Material flow accounts, 2023

Last year, domestic material consumption slightly up

Compared to the previous year, the direct material input decreased by 2.7%, while the domestic material consumption was 0.3% higher. 4.9% less materials were imported and 7.7% less materials were exported, while domestic extraction decreased by 0.7%. 

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Direct material input down by 2.7%

The direct material input in 2023 amounted to 48.1 million tonnes (54.5% from domestic sources and 45.5% from imports), which is 2.7% less than in the previous year.

26.2 million tonnes of materials produced or extracted on domestic territory were used, which is 0.7% less than in 2022. Extraction of fossil energy materials increased by 9.0% and extraction of biomass by 4.8%, while extraction of minerals decreased by 3.9%.

21.9 million tonnes of raw and processed materials were imported (22.5% of these materials were raw products, 24.5% semi-manufactured products and 53.0% finished products), which is 4.9% less than in the previous year. In this comparison, less non-metallic minerals (by 7.3%), fossil energy materials (by 6.1%), metal ores and concentrates (by 5.0%) and biomass and biomass products (by 1.9%) were imported.

Domestic material consumption slightly up

Last year’s domestic material consumption was 31.1 million tonnes, which is 0.3% more than in the previous year.

17 million tonnes of raw and processed materials were exported (17.5% of these materials were raw products, 25.2% semi-manufactured products and 57.3% finished products), which is 7.7% less than in the previous year. As regards largest decreases by type of material, less biomass and biomass products (by 11.6%), fossil energy materials (by 6.8%), metal ores and concentrates (by 4.4%), and non-metallic minerals (by 0.8%) were exported.

Physical trade balance up by 6.3%

Compared to 2022, the physical trade balance was 4.9 million tonnes, which is a 6.3% annual growth. This means that 4.9 million tonnes more materials were imported than exported.

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.
Material flows indicators, Slovenia, 2023
Domestic
extraction
ImportsExportsDirect
material
input2)
Domestic
material
consumption3)
Physical
trade
balance4)
tonnes (1,000)
Materials - total1)26,21821,85316,99548,07131,0764,858
  biomass and biomass products6,4655,6286,26612,0935,827-638
  metal ores and concentrates, raw and processed-4,1493,4414,149709709
  non-metallic minerals, raw and processed17,1784,1312,78221,30818,5261,349
  fossil energy materials, raw and processed2,5756,5492,8969,1246,2273,653
  other products-1,3961,6101,396-213-213
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1) Some totals do not add up due to rounding.
2) Direct material input = domestic extraction + imports.
3) Domestic material consumption = direct material input - exports.
4) Physical trade balance = imports - exports.
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.
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