Request for IMF SBA reveals vulnerability to external shocks
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MEDIUM RISK for enterprise
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Economic risk
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Economic risk
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Business environment risk
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Political risk
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Commercial risk
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Financing risk
Updated in January 2023.
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Population |
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Form of state | Parliamentary Republic | |
Head of government | Ana BRNABIC (Prime Minister) | |
Next elections | 2026, legislative |

- Strong growth potential
- Comfortable level of foreign exchange reserves
- Track record of currency stability
- Low labor cost plus generous state subsidies for foreign companies
- Continued substantial FDI inflows

- Unresolved Kosovo conflict
- Elevated public debt
- Persistently large current account deficits
- High external debt burden, including external arrears
- Deficient infrastructure (roads, railways)
- Elevated level of perceived corruption and bureaucracy
Trade structure by destination/origin
(% of total, 2021)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Germany
12.7%
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1 |
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Italy
8.5%
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2 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.2%
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3 |
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Romania
5.5%
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4 |
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Hungary
5.0%
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5 |
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Trade structure by product
(% of total, 2021)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
12.0%
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1 |
7.2%
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
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Vegetables and fruits
5.0%
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2 |
5.9%
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
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Iron and steel
4.8%
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3 |
4.7%
Road vehicles
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Metalliferous ores and metal scrap
4.5%
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4 |
4.5%
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
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Cereals and cereal preparations
4.5%
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5 |
4.3%
Other industrial machinery and parts
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