It includes machinery, tools, various fabricated metal products, ships and boats, mineral oils and distillates, timber products, furniture and bed equipment, military hardware, clothing and footwear with accessories, cement, bricks and other building materials, etc.

During the Great Recession, Croatian industry suffered from a decline of production output, revenue growth at a slower pace and increased unemployment.

Negative trends were changed not earlier than in 2014, as the industrial production achieved a small rate of growth of 1.3%[4] in comparison with the year before.

The share of labour force in industry in 2015 was 18.5% of overall employment in Croatia, showing at the same time trends with negative lines.

The biggest industrial centres in the Republic of Croatia are Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, Osijek and Varaždin.

The share of industrial production output of Croatian counties ranges from over 20% in the City of Zagreb (followed by approx.

[19][20] The Boris Kidric aluminum smelter at Šibenik was completely destroyed as a result of the war for independence that erupted in 1991.