very center of the Croatian part of the Adriatic coast. It's one of the largest counties in Croatia - with 3.641,91 km2 land territory and 2.845 km2 of sea surface, the county takes up 6.5% of the total land territory and 12.4% of the total sea surface in Croatia.

According to the latest Census in 2011, Zadar County is populated by 170.017 inhabitants which makes up for 4% of total number of inhabitants in Croatia.

By its administrative and territorial constitution, Zadar County consists of 28 municipalities and 6 cities. City of Zadar is the administrative, economic and educational center of the County. Zadar, with a 3000 years long history, is also the fifth largest city in Croatia and the third on the Croatian part of Adriatic coast.

Traffic wise, Zadar County is well connected. The Adriatic tourist road, as well as the route of Zagreb-Split-Dubrovnik highway pass through the county, along with railway route Zagreb-Knin-Split. Because of its geo-traffic position and a modern traffic infrastructure, Zadar County is particularly important in connecting not only the regional centers of northern and southern parts of Croatia but European centers as well.

The international airport, connection to the highway, industrial port and rail station are all located within 10 kilometers, making that part of Zadar County territory highly valued across the region, especially in terms of traffic infrastructure. Because of its position and previous investments in traffic infrastructure, Zadar County has been continually developing in various economic fields, especially in tourism, maritime transport and mariculture. With the construction of Gaženica Port (both passenger and cargo aimed), including Zadar in the Zagreb-Split-Dubrovnik highway system and additional investments in the Zadar Airport, the access to Zadar County is now easier and faster than ever before. This is evident in the increasing number of tourists and high numbers of goods and cargo transportation.

In the economic structure of Zadar County, the gross income is mostly made in whole sale and retail sale, manufacturing industry, tourism, fishing and mariculture industry as well as shipping trade. All of these take up a significant part of total national economy and are as such of particular value for the entire country. For example, white and tuna fish farmers in the county make up for 72% of total Croatian mariculture, according to the ratio of granted sea surface and total quantity sold. Numerous locations at the coast and on the islands enable the further development in this field without the risk of damaging the environment or tourism. The sea is also the source of goods for fishing industry, but its industry has been limited by the lack of natural resources and legal limitations. Zadar is also the home of the biggest shipping company in Croatia and its subsidiary. Together, they make for 38% of commercial fleet in the country which has a strong impact at the success of entire economy in the county as well as the living standards of maritime industry workers and their families.

Because of its geographical location and developed transport and traffic infrastructure, the greatest potential of Zadar County is in tourism and other complementary fields of work. The current accommodation capacity of the county counts 170.000 beds, not including marine berths.

Along with food industry based on sea goods and goods from Ravni kotari, there has been a development in manufacturing industry as well. This industry is aimed at producing metal components for automobile, food and pharmaceutical industries. The economy of the county maintains a positive gross income account regarding exchange of goods with foreign countries by aiming at exporting goods and services in areas of tourism and shipping industry.

Developed infrastructure stimulates a faster development of the county, especially in the area of city of Zadar which is now an important transportation point on the border of the EU and overseas countries. The latest significant investment in Gaženica Port attracted a concessionaire who will enable Zadar to become a homeport for cruise ships.

The county offers tremendous opportunities for development of agriculture due to area of Ravni kotari. The area boosts as high-quality and fertile geographical unit which makes up for 30% of total farmland in southern Croatia. Along with fertile ground, other key factors in agriculture development are played by favorable Mediterranean climate, rich water resources and high-standard environment conditions. All of these are an integral part of traditional heritage of the county as they are the result of dedicated care from local community in maintaining healthy and clean environment.

Also, Zadar County has a significant potential for investing in alternative energy sources, highlighted by the strategic plan by EU in gaining energy independence and other investments in the cargo port.

Zadar County is also one of the rare areas with positive demographic trends and an above-average growth of employment. Numerous well-equipped business areas offer valuable possibilities for further

According to dana from Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Zadar County had 168.153 inhabitants in 2018 with 62.540 active inhabitants. According to dana from Croatian Pension Institute, there was 58.893 employed inhabitants in June 2018 while there were 3.647 unemployed persons, according to Croatian Employment Service. At the same time, there was 4.755 active entrepreneurs in Zadar County.

According to business reports for 2018, income from selling goods abroad (total export of goods and services) was 3,72 billion kuna which is an increase of 23,4% from previous year. Among with the growth of export of 7,6%, the year 2018 was concluded with a surplus balance of income in commodity exchange.

Gross domestic product

Zadar County's gross domestic product in 2018 was 1,401 billion EUR, which puts the County in the 8th place in Croatian counties regarding GDP value.

Table 1: Gross domestic product per capita (EUR)

	2015.	2016.	2017.
Republic of Croatia	10,608	11,178	11,893
Zadar County	8,482	9,007	9,866
Adriatic Croatia Euroregion	10,245	10,827	11,558

Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Croatian Chamber of Economy Zadar

Table 2: Real GDP growth rate(p = provisional value)

	2016.	2017.	2018.	2019.
Croatia	3.5	3.1	2.7	2.9
Italy	1.3	1.7	0.8	0.3
Poland	3.1	4.9	5.3	4.1
Austria	2.1	2.5	2.4	1.6
Czech Republic	2.5	4.4	2.8	2.6
Romania	4.8	7.7	4.4	4.1
Hungary	2.2	4.3	5.1	4.9
Slovenia	3.1	4.8	4.1	2.4
Euro area	2.0	2.6	2.0	1.5

Source: Eurostat

Table 3: Unemployed persons (state of data on December 31)

	2016.	2017.	2018.
Zadar County	7.691	6.339	5.512
Adriatic Croatia Euroregion	81.332	66.628	58.033
Republic of Croatia	236.617	187.363	148.919

Source: Croatian Employment Service

Table 4: Export and import (EUR)

	2017.		2018.
	Export	Import	Export	Import
Zadar County	1.834,2	1.866,5	1.973,0	1.912,6
Republic of Croatia	14.061,9	21.891,6	14.543,4	23.747,6

Source: Croatian Chamber of Economy Zadar

In the period between the first and the second population census, from 2001 to 2011, the population of Zadar County had grown for 4,91%. According to population census in 2001, Zadar County had 162.045 inhabitants while in 2011 it had 170.017.

Table 5: Mid-2017: population estimate, by age groups

Age group	Zadar County	Republic of Croatia
Total	168.672	4.124.531
0 – 4	8048	190.580
5 – 9	8723	208.110
10 – 14	8371	199.122
15 – 19	9286	218.887
20 – 24	10.428	242.147
25 – 29	9992	248.131
30 – 34	10.378	272.448
35 – 39	11.072	286.157
40 – 44	10.933	274.936
45 – 49	10.492	271.129
50 – 54	11.191	291.899
55 – 59	11.552	302.822
60 – 64	11.986	299.863
65 – 69	11.098	253.012
70 – 74	8411	182.140
75 – 79	7717	173.068
80 – 84	5556	126.655
85 +	3438	83.425

Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics

Table 6: Index of labor productivity in 2018 per employed person and per hour of work
(EU 2018. = 100)

Country	EUR
Czech Republic	75,2
Poland	62,4
Croatia	64,7
Romania	62,6

Source: Eurostat, 2018.

Table 7: Labor force in Zadar County and Republic of Croatia 2017 – 2018

	December 31, 2017		December 31, 2018
	Zadar County	Republic of Croatia	Zadar County	Republic of Croatia
Unemployed	6362	188.044	5512	148.919
Employed	53.095	1.491.699	55.320	1.524.418
Labour force	59.457	1.679.743	60.832	1.673.337

Source: Croatian Employment Service, Croatian Pension Institute, Croatian Chamber of Economy Zadar

Table 8: Gross value added according to NKD 2007 sectors in 2017 (% GSV for Republic of Croatia)

Sectors	Zadar County
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	5
Mining and quarrying	0,4
Manufacturing industry	1,3
Construction	4,9
Wholesale and retail trade: transportation and storage	3,8
Information and communication	0,8
Financial and insurance activities	2,5
Real estate, renting and business activities	6,5
Public administration and defense: compulsory social security, Education, Health and social work, other community, social and personal services and Activities for households	3,6
Other service activities	6,8

Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics

Zadar is also an educational center of the region. University of Zadar has been founded in 2002 as a continuation of academic and scientific tradition starting all the way back to 1396 when a school of higher education under Dominican friars had been founded. And for that, Zadar is now among the 20 oldest university cities in Europe.

University of Zadar offers a wide selection of studying programs at BA, MA and PhD levels with two separate programs which integrate both BA and MA levels.In 2019/2020 academic year, there has been 37 BA programs, 44 MA programs, one BA+MA integrated program and 8 PhD programs.

Table 9: Middle and higher education in 2017/2018

	Pupils in high school 2017./2018.	Students who graduted in 2017. (by place of living)
Zadar County	6807	1302
Adriatic Croatia Euroregion	50.761	10.608
Republic of Croatia	155.642	32.055

Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook 2018

Table 10: Higher education in 2017

	Institutions of higher education	Students who graduated in 2017. (by place of living) Polytechnics University programs
Zadar County	2	353 949
Adriatic Croatia Euroregion	54	2979 7629
Republic of Croatia	161	10.206 21.849

Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook 2018

Table 11: Number of enrolled students and students with completed PhD programs per academic year

Academic year	Number of enrolled students at University of Zadar	Number of PhDs
2016./2017.	5434	30
2017./2018.	5459	26
2018./2019.	5373	24

Source: University of Zadar

In the period between January 1 to December 31 2019, the minimum gross salary was 3.750 kuna. The amount is paid to full time workers while the minimum salary for part-time workers is calculated by the ratio between the minimum salary for full-time work and the number of hours effectively worked. Act on minimum salary has been published in Official Gazette (109/18).

Table 12: Average monthly net in Zadar County in 2018 (by sectors, in HRK)

 

Sectors	Average monhtly net salary in 2018, in kuna
Transportation and storage	8.843
Financial and insurance activities	7.347
Arts, entertainment and recreation	7.143
Water supply: sewage, waste management and remediation activities	5.619
Professional, scientific and technical activities	5.609
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	5.595
Manufacturing	5.061
Average in total	5.027
Mining and quarrying	4.747
Accommodation and food service activities	4.729
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	4.574
Education	4.542
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	4.538
Information and communication	4.534
Human health and social work activities	4.339
Real estate activities	4.335
Administrative and support service activities	4.183
Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4.100
Construction	4.014
Other service activities	3.600

Source: Financial Agency, Edit: Croatian Chamber of Economy Zadar, 2018

Table 13: Average net salary in other EU countries, 2019
Observed cases: Households of one person without children, 67% GP

Country	Average net salary in 2019 (in EUR)
Bulgaria	4.040,31
Croatia	6.990,79
Czech Republic	8.321,70
Estonia	10.228,50
Hungary	6.095,18
Latvia	6.514,72
Litva	6.463,55
Poland	7.003,88
Romania	5.126,57
Slovakia	6.951,12
Slovenia	9.549,58

Source: European Commission, Eurostat 2019

Table 14: Social security contributions in other EU countries, 2019/2020

Country	Employer %	Employee %
Slovenia	16,10	22,10
Croatia	16,50	20,00
Poland	29,14 – 31,80	24,14 – 26,80
Hungary	19,00	18,50
Czech Republic	33,80	11,00
Romania	2,25	35,00
Italy	27,00 – 32,00	10,00 – 11,00
Austria	21,38	18,12

Source: EY, Worldwide Personal Tax and Immigration Guide 2019-20

Croatian tax system includes:

1. State taxes

2. County taxes

3. City or municipal taxes

4. Joint taxes

5. Taxes on winnings from games of chance and fees for organising games of chance

Income tax

Income tax rate is calculated as a 12% tax rate if the income grossed during the tax period doesn't surpass 7.5 million kuna. If the income is equal or higher than 7.5 million kuna, tax is calculated at the rate of 18%.

Table 15: Income tax rates

Income (HRK)	Rate (%)
Up to 7.499.999,99	12
7.500.000,00 and higher	18

Source: Ministry of Finance, Tax Administration, www.porezna-uprava.hr

Tax rate on withholding tax

Tax on withholding tax is a system of taxing the income grossed by a Croatian non-resident with the payer as an obliged person to pay the tax.

Tax rate on withholding tax is paid on interest fees, dividends, shares of income, copyrights and other rights of intellectual ownership that are paid to foreign legal unities (excluding private persons). Tax rate on withholding tax is paid at a rate of 15% unless the tax in question is related to dividends and shares of income when it is paid a rate of 12%.

The tax is also paid at a rate of 15% on fees for performances from foreign artists and entertainers when a fee is contractually paid by a foreign payer to a foreign legal unity (excluding private persons).

20% tax rate on withholding tax is paid on all types of services that are paid to entities who have their headquarters or place of effective management and supervision of operations in countries other than EU member states, where the general or average nominal rate of income tax is lower than 12,5%, and state was published in the list of countries that made the minister of finance and is published on the website of the Ministry of Finance and the Croatian Tax Administration

A value-added tax (VAT)

Value-added tax (PDV) is calculated and paid in agreement to Law on value-added tax. It is calculated at the rate of 25% with an exception of a limited number of products and services when VAT is calculated at rates of 5% and 13%.

VAT is paid at a rate of 5% on:

1. all kinds of baked bread,
2. all kinds of milk,
3. books with contents that are professional, scientific, artistic, cultural and education, textbooks for elementary, secondary and tertiary education, printed on paper or other media for text including CD ROM, video cassette and audio cassette,
4. medicines determined by the Decision to determine the List of Medicines of the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance,
5. products that are surgically implanted into the human body – implants (heart valves, pacemakers, artificial joints, material for osteosynthesis, stents, IUDs and so on) and other medical products for making good physical impairment,
6. scientific magazines,
7. newspapers
8. movie tickets

VAT is paid at a rate of 13% on:

1. services of accommodation or accommodation with breakfast, full or half board in all kinds of commercial hospitality facilities and on services of agency commission for these services
2. services of preparing food and restaurant services, preparing and serving non-alcoholic drinks and beverages, wine and beer in such premises, in accordance with special legislation,
3. daily and periodic newspapers and magazines printed on paper with the exception of those that, in their entirety or mainly, contain advertisements or serve for advertising purposes
4. oils and fats for human consumption, of either vegetable or animal origin, in accordance with special legislation,
5. baby food and processed grain food for infants and small children, in accordance with special legislation,
6. supply of water, with the exception of water marketed in bottles or any other packaging,
7. white sugar produced from sugar cane or sugar beet,
8. concert tickets,
9. magazines for culture and the arts.

Table 16: Tax rate on income grossed by companies, trade associations and incorporations

Country	Tax rate
Slovenia	19 %
Poland	19 %
Croatia	12 – 18 %
Hungary	9 %
Austria	25 %
Italy	24 – 34,5 %
Czech Republic	19 %
Romania	16 %

Source: Official web pages of European Union

Employment in the Republic of Croatia has been regulated by the Labor Act. Its provisions guarantee safety both for the employer and the employee. Employment may also be regulated by collective agreements, signed by and between one or more employers or association of employers as one party and one or more trade unions on the other. Every employer employing over 20 employees must have a Rulebook covering all areas connected to employment and labor force, particularly covering areas defined by the Labor Act, and provide possibilities of free choice among various options.

There are two categories of working hours, i.e. for full time jobs and for part time jobs. Working hours may be shortened if the worker cannot be protected from adverse impacts despite use of protection equipment. Working hours are shortened in proportion to the adverse impact caused by conditions of work influencing the worker’s health and working ability.

Full weekly working time must not exceed 40 hours. If working time has not been determined by the law, collective agreement, agreement between the workers' council and the employer or labor contract, it is presumed that full working time is 40 hours a week.

Overtime of an individual worker shall not last longer than thirty-two hours per month nor longer than one hundred and eighty hours per year. Pursuant to the Labor Act, the shortest annual holiday lasts 20 working days.

In Croatia, there are 14 non-working holidays in a single year: New Year's Eve (January 1), Epiphany (January 6), Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 1), Statehood Day (May 30), Corpus Christi, Day of Antifacist Struggle (June 22), Day of Homeland Gratitude (August 5), Assumption of Mary (August 15), All Saints Day (November 1), A Day of Remembrance of the Victims in Homeland War (November 18), Christmas (December 25) and St. Stephen (December 26).

Table 17: Weekly working hours in 2019

Country	Average hours for part-time workers	Average hours for full time workers	Legal maximum
Croatia	20,2	40,7	40,0
Austria	21,2	42,4	50,0
Belgium	25,1	41,0	38,0
Czech Republic	21,5	41,5	48,0
France	23,1	40,4	48,0
Germany	19,7	41,0	48,0
Italy	21,9	40,6	48,0
Netherlands	20,6	40,6	60,0
Poland	21,2	41,7	40,0
Spain	19,4	40,5	40,0
Sweden	22,8	40,6	40,0
Hungary	21,2	40,5	48,0
EU27	20,8	40,9	48,0

Source: EU-LFS, www.eurofound.europa.eu

Croatian fixed telecommunication network is entirely digitalized and most advanced in comparison with other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Telecommunication market is entirely deregulated and there is a large number of providers both in fixed and mobile telephony, as well as internet providers. Fixed and mobile telephony, and other networks, successfully fulfill users' demand.

Price lists are available at:
www.hrvatskitelekom.hr , www.iskon.hr , www.a1.hr , www.tele2.hr , www.tomato.com.hr , www.bonbon.hr

The fee of connecting to the power grid in the area outside Zagreb has been set to HRK 1.350 + VAT per MW.

Table 18: Electricity prices for industrial consumers (EUR/kWh), Q2/2019

Country	Price
Czech Republic	0,066
Ireland	0,136
Croatia	0,091
Slovakia	0,095
Poland	0,063
Slovenia	0,079
Cyprus	0,148
EU27	0,077

Source: Eurostat

Act on Financing Water Management proscribes an obligation of paying the fee for water management. This fee is paid upon construction of buildings, and payers are investors within the framework of civil engineering regulations. Amount of the fee for production facilities ranges from 0,25 to 1,27 EUR/m³, for business facilities from 2,13 to 7,09 EUR/m³, for roads inside the facilities from 0,07 to 0,50 EUR/m³.

Prices of water for business facilities in Zadar County presented in EUR/m³ (as observed on May 10, 2020)

The structure of the water price	City of Zadar	Other places	City of Nin and Vrsi Municipality	Poličnik Municipality	Bibinje Municipality	City of Obrovac
– a fixed part of the price	19,89	19,89	19,89	19,89	19,89	19,89
– Price for water supply, drainage, water purification	5,52			20,00
VAT at the fixed part of the price - 13 %	3,30	2,59	2,59	5,19	2,59	2,59
– variable part of the water price – managing wastewater – water purification	6,63 1,84 2,33	6,63 - -	6,63 - -	6,63 1,60 4,40	6,63 - -	6,63 1,06 -
VAT at the variable part of the water supply - 13 %	1,40	0,86	0,86	1,64	0,86	1,00
– water use fee – water protection fee – development fee	2,85 0,40 1,32	2,85 1,35 -	2,85 1,35 1,90	2,85 1,35 0,66	2,85 1,35 4,96	2,85 1,35 0,40
TOTAL PRICE FOR THE FIXED PART OF WATER SUPPLY (with VAT)	28,71	22,48	22,48	45,08	22,48	22,48
TOTAL PRICE FOR THE VARIABLE PART OF THE WATER SUPPLY (with VAT)	16,77	11,69	13,59	19,13	16,65	16,65

Source: Vodovod Ltd. Zadar

INA has unique wholesale and retail prices of oil derivatives and refinery gas regardless of the size of the purchase of the type of customer. Each individual customer undergoes the process of negotiation in order to make possible the delivery of goods, contract signing, where commercial conditions for each individual customer are set out.

Table 20: Fuel prices on January 03 2023

Fuel	HRK/litre
Eurosuper 95	1.28
Eurosuper 95+	1.49
Eurodizel	1.44
Eurodizel+	1.76
Car gas	0.66
Light distillate oil	1.05
Eurosuper 100	1.56

Source: INA

Table 21: Average prices for lease/purchase of business real estate in Croatia (in April 2020)

City	Surface m²	Lease €/m²	Purchase €/m²
Zadar surroundings	Up to 200 Up to 200	15 7	2112 1280
Zagreb surroundings	Up to 200 Up to 200	16 9	2211 1310
Split surroundings	Up to 200 Up to 200	14 7	2125 1310
Rijeka surroundings	Up to 200 Up to 200	13 7	2050 1211

Source: Real Estate Agency Sunčani dom Ltd. Zadar – private research

Table 22: Average price of lease/purchase of production halls (April 2020)

City	Surface m²	Lease €/m²	Purchase €/m²
Zadar surroundings	Larger than 200 Larger than 200	7 4	968 692
Zagreb surroundings	Larger than 200 Larger than 200	7 5	1251 976
Split surroundings	Larger than 200 Larger than 200	7 5	1311 852
Rijeka surroundings	Larger than 200 Larger than 200	6 4	986 863

Source: Real Estate Agency Sunčani dom Ltd. Zadar – private research

Table 23: Average prices of land purchases (in April 2020)
Price of industrial land in Zadar County ranges from 5-35 EUR/m² depending on the location and it includes infrastructure.

City	Surface m²	Lease €/m²	Purchase €/m²
Zadar surroundings	Larger than 200 Larger than 200	7 4	968 692
Zagreb surroundings	Larger than 200 Larger than 200	7 5	1251 976
Split surroundings	Larger than 200 Larger than 200	7 5	1311 852
Rijeka surroundings	Larger than 200 Larger than 200	6 4	986 863

Source: Real Estate Agency Sunčani dom Ltd. Zadar – private research

According to the American consultancy company Mercer and its research on costs of working and living in 2019, city of Zagreb took 143rd place among other cities, worldwide. This research was based on the prices of 200 products and services including housing, transportation, food, clothes, house supplies, entertainment and other services making total costs of living for workers.

Table 24: Ranking of cities according to costs of living and working in 2019

Place	City
1.	Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2.	Tokyo, Japan
3.	Singapore, Singapore
4.	Seoul, South Korea
5.	Zurich, Switzerland
9.	New York, USA
20.	Copenhagen, Denmark
43.	Dublin, Ireland
47.	Paris, France
55.	Rome, Italy
81.	Berlin, Germany
82.	Madrid, Spain
97.	Prague, Czech Republic
143.	Zagreb, Croatia
164.	Budapest, Hungary
166.	Tirana, Albania
173.	Warsaw, Poland
176.	Bucharest, Romania
177.	Sofia, Bulgaria
194.	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Source: Mercer

Air transport

Zadar Airport is located 7 kilometers east from Zadar. It has all of the features of the secondary airport which primarily aimed at commercial passenger transport. The airport connects Dalmatia and Lika with northern Croatia, but it also has an international significance. It connects Zadar with more than 40 European destinations with low-budget airlines.

Airplanes can land regardless of weather conditions using two available runways. Since 2019, a reconstruction of the runway has begun so that airplanes in F category can land as well. Another phase of reconstruction will include the driveway which will enable the airport the admission a five times higher number of airplanes. Once the project is done, airport Zadar will have the capacity of handling intercontinental flights. The number of passengers in Zadar Airport is continually rising each year

Table 25: Zadar Airport: the rise of the number of passengers 2020. – 2022.

Year	Number of passengers	Increase in relation to the year before
2020.	120 747	-84,93 %
2021.	513 093	+323,86 %
2022.	1 102 381	+114,85 %

Source: www.zadar-airport.hr/en/traffic-statistics (Data accessed: December 14 2019)

From detailed monthly reports, it’s visible that summer season is the period with most frequent flights. This is due to the tourist season but it’s also important to mention that air traffic is on the rise in both April and October. Such rise shows that the tourist season might be even longer, thanks to low-budget airlines during Spring and Autumn.

From 2015 to 2018, the number of passengers has increased for 19,3%¹. Along with the number of passengers, Zadar Airport is also seeing the increase in the number of airplanes (+7,69%) and the number of cargo (+236,76%)². Current commercial airlines are: Croatia Airlines, Ryanair, Lufthansa, Eurowings, European Coastal Airlines, Eurolot, Scandjet, Vueling, Transavia, SkyWork. Price list of services is available at the official web from Zadar Airport: www.zadar-airport.hr

¹ Source: Zadar Airport (Edit ZADRA NOVA)
² Source: Zadar Airport (Edit ZADRA NOVA)

Maritime transport

a) Ports managed by Zadar Port Authority

There are five ports in the area of Zadar:
1) Port of Zadar
2) Port of Gaženica
3) Cargo port of Gaženica
4) Fishing port of Gaženica
5) Fishing port of Vela Lamjana

Port of Zadar is the oldest one in the area of Zadar, and until the Port of Gaženica was finished, it was also the most frequent one. Port of Gaženica is located at 3,5 km from city of Zadar and 10 km from Zadar Airport. Because of its capacity, the burden of traffic on city center has been eased out.

Port of Gaženica consists of 6 berths:

Port 1	Port for liquid cargo, length 60 m (ship berth up until 190 m), sea depth from 10,3 to 12 m
Port 2	Port for oil platform supply, length180 m, sea depth from 4,8 to 7,1 m
Port 3	Port for bulk cargo, length 140 m, sea depth 12 m
Port 4	Port for load/unload of tropical fruit, length 135 m, sea depth from 7 to 11,4 m
Port 5	Port for load/unload of general cargo, length 170 m, sea depth from 7 to 8,7 m
Port 6	Port for load/unload of general cargo, with RO-RO platform, length 150 m, sea depth from 8,7 to 10,2 m

Price list of services: www.port-authority-zadar.hr

Fishing port of Gaženica is currently in the process of construction. The construction is being done in two phases. In the first phase, the port will be extended along with the service platform. In the second phase, a new port wall will be constructed along with manipulative surface and the new road with the according infrastructure.

Fishing port of Vela Lamjana is located in Kali. A project od modernization has been launched in order to build 162 meters of operative port for berthing larger ships. This will enable the birthing of 40 to 50 larger fishing vessels and other ships. The main pair will be extended for 30 meters which will protect the sea surface of the port. Another special port with the length of 140 meters is also being constructed.

b) Ports managed by Zadar County Port Authority:

Table 26: Zadar County Port Authority: passenger ports

No.	County Location	Type of Port	Description
1.	Preko	Passenger port	– Total area of 35.767 m² with 8.603 m² of coastal area and 27.164 m² of sea surface. – Including nautical part for berthing yachts and vessels of up to 146 meters long – communal area
2.	Zaglav	Passenger port	– operational part of the port is 120 meters long – nautical part of the port is 24 meters long The rest of the Zaglav port consists of communal berths.
3.	Brbinj/Lučina	Passenger port	Total area of 145.430 m² with 5.708 m² of coastal area and 139.722 m² of sea surface. The rest of the Brbinj/Lučina port consists of communal berths.
4.	Silba-Žalić	Passenger port	Silba-Žalić port has two operative parts, the first consisting of operative quay long 100 meters and second consisting of operative coast 32 meters long. The rest of the Silba-Žalić port consists of communal berths.
5.	Biograd	Passenger port	Total area of 33.868 m² with 4.441 m² of coastal area and 29.427 m² of sea surface.
6.	Tkon	Passenger port	Total area of 65.286 m² with 8.628 m² of coastal area and 56.658 m² of sea surface. – the port also consists of nautical part, 93 meters long
7.	Pag	Passenger port	Total area of 238.486 m² with 14.571 m² of coastal area and 223.915 m² of sea surface.
8.	Fortica	Passenger port	Total area of 10.912 m2 ² with 525 m2 of coastal area and 10.387 m2 of sea surface.

Ports managed by Zadar County Port Authority

Table 27: Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Croatia

	Cumulative investments 1993 –2017 mil. EUR	Cumulative FDI per capita in EUR*
Republic of Croatia	32.625,0	7.815,6
Adriatic Croatia Euroregion	7.434,9	5.344,7
Zadar County	1.284,7	7.576,0

Source: Croatian National Bank, Edit: Croatian Economy Chamber

*number of inhabitants is an estimate made by Croatian Bureau of Statistics in 2016

Such a significant number of successful investments in Croatia confirms that many foreign companies have recognized the general positive attitude from Croatia towards investors. The next table examples some of the already made foreign investments:

Table 28: Foreign companies in Republic of Croatia

Company	Country
ALSTOM	France
Austria Creditanstalt Group	Austria
Banca Commerciale Italiana	Italy
BENNETON	Italy
BILLA	Austria
CALZEDONIA	Italy
CARLSBERG	Denmark
CISCO SYSTEMS	USA
COCA-COLA BEVEREGES	USA
Deutsche Telekom	Germany
ENVOX	USA
EPCOS/SELK	Germany/Croatia
ERICSSON NIKOLA TESLA	Sweden
Erste und Steiermarkische Bank	Austria
GLAXO SMITH KLINE	United Kingdom
GRUPPO INTESA	Italy
HEINEKEN ADRIA	Neatherlands
Hofmann and Pankl Betelligungasse	Austria
HP	USA
HYPO LEASING KROATIEN	Austria
IBM	USA
Interbrew	Belgium
METRO CASH & CARRY	Germany
MICROSOFT	USA
MOL	Hungary
ORACLE	USA
PLIVA (former member of the BARR GROUP) - TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries	Israel
Rockwool	Denmark
SAP	Germany
SIEMENS	Germany
Societe Suisse de Cemment Portland	Switzerland
Sutivan Investment and Excelsa Anstalt	Liechtenstein
UNICREDITO	Italy
Unicredito Italiano	Italy
VOLEX	Ireland
YAZAKI	Japan

Sources: www.croinvest.org; Croatian National Bank, Edit: Croatian Chamber of Economy

Table 29: Foreign direct investments (FDI): biggest countries-investors according to field of work (1993 – 2017)

	Country-investor	Value of investment, (mil. EUR)	Activities in which the most is invested	Value of investment, (mil. EUR)
Zadar County	Hungary	859,2	Financial service activities (except insurance and pension funds)	819,8
	Netherlands	95,5	Ownership investments in real estate	221,9
	Slovenia	85,2	Metal production	70,2

Source: Croatian National Bank, Edit: Croatian Chamber of Economy