ZAGREB, 2 Feb 2022 - The stockpiles of finished industrial goods at the end of December 2021 rose by 0.3% compared to figures from the previous month, but declined by 10.2% compared to December 2020, according to data released by the Croatian National Bureau of Statistics (DZS).
Broken down by main industrial groups, compared with November 2021, stockpiles of capital goods increased 3.8%, durable consumer goods by 3.7%, non-durable consumer goods by 3%, and energy stockpiles went up 2.7%.
On the other hand, stockpiles of intermediate goods decreased by 4.1%.
Contraction year-on-year
The stockpiles of capital goods declined 48.6% compared to December 2020, while the stockpiles of durable consumer goods went down by 15.9% and the stockpiles of both intermediate goods and energy fell by 14.1% each.
Stockpiles of non-durable consumer goods dipped 1.3%.
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