foreign agricultural service gain report global agriculture information network voluntary public distribution date 8 13 2002 hr2014 croatia exporter guide annual approved by paul spencer macgregor us embassy vienna prepared andreja misir highlights imports a significant portion of its food consumption the prospect eu accession growth in tourism and continued economic reform could make good long term importer some products including seafood animal genetics wine consumer croatian items have almost doubled from 267 million 1993 to 416 2000 consumers are anti biotech meat may not currently be exported due lack negotiated usda fsis export certificates includes psd changes no trade matrix unscheduled au1 hr page 1 17 unclassified i market overview situation faces challenges stemming history communist mismanagement damage war mid 1990 s government unwillingness tackle difficult privatization labor issues becoming an candidate country