The Tax Administration of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Croatia today announced the results of the total turnover of goods and services on January 24 – the day when Croatian citizens boycotted the retail network due to high prices and inflation.
„Given the great public interest, we are publishing data from the fiscalization system, which includes the number and amount of invoices issued for 24.01. and 17.01.2025, for all activities and activity G-47 – Retail trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles“, the Tax Administration said in a statement.
Data for all activities show that on Friday, January 24, 2025, the total number of fiscalized invoices was 5,096,083, with a total value of 78,373,051.19 euros. One week before that – on Friday, January 17, 2025, the total number of fiscalized invoices was 7,195,480, with a total value of 121,898,234.32 euros. According to these data, the fiscalized invoices issued on the day of the boycott, January 24, 2025, were 29 percent fewer, and their total value was 36 percent lower.
The data for the activity “Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles“ show that on Friday, January 24, 2025, the total number of fiscalized invoices was 2,081,506 invoices with a total value of EUR 28,604,251.58, while on Friday, January 17, 2025, the total number of fiscalized invoices was 3,697,571 with a total value of EUR 60,565,083.41. According to these data, the issued fiscalized invoices on the day of the boycott, January 24, 2025, were 44 percent fewer, and their total value was 53 percent lower.
After the strong response to the one-day boycott of stores, the advisor of the platform “Hello Inspector“ Yosip Kelemen said on the show “Studio 4“ on the Croatian National Television HRT that for the first time “citizens are sending a clear message, regardless of political or other affiliation.“
On the day of the boycott, some merchants significantly reduced the prices of products, which according to Kelemen “means that they still care, although they initially said that this would not affect their business.“
“We expect the government to devote more attention to the problem of inflation, which is not from yesterday, nor did prices rise yesterday. We are aware that results cannot be expected overnight, but someone needs to work on the issues of inflation and high prices, and not just give advice,” said the advisor to the platform “Hello, Inspector.”
After the general boycott, Yosip Kelemen announced that he can expect a boycott of all retail chains or a specific shopping center for several days, a boycott of several products at the same time, or another initiative.
This will be decided by users, who will be called on to express their opinion and make their own suggestions via the platform’s Facebook page. “The voice of the people must be heard. We will see what the analysis of the boycott will show,” Kelemen told HRT.