Boatbuilding market in Croatia

Brodogradnja je zadržala svoj značaj za ukupnu proizvodnju i izvoz zahvaljujući uspješnom procesu privatizacije i restrukturiranja. Mali brodovi su vrlo raznoliki prema namjeni, obliku trupa, gradivom materijalu, itd. Gradnja malih brodova podliježe propisima koji imaju za cilj ostvariti sigurnost ljudi, materijalnih dobara i okoline povezanih s tim brodom. Mala brodogradnja veoma je specifična industrijska grana. Da bi se proizvela jedna plovna jedinica, potrebno je imati i do deset puta više proizvodnog prostora za samu realizaciju. Jedan od glavnih problema koji koče značajniji razvoj male brodogradnje je i porezna represija, jer se na kupnju plovila gleda kao na luksuz. Hrvatski brodograditelji mogu konkurirati svjetskim proizvođačima plovila cijenom, kvalitetom, konstrukcijom, dizajnom, a posebice pažnjom koju posvećuju željama svakog kupca. U Hrvatskoj, gotovo da i nema serijske proizvodnje, već je svaka brodica rađena po želji kupca, što je teško pronaći drugdje u svijetu, osim u sferi mega jahti.Shipbuilding has retained its importance for the overall production and exports due to the successful process of privatization and restructuring. Small boats are highly diversified by style, shaped hull material, etc. Construction of the small ships is the subject of regulations that aim to achieve the security of people, material goods and the environment associated with the boat. Small crafts are the very specific branch of industry. To produce one floating unit, it is necessary to have up to ten times more production space for the realization. One of the main problems hindering the development of a significant boatbuilding is the tax repression, for the purchase of vessels seen as a luxury. Croatian shipbuilders can not compete with the international producers vessels price, quality, structure, design, and especially the attention for the wishes of the each customer. In Croatia there is almost no mass-production, but each boat is made according to the customer, which is hard to find elsewhere in the world, except in the field of mega yachts